Maximus

She ran.

One second, she was in my arms. Warm, soft, mine, and the next, she was gone.

I blinked, still half in a daze, the sheets barely cooling where her body had just been.

“Oh my dear Goddess,” I heard her whisper. Then louder: “What did I do?!”

And then? Footsteps. Scrambling. A door slamming like a gunshot.

I sat up, groaning as I dragged a hand down my face. “What the hell…”

[You scared her again], Lucian growled from ...