TWENTY-SIX
FROM A DEAD SLEEP, Tess was awoken by her back hitting a wall. No, something… someone had hold of her. He was yelling. It was a him and he was mad. Fighting to get with it, she tried to breathe in, but was pulled forward and slammed against the wall again.
“Where is it?”
Oh… she shook her head to get her hair out of her eyes and wasn’t surprised Zeus was the one clutching her arms. Red with fury, he gnashed his teeth, hissing out the rage coursing through him.
“You f*****g little b***h, answer me!”
Thrown to the floor, she was disoriented, still not quite in the moment. What was going on? There was light… from outside, daylight… but what time was it?
Something heavy hit her ribs so hard the air was forced out of her lungs. Scrambling away, she clutched at the pain in her s
