“BOW!” Gaia roared, her voice splitting the silence of her chambers like lightning. Her chest heaved with desperation, sweat sliding down her temples as her Luna aura exploded outward, shaking the walls and rattling the glass chandeliers.
The weight of her command slammed against Orion, pressing against his chest, crawling down his spine like molten steel. For a moment...just a cruel, fleeting moment, his head tilted down, his chin dipping as though he might submit.
Then his lips curled.
He muttered under his breath, voice deep and blasphemous, “I’m a god. And I’m so sorry, little miss but I don’t bow to my little ones.”
The words carved through her like knives.
Gaia froze. Her power recoiled as if slapped. Humiliation scorched her veins. The bastard had lowered his head not because o
