put you through."
"I understand, sir. Believe me, you won't regret this at all."
"Then see to it that I don't."
Nodding, she held the permits to her chest and turned to offer Arik a tenuous smile.
Arik couldn't breathe as foreign emotions seized him. Her eyes were filled with unshed tears, but it was
the gratitude in them that touched him most. He'd never felt anything like this. Her pleasure was so great
that he could feel it himself.
"Thank you," she breathed.
All he could do was nod his head at her as he struggled to understand these strange emotions in him that
made no sense. His throat was tight. His heart pounding. He wanted to laugh and to cry and he didn't
know why. He'd never known such confusion. No wonder Hades had profaned emotions.
They were baffling.
Solin inclined his head toward the door. "Why don't the two of you go on to the car. I'll be out
momentarily."
Arik opened the door for Megeara.
He'd barely closed it when she turned on him with a giddy laugh. She threw her arms around him and
kissed him on the cheek as she jumped up and down against him.
Heat scorched him as her breasts pressed against his chest and her soft lips brushed his skin before she
pulled away. "I can't thank you enough for this." She let out a strange noise before she twirled around.
"Oh my God, I can't believe this. I can't believe I'm finally holding my permits! Legal ones, too, and I
didn't have to kill anyone to get them!" She made a strange "yee"-like noise before she hugged him again.
Unable to stand the onslaught to his body, he pulled her to him and kissed her.
Geary melted at that taste of Arik's lips. She was so excited and happy, she'd have done anything for
him at the moment. Anything!
Or so she thought.
The moment he started lifting the hem of her dress up, she jerked back with an indignant squeak. Her
jubilation snapped straight to anger. "What do you think you're doing?"
He looked completely baffled by her anger. "I thought…"
"What? That you could lift my dress and screw me in an open hallway? Are you insane?"
Solin froze in the doorway as he heard her words. "What did I just miss?"
She turned on him. "Your brother is an absolute jerk. He just picked my dress up. Here. In public." And
still Arik looked confused by her anger.
Disgusted with them both, Geary turned and stalked back toward the car.
Solin gaped at Arik. "What did you do?"
Arik held his hands up in frustration. "She kissed me. It turned me on, so I—"
"No, you didn't," Solin snapped, interrupting him. "Arik, are you an idiot? You could have exposed us
all."
Rage flamed inside him at the insult. "It's what we've done before when she's gotten the permits in her
dreams. She likes the way I touch her."
"Yes. In dreams . This isn't a dream. You're in the human world and people don't behave like that here.
Now, Brother, you understand why I venture into the dream realm. There are certain behaviors and
rituals you have to practice in this world. You don't just eye a woman here and then jump her. Damn.
You're lucky she didn't slap you, or have you arrested."
Arik raked his hand through his hair as he understood her anger, but it didn't do anything to sate the fire
in his groin. "I came here to be with her."
"And you keep that up and you'll spend your time here behind bars. Damn, Arik, damn."
"I told you I needed your help."
Solin ground his teeth at those words. It wasn't in his nature to help anyone. Unlike Arik, he wasn't a full
god. He'd been tossed out into the world of man and left here to suffer while the rest of his kind lived on
Olympus or the Vanishing Isle, far away from the prejudice and fear of humans. And if that wasn't
enough, the gods themselves had come after him to punish him over a birth defect he'd never wanted.
He'd barely survived their relentless attacks.
Now one of them expected him to offer a help that had never been extended to him. It was almost
enough to make him laugh.
He wasn't
"I understand, sir. Believe me, you won't regret this at all."
"Then see to it that I don't."
Nodding, she held the permits to her chest and turned to offer Arik a tenuous smile.
Arik couldn't breathe as foreign emotions seized him. Her eyes were filled with unshed tears, but it was
the gratitude in them that touched him most. He'd never felt anything like this. Her pleasure was so great
that he could feel it himself.
"Thank you," she breathed.
All he could do was nod his head at her as he struggled to understand these strange emotions in him that
made no sense. His throat was tight. His heart pounding. He wanted to laugh and to cry and he didn't
know why. He'd never known such confusion. No wonder Hades had profaned emotions.
They were baffling.
Solin inclined his head toward the door. "Why don't the two of you go on to the car. I'll be out
momentarily."
Arik opened the door for Megeara.
He'd barely closed it when she turned on him with a giddy laugh. She threw her arms around him and
kissed him on the cheek as she jumped up and down against him.
Heat scorched him as her breasts pressed against his chest and her soft lips brushed his skin before she
pulled away. "I can't thank you enough for this." She let out a strange noise before she twirled around.
"Oh my God, I can't believe this. I can't believe I'm finally holding my permits! Legal ones, too, and I
didn't have to kill anyone to get them!" She made a strange "yee"-like noise before she hugged him again.
Unable to stand the onslaught to his body, he pulled her to him and kissed her.
Geary melted at that taste of Arik's lips. She was so excited and happy, she'd have done anything for
him at the moment. Anything!
Or so she thought.
The moment he started lifting the hem of her dress up, she jerked back with an indignant squeak. Her
jubilation snapped straight to anger. "What do you think you're doing?"
He looked completely baffled by her anger. "I thought…"
"What? That you could lift my dress and screw me in an open hallway? Are you insane?"
Solin froze in the doorway as he heard her words. "What did I just miss?"
She turned on him. "Your brother is an absolute jerk. He just picked my dress up. Here. In public." And
still Arik looked confused by her anger.
Disgusted with them both, Geary turned and stalked back toward the car.
Solin gaped at Arik. "What did you do?"
Arik held his hands up in frustration. "She kissed me. It turned me on, so I—"
"No, you didn't," Solin snapped, interrupting him. "Arik, are you an idiot? You could have exposed us
all."
Rage flamed inside him at the insult. "It's what we've done before when she's gotten the permits in her
dreams. She likes the way I touch her."
"Yes. In dreams . This isn't a dream. You're in the human world and people don't behave like that here.
Now, Brother, you understand why I venture into the dream realm. There are certain behaviors and
rituals you have to practice in this world. You don't just eye a woman here and then jump her. Damn.
You're lucky she didn't slap you, or have you arrested."
Arik raked his hand through his hair as he understood her anger, but it didn't do anything to sate the fire
in his groin. "I came here to be with her."
"And you keep that up and you'll spend your time here behind bars. Damn, Arik, damn."
"I told you I needed your help."
Solin ground his teeth at those words. It wasn't in his nature to help anyone. Unlike Arik, he wasn't a full
god. He'd been tossed out into the world of man and left here to suffer while the rest of his kind lived on
Olympus or the Vanishing Isle, far away from the prejudice and fear of humans. And if that wasn't
enough, the gods themselves had come after him to punish him over a birth defect he'd never wanted.
He'd barely survived their relentless attacks.
Now one of them expected him to offer a help that had never been extended to him. It was almost
enough to make him laugh.
He wasn't
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