Chapter 18 Fuzzy Borderlines

• Aphrodite's Point of View
• The sun filtered through the high windows of Alpha Zeus's chamber, casting soft golden rays over the remnants of what had just transpired between us. I lay beside him, my heart pounding in my chest, my lips still tingling from the kiss we had shared. The weight of his presence beside me was suffocating, yet somehow comforting. I couldn’t understand why my body had betrayed me like this. Why had I given in?
• The warmth of his skin still clung to mine, his breath steady and calm as if nothing extraordinary had happened. But to me, everything had changed. That kiss wasn’t just a kiss. It was something far more dangerous.