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“I don’t know, maybe we should make her wait a bit longer,” Kyros teases from somewhere behind me. “She hasn’t been very patient.”
“Guys,” I groan ... impatiently.
“I’ve got it, angel.” There’s a soft tug at the blindfold before it slips off my face, revealing the breathtaking view before me.
Soft orb light filters in from the balcony, revealing a jagged cliff’s edge as though the house itself had been built into the side of it. Water cascades down the rock edge, so close I can reach out and let the cool liquid caress my fingertips. In the distance, there are other houses built into the cliff, and winding roads leading to a beautiful crystal-clear lake below.
“This is incredible,” I breathe, leaning back against Maximus’ chest. He places his hands on either side of mine on the railing, cocooning us into our own little bubble of perfection.
“It’s peaceful here,” he explains, the rumble of his chest pressed against my back, comforting me even further. “Everything lives in harmony here, the gods, the earth, and nature. The cliff never used to be like this, not until an earthquake revealed this part of the land to us. It’s nice to remember something so stunning came from destruction.”
“That’s beautiful.” I shift my hand to cover his own, loving this place and this moment, like he’s showing me another piece of his soul.
“Thank you, for appreciating it and understanding.”
Pain slices through my chest at the reminder of how lonely he used to be before, how he felt he couldn’t control his powers, and no one understood that.
“I want to know everything about you—about all four of you,” I add, glancing at my mates on either side of us.
“Good, because there’s another thing we should tell you,” Adrian says, grinning mischievously.
“What’s that?” I grin back at him, already knowing my cunning mate has something up his sleeve.
“No one can see us right now, and no one can hear us, just like that night in Santorini,” Adrian says, leaning his shoulder on the railing to face me fully. He cocks a brow as he runs his scorching gaze down my body. My skin heats as I remember that night looking out to the sea, surrounded by tourists unable to see us. I’d wanted him then; I’d wanted him to lift up the hem of my dress and take me against that railing, just like I want Maximus to do now.
“Fuck,” Max groans in my ear, and only then do I realize I’ve arched my back into him, rubbing against him like a fucking cat in heat and giving him the perfect view down the front of my dress. “This is about to be my favorite place for another reason.”
“What do you say, princess?”
I glance towards my other mate as they watch me intently, practically salivating at the thought of watching their brother fuck me right here and now.
“I say fuc—”
My words are cut off abruptly as a crash reverberates through the silent night. Clouds sweep in too quickly to be a storm or at least a real storm ...
“Kallen,” Maximus growls. Lightning slices through the clouds as they sail overhead and towards the center of the city.
“The summit,” I explain, terror sending an icy chill down my spine.
My father, and Octavia are there. I slip under Maximus’ arms and through the still-open door, grateful that I chose to wear sneakers tonight.
“Olivia,” my guys shout from behind, but I’m already across the common room and at the stairs.
Kallen will have to get through me first if he wants to try to hurt my family.
Chapter Eight
Olivia
“Olivia!”AdrianshoutsasI jump off the last stair and make my way to the front door. Their footsteps pound behind me, but I don’t dare wait, knowing that a moment’s hesitation could mean disaster. My heart pounds, and a sweat breaks over my temple as nervous energy thrums through me.
Fuck, do I even know where I’m going? I look up and down the narrow street, trying to remember which way we came from. There. A line of demigods and gods rush along the street to the north, heading west. That has to be the road we took when we came from the summit.
“Liv,” Kyros shouts.
“We should go to the summit,” I say, already sprinting up the street by the time they close the front door. A mix of gods and demigods charge forward, and I weave through them, putting on a renewed burst of speed and leaving my mates behind me again.
Thunder rumbles ominously above us, the storm clouds converging in the middle of the city. A bolt of lightning illuminates the dark sky, flashing like a beacon right over the summit.
