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“Already?”
I nodded. “I have some shit to take care of.”
“When you say some shit, do you mean the human girl?” Rowan asked with a grin.
I rolled my eyes. “Later.”
“Uh-huh,” Rowan said.
I turned around and walked through the woods. I wasn’t going to go back to the cabin just yet. A part of me wanted to be with her. I was already ready for another round, my cock recovered—it was a part of my gift, and a part of being a mythical creature. We were almost always ready for sex.
I doubted she was ready for another round. Judging by how done she’d looked—something I was proud of—she needed rest, and I sure as shit wasn’t going to go back and cuddle her. She needed to know whatever was going on between us… wasn’t that.
The atmosphere shifted, and magic rippled through the trees. It was a dark kind of magic, and it crept between the trunks of the trees around me like a predator. I stopped, focusing on my ability to study the forest through the eyes of my tree rather than the eyes of this human form I’d shifted into.
A man walked between the trees, but he was a god. It wasn’t hard to tell the difference between the magic the gods and goddesses wielded and the magic the rest of us used. He was tall and upright, with broad, square shoulders and his hands clasped behind his back as he walked. He had a square jaw and a wide mouth that broke into an easy smile when he saw me.
As I got closer, I could see his eyes were slate gray. He wore black pants and a loose black shirt that opened halfway down his chest, making him look formal and casual at the same time.
“I hear you’re looking for Hecate,” he said.
I stilled. “Who are you?”
“Dolus.”
I’d never heard the name before, but there were so many gods and goddesses, it was hard to know them all. Especially if they didn’t mix with us.
“What are you doing here?” I asked.
“I heard you needed some help. Hecate has a lot on her plate, and I have it on good authority she won’t get around to you for another two centuries, so I figured I’d step in to help.”
I narrowed my eyes.
“You’re so suspicious,” Dolus said with a chuckle. “I don’t bite, you know. I’m here to help.”
“Help with what?”
“You said you wanted a new path. At least, that’s what I heard… is it true?”
I hesitated before nodding slowly.
“Ah, then you’re in luck,” Dolus said. “I happen to be an expert at redefining yourself. If you want, I can help you while Hecate is busy with other things.”
I studied Dolus. Something about him was suspicious. I didn’t know who he was, and the magic that had preceded him was cause to think twice, but I really wanted a different path. I didn’t think I could deal with another two centuries of this shit.
“Yeah, okay,” I said, nodding. “That sounds good.”
ChapterThirteen
Lorraine
Iwaited for him to come back.
He didn’t.
When it got very late, I eventually went to bed, feeling sorry for myself that I had to sleep alone.
When I woke up the next morning, Ash still hadn’t come back. My heart sank when I walked out of my room and he wasn’t in the little kitchen, making himself a cup of tea or something to eat.
