Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 76

I try to roll over to get out of bed so I can get a shower, but Bronx tugs me back down and pulls me until my back is close against his chest, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"I need to get cleaned up, Sweetheart. I'll be back after my shower," I giggle and scrunch up my shoulders as he nibbles at the spot on my neck below my ear.

"Nope," he growls playfully from somewhere in my hair. I feel him take a deep breath, "I like when you smell like me."

"I like when I smell like you too, but I don't enjoy laying in bed feeling sweaty and sticky. Give me ten minutes," I turn in his arms to face him.

"Five," he kisses my forehead and drapes his leg over me, trapping me against him.

"Eight," I negotiate for more time.

"You drive a hard bargain, Kas Mason,” he grumbles, burying his nose back in my hair.

"My husband says I'm a damn good businesswoman,” I smile into his chest and give a gentle nip on his marking spot that isn't completely healed. I feel him shiver happily at the sensation.

"That guy is one lucky son of a bitch," Bronx chuckles in his gruff voice. He rolls me on top of him and nuzzles my cheek, "Seven minutes or I'm coming in after you.”

"I'm not sure if that's a threat or a promise," I giggle, giving him little kisses on his mouth. The idea of straddling him again is tempting, but I really need to get my shower and go to sleep. I look at the clock. It's after midnight and I have training with Marco and James at five a.m..

Bronx and I have been messing around ever since we got back from letting Lex and Saint spend time together.

he pretends to snap his teeth against my ear, making me squeal as I slide off

warm and I’m comfortable under the stream of the water, Lex catches

need to finish our conversation from earlier,” she

six minutes," I tell her as

I was telling you about Bronx’s

Perses. Titan God of

and allowed those children to be goddesses, he didn't know they would

you mean fifty. There are fifty Manae,” I

were some problems with your sisters trying to overpower some of the other gods and goddesses during the Giant war. Zeus ordered Mother to fix it or he would take the Manae away

"The Mavri Magea?”

be strong to stand up to the rest

like Leticia was saying, burning hands, stopping time,

gave her the ability to harness all the Manae's abilities.Although she and Mother recognized how dangerous this child

Perses is the Goddess

Perses gift to Mother and as a gift to his only daughter, he put a drop of his own essence into the Guardian for the

on Bronx's face when he thought he was going to take a prisoner of war crosses my mind. The anger when he recorded the message about me to the media. His eagerness to spar during training. How fondly he remembers his time in battle when he was in the military. How intimidating everyone thinks he is, even when he is minding his own business.

will see how scared your sisters are of him and you, too. As they

really understand why they would fear me, but I’m not really worried about that right now, "Lex, what

he didn’t until this lifetime, anyway. The short story is you cannot beat him. He cannot

knows that

"Yeah. Definitely."