Her Forever (Book 4)- Chapter 23

Gwen’s POV

Oh. My. Gosh.

Hades is giving me that smile, but I see the fire in his eyes. He was not happy at our interruption, and I feared for the other entity on the other side of the door. I’ve been lucky they haven’t been towards me, but others need to watch out. I’ve seen a little bit of what Hades can do, and he does have some anger issues.

lly slid off the bed. Before he left, he covered me with a blanket, wrapped me up, and kissed the temple of my head.

out of my chest.

mell?!” I squealed.

ached the door.

ant for two really in love. Could it be love? I’m beginning to think so. I don’t want him just for his looks, but the way he treats me, makes me f

my stomach hurt when he gave me a look of defeat. With the mistakes he had made, I felt the desire to comfort him. He continues to put himself down and hold onto the sins he had created for

rn to forgive himself on his own time, just like anyone else.

ding back, and even when I continue to tell him, I won’t leave as long as he is honest. I fear he is holding something back. If I had secrets to tell, I would say tell him. I just don’t have anything to give.

t and continue to reassure him that I’m

I rolled myself into a burrito as he looked back at me and raised his brow. “Don’t 

greeted by Niko.

Uh, oh.

e who made me smile and made my shift a little shorter.

floor with a large thump and landed on my bad leg.

sed. “I fell, I’m fine! But please don’t fight!” I pouted my lip, knowing Hades would do anything for me when I did that.

urt Niko.

Did he like me? I’m supposed to be Hades’ mate; he will get his own mate, too, right?

n the room thickening as Hades continues to stare down Niko for looking at me. I wrapped the blanket back around and stood next to Hades. “I’m pretty tired,” I yawned. Hades immediately scooped me up

I’ll be back in a moment,” the quick peck on my lips left too soon as he turned his back to me to talk to Niko. Grabbing his hand, I pulled him to me, flushed against my body. My hand immediately caressed his face.

om and shutting the door.

eeled off me in an instant as I squealed internally at the bath before me. Unwrapping the bandage, expecting to still see a few s***h marks, I was pleasantly surprised that there was hardly any. Only a few light scratches remained that looked it could be nothing more than a cat’s claws. Whatever they were putting in those IV mineral nutrient bags was working. I’ve never healed so fast in my life.

from the lavender helped me calm myself, and I shut my eyes. The bubbles kept my body hidden like a blanket as I heard slight popping from the tiny globes.

t got too excited; it just burst into flames. I started giggling at the thought of the entire fox on fire which only made him c**k his head in confusion.

oked me up and down, somewhat satisfied. It chittered again, using its paw to show me what it wanted next.

Hairdryer

pointing to the door.

eans, and anything I could think of. Every day the closet continued to grow, and I wondered where all these clothes were even coming from.

rlier. I shut the drawers quickly until the little fox animal started chittering again. It was scolding me! It hopped up and down and pawed at the drawer until I finally stomped my foot.

f the closet and found Hades’ plain black knit shirts and boxers. Being a creep, I smelled in his scent. Mmm, smores. I wonder if I have a smell too?

es had a scowl on his face only to have it lightened when he saw me.

that much happiness to him? “Hades!” I jumped across the room and gave him a

t?” he questioned. The chittering started again, and it flew up and landed on my s

ted and full of sharp little teeth that hung over its maw. If the thing was bigger,

gain like Hades could understand every word it was saying. It continued chittering while Hades began smiling. The little phantomtail stuck out its

dirty laundry. “What the?”

.

ades nodded.

at were you doing when he foun

e tub, but I kept falling asleep until it started to chatter at me to get out,” I scratc

can’t take care of yourself,” he chided while I scoffed. “I leave for just a little over an hour, and you are falling a

. He started growling and headed over to the closet. The chattering soon began tiny screams as I ran inside the closet to save the phantom tail. “No, Cerberus! Don’t hurt him!” I picked the phantomtail up and pul

etting much better.