I felt conflicted about leaving the room, but I stuck close to Rayden’s side and kept myself covered so that none of the humans saw me.
I hated seeing Zaahra by Ares’ side, and it was difficult not to feel resentful whenever I heard her laughing or talking to the others.
She was being almost overly affectionate towards Ares, and it took me a while to realize that she was offering to carry his things and asking him if he wanted her to make their evening meal because they hadn’t spoken about her behavior the previous evening.
She had drunkenly kneed him in the crotch and stormed off without waiting for him to respond. She was probably used to people letting her get away with anything she wanted if she fawned over them like this afterward.
It was not working on him, and she was discoveri
