Ares's POV
When we woke up the next morning, the room reeked of our sex-induced marathon from the night before. I had no idea what time it was, but I could imagine it was probably pretty late in the day. Ari was passed out in my arms, her beautiful dirty blonde hair was spread out around her face almost like a halo. She was breath-taking and at that moment, I couldn’t remember what my life was like without her in it. The love I felt for her consumed my heart. I was not letting this perfect specimen out of my sight from this moment forward! This mate bond was a force so powerful that it scared the hell out of me.
All I ever wanted was to love and be loved, and that was happening all in one fail swoop. It was exhilarating and frightening all at once. What if this hazed dream came crashing down around me? I don’t think I could ever recover from being ripped away from this heaven on earth that I don’t deserve to be in.