Chapter 99

Ares' pov

My heartbeat was loud, the waves louder, but none of it could drown the chaos in my mind as I watched her leave.

My fingers ached to draw her back. My claws itched to dig into her full hips. My voice almost betrayed me and yelled her name. My wolf tried to break out and nuzzle his snout in the crook of her neck but I couldn't bring myself to do any of it.

Her words resonated in my mind and I hated myself a little more each passing second I let her take a step away from me.

She wasn't even lying.

I was weak.

Too weak to fight my demons and choose to be with her.

But then, this was the plan, right?

This was all I've wanted from the first day she opened her mouth to reject me.

To get her to love me so that when I left this earth, I would leave a void in her heart that nobody would ever be able to fill.

But each time I stared at her eyes that reminded me of a drop of honey in a bowl of milk, I couldn't bring myself to do it anymore.

She was better off hating me than loving me.