Rayden left me and Ares alone again, but only after a stern warning that he would not cover for us if anyone found out the truth through our own carelessness.
I think that was his way of warning us not to go back to bed.
After he left I started to feel the spirited and defensive attitude I had been able to summon fade away, and it left me with no positive emotions to focus on.
Ares was frustratingly calm about this. He was probably used to Rayden talking to him like that, and he still hadn’t shown any sign of being embarrassed that Rayden interrupted us during a deeply intimate moment.
I sank down onto the bed and buried my face in my hands.
Ares immediately moved closer to me, and I moved my hands away to glare at him because he knew exactly what he was doing,
“If you are about to t
