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Squeezing h "It’s funny when you cuss"

"Only you would laugh at so like that," he said, and I heard the relieved aertips appeared under ht-colored one "You’re with me now?"

I blinked back tears "Yes Yes, I am"

"Good" His thuaze searchedmy cheek into his palm, I sed hard "I’, especially for last night I was jealous, and that was stupid, I know, but I’htly "No, you were right to be upset, but that’s not what I’ for"

His brows rose

My chest ached "I know…I know there was a part of you that was okay with the idea of us having a baby I know there was a part of you that was excited in spite of everything else, and I’ on I’m sorry that it was this and not--"

"Stop" Aiden dropped his forehead tohands up to cup ize Ever Do you understandwrong What we thought? It doesn’t matter"

"You have to be disappointed," I whispered, curling ers around his wrists

"Never," he swore "If anything, I’ pissed that it did, but, Alex, we have a lifetiain"

My breath caught "You’re perfect"

"And you know that’s not true"

"It is"

A throat cleared behind us, and then Apollo said, "Seriously, you two? It’s not like you’re keeping a god waiting or anything"

Aiden drew back with a soft groan "Sometimes I hate him"

My lips curved up "Sometimes"

"I heard that," Apollo said "And I’m pretty sure there’s soive you two clues Starts with an S and ends with an H"

There was an audible huff frorin

"Well, you got that right" Aiden’s eyes were fixed on ht now?"

I nodded, and then Aiden lowered his head onceme in a way that truly felt like the very first ti he was feeling in that moment I knehat he’d said moments before was the truth He believed we had a lifetiain, and I latched onto that

Together, we turned and headed past Apollo He followed us in and took up stance in the ’s all here Al a few, but this will do"

We were ht that they weren’t here And it felt really weird that Seth was here He was leaning against the here the daggers had once hung He arched a brow at one, which et back into you," Apollo said, and I resisted the urge to yank ht then Then he turned to Seth "And don’t think you and er Ares’ little bitch-boy, but you’re still a punk-ass"

Aiden snickered

"And I hope your jaw really hurts," Apollo added

Seth sain, Golden Boy, we can do it"

"This is an aweso number two," Deacon murmured

The air around Apollo crackled, and I let out a loud sigh and proppedyou had a reason for co with Seth"

"That’s right"

I waited, and when Apollo said nothing, I crossed my arms "And that would be?"

"We need a plan," he replied

"Wow" Seth folded his arms "That’s a unique concept"

"Seth," I hissed, shooting hi at Seth in a wholly creepy "hide your kids" kind of way "When you least expect it, I’ to turn you into a pink flower that sh "Oh, ods…"

Seth’s eyes narrowed into thin, amber slits, but before he could volley back, a whole different conversation sprouted out of the depths of my very own personal hell