33. The Intense Battle

ALPHA RAIDEN

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I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel my jaw shift out of place as Aurelia’s unbelievably strong fist connected with it. I could feel the ache but it wasn’t something I had never felt before. The pain wasn’t new to me.

What was new to me was getting punched in the face by a woman.

And not just any woman. It was Aurelia. The same woman who couldn’t look me in the eyes back then just hit me in the face without flinching and she looked like she was ready to do it again. I was too stunned to speak while Aurelia stared at me with nothing but hate and anger in her orbs.

If I had been blind, I’d have been able to smell her scorching anger from miles away.

Goddess! How do I go about this?

What words would sound right to her? I knew how I felt and In my mind, I knew the right words but each time I opened my mouth to speak to her, I ended up saying the wrong words. Heck! She unraveled me.

“Don’t mess this up, Raiden. Please. I need her back.” Lex pleaded with me. Even my wo