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“Only my father knows. He figured it out at the hospital. This was all his idea at first.”
“Of course it was,” she hisses with a roll of her eyes. “And that’s why he let you take me to Olympus. He had no doubt you’d be able to kill me because you areAres.” She tilts her head and studies me. “So why didn’t you kill me? I’m not your wife? And it was because of me you were going to jail.”
I had just told myself that I was going to be honest and not hold anything back, and I’m a man of my word. “Because I developed feelings for you. Because…I wanted to keep you as my wife. My brother had his time. Now it’s mine.”
It’s as if my confession slapped her in the face. Her head reels back, her lips part, and her hands start to shake as they hold her belly that now carries my child. “I can’t stand here and look at you. I can’t—” I see the tears in her eyes glistening and threaten to fall, but before they do, she runs out of the room as fast as she can.
ChapterThirty-Six
Daphne
The sound of the helicopter landing on the Godwin property spins my mind in mayhem even more. I’m pacing the bedroom I just spent the night in having sex with Ares, holding my hand on my belly, trying not to throw up.
I’m pregnant. I have a baby inside of me. I’m going to be a mother. These are all things I had given up thinking were even a possibility when we discovered Apollo couldn’t have children. I had grieved that part of my life I’d never experience, and just like that… I’m now going to be a mother.
WithAres’sbaby!
When the helicopter’s motor turns off, signaling that whoever arrived is going to stay for a while, I realize Athena is here to kill me. I may actually never become a mother if in fact Apollo, correction,Ares, didn’t underestimate Athena’s rage. Just because I’m pregnant doesn’t guarantee the woman won’t kill me. I wouldn’t put it past her ruthless self to kill an unborn child if it belonged to me.
My thoughts quickly turn to my sister. Would Athena then kill my sister? Yes, I think that’s fair to say as well. But I doubt Apollo—Ares would tell her Ani is asleep in the other room, so if I say nothing before she kills me, then all is good. I scan the room for a weapon. I sure as hell plan on putting up a fight.
Before I can find anything, however, a rich, sultry voice penetrates the room. “Well, well. It looks like you took my advice and spread your legs.” Athena’s eyes cast to my belly. “I suppose I should say congratulations.”
I stiffen my spine and push my shoulders back. Athena doesn’t respect weak women, and I’m not going to even show the slightest bit of fear. “Did you come here to kill me?”
“Yes.” She enters the room all the way and steps toward me.
I don’t cower back, even though I want to.
“But then your dear husband informed me of your news. It seems you’ve both had a little second honeymoon in the family manor.” She looks around and scowls. “Sort of sick if you ask me. This house is like a gothic museum that smells of grandfather’s dentures. But whatever gets you turned on, I suppose. It’s about time you and Apollo get knocked up. Someone needs to keep the Godwin name going. It’s not going to be Ares, obviously. Phoenix just masturbates to himself forever alone, and I sure as fuck am not popping out a baby.”
“But you were going to kill me if I wasn’t pregnant?”
She gives a wicked grin. “Most definitely.” She shrugs and crosses the room to look out the window. “No offense, of course.”
I give a sardonic laugh. “Why would I be offended?”
“Apollo assured me you were punished, and that you won’t even dare consider betraying the family again.” She looks over her shoulder. “Did he take you to the tree of forgiveness? Did he make you kneel on rice while he whipped you with the leather strap?”
“No,” I say, not willing to give her any details of exactly what her brother did do to me as a punishment.
“Shame. Then he let you off easy.” She returns her attention to the window, her eyes staring down at the tree in the distance. “I figured he would go light on you. Ares was the stronger brother.Hewould have never let you get away with what you did.”
Chills run down my spine as the realization that Ares is the man who is standing downstairs, and Athena has no idea. And Athena is right. Ares was the stronger brother. And the fact I’m actually standing in this room alive says something.
But what does it say?
What does it mean?
He said it was his turn now. He said that he had developed feelings for me. He wanted—
“I hope you’re aware that you can’t even think of divorce now,” she says to me with a glance over her shoulder. “Now that you have that baby inside you, you are more of a Godwin than ever before. So get those ridiculous ideas about leaving out of your head.” Her attention goes back to the tree of forgiveness. “Apollo is going to need you. He’s going to need that baby. I know how I feel about losing Ares, and he wasn’t my twin. I can only imagine what losing your other half feels like.”
I’m taken aback by the softer version of a true viper before me. It doesn’t last long, however, because she turns on her heels and heads to the door to leave. “Do you love him? Even the slightest?”
If she would have asked me this question before the accident, the answer would have been no. But now…
“I don’t know,” I answer.
