CHAPTER 38
AURORAGrasping onto Ares’s hand, I pulled myself to a standing position and kept myself steady. Blood rolled down my thighs and pooled under me. I pushed a hand between my legs and used my power to heal myself the best that I could with the little strength I had left.
I wanted Ares to go get our daughter—just to hold her one time, for both our sakes—but I wanted to go with him, too, and I knew that he wouldn’t leave my side even if I begged him to go see her. He should, but he wouldn’t.
Ares wrapped his arm around my waist and gently stroked his thumb against the dress plastered on my hip from the blood. “Kitten,” he whispered to me, his nose against my ear. Every bit of him was tense, even his voice.
Ruffles rushed into the room, looking from me to the door. “Meow.” All her
