Her Morning Scent

NERO’S POV

My heart tugged in my chest painfully as I watched Zavier have his feast of punches on Athena. As always, I had to pin whatever was making me feel that way for her down. I didn’t want to care and I hated that a part of me did.

When he was done, he and I left her on the floor unconscious. It took everything in me not to run up to her and check if she was alive.

But I had to remind myself that she deserved every bit of what she was getting. I was going to allow Zavier do anything he wished with her except take her.

During dinner when she didn’t show, my parents questioned me on her whereabouts where I had to pretend that I didn’t know where she was. I didn’t know if they were just respecting my wishes or they just stopped caring about her, either way I was glad she wasn’t getting pampered by them anymore nor did they pester me about where she could be.

Things were back to the way they were supposed to be before she came into our lives and I was enjoying it.

Once dinner ended