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“Yes, I know! My betrayal! They want me dead—”
“Yes. They do. For which I’m essentially buying us time to figure it the fuck out,” Apollo interrupts, acting much more calmly and in control than I am. “But that text that has you so pissed off was them telling me that they don’t feel as if I’m handling things any longer, so now they are sending Athena to take care of it.”
“We are all one big happy family now, right?” My stomach coils and I almost want to throw up. The truth of the matter is I hate this family. I truly do. His father interrupting our perfect morning is just a small taste of what’s coming the minute we reenterreal lifeand have to live in Seattle again. “It doesn’t matter what you do or say. I’m the enemy now, and you know it. But I won’t sit here and think about that today. So, I’m going out. Your sister will just have to kill me on another day.”
Apollo storms toward me and grabs my arm firmly. “You are not going anywhere. So stop this nonsense before you piss me off.”
I snatch my arm away from him and take a few steps away. The pain in my gut nearly suffocates me when I realize he doesn’t even try to deny that his family wants me dead, nor does he try to reassure me that my life isn’t in danger. It’s what I feared. Apollo may have forgiven me, and my penance may be paid with him. But the rest of the Godwins will want vengeance.
“I know you were supposed to bring me to Olympus to kill me. And just because you changed your mind, doesn’t mean they have. It’s why we’re still here, right? You were stalling because you know it’s true. We can’t just return to Seattle like nothing has happened. And we can’t just stay here forever either. Athena isn’t coming to just have a chat with us, or to threaten me, or to just—”
“Daphne, take a deep breath and calm down.”
I am out of control. I can feel it. But I don’t care anymore. My inner beast has been unleashed, and she is wounded and bloody and wants to flee. I have to protect myself. I’m not going to just let a Godwin kill me. I’m not going to just sit here as ready prey.
“My sister and I need to leave. I want to leave.”
“We’ll leave as soon as I can—”
“I’m no longer talking about going to town or even going back to Seattle. I mean, that my sister and I need to truly leave. Leave Seattle, maybe even leave the country. We need to go somewhere where your family can’t find us,” I say. This is the first time since Apollo kidnapped me and took me to Heathens Hollow, that I’m actually coming up with an escape plan. An escape plan that doesn’t involve… my husband.
“Absolutely not.” Apollo never raises his voice once.
“You know I have to. You know Troy will kill me.”
Apollo shakes his head. “No, he won’t.”
I smirk. “You’re right.Hewon’t. But Athena will. That’s why she’s flying here right now. She has her marching orders. She’s the new hitman now that Ares is dead.”
“Neither one of them are going to kill you because I have a plan,” he says.
“A plan? What?”
He takes my hand and brings me into the study. He then walks over to the desk and pulls out a thin box and hands it to me. “It may be too soon. And maybe it hasn’t happened yet. But there’s a chance. And even if it hasn’t happened yet, we’re going to stay here at Olympus until it does.”
I peer at the box, not understanding why he’s handing me it, although my gut starts churning as if in preparation for the hurricane coming.
“A pregnancy test?” I croak out.
“We haven’t been using protection, and we’ve definitely been trying.” He gives a smirk, but I’m not finding this funny in the slightest. “So go see if you are.”
“Why?” I’m staring at the man but not seeing him. My knees lock so they don’t completely buckle as they’re threatening to do.
“Because if you’re carrying my child—a Godwin child—neither my father nor my sister will harm a hair on that beautiful head of yours. They won’t allow a Godwin to grow up without a mother. They will want the best for that baby. For the heir.” He points to the door. “Go take the test.”
I don’t know how I am able to will my feet to walk, or how I can steady my hands enough to take the test, but I somehow do. And as I walk back into the study where Apollo is anxiously waiting, I extend my hand to him with the test.
“Well?” he says, rushing to me to take the test to see for himself.
I don’t say anything. I need to see him read the results to make sure what I saw was correct.
“Two lines! Two lines means pregnant right?” He looks at me with a wide grin that shows off every possible laugh line on his face. “You’re pregnant!”
ChapterThirty-Five
Apollo
Daphne doesn’t appear happy. She doesn’t appear upset. There’s zero emotion on her face. It’s as if she has stared at Medusa herself and turned to stone.
