APHRODITE'SSECRET-JULIEKENNER
THE HERO RETURNED
Lane licked her lips, her face contorting as if she’d just tasted his words and found them bitter. “You can’t,” she said. “It’s done. Over. You left me. I’ve moved on with my life, and we can’t go back. Not unless you can turn back time.” For a brief moment, hope entered her eyes, and he saw just how much weight she gave Protector powers.
“Er, I don’t think anyone can. Well, Zephron, maybe, but—”
“Not you.”
“Not me.”
“Oh.” She nibbled on her thumb, then lifted her head to look him straight in the eyes. “So you can’t make it up to me, and we can’t go back. But you are going to rescue my son.”
“Our son,” he corrected.
“He’s all I have,” Lane said, tears spilling out of her eyes. “You can’t let anything happen to him.”
Despite the cuffs binding his wrists, Jason twisted and managed to grasp her hands, squeezing until she squeezed back. “I know,” he said. And he did. Once upon a time, she’d had him, too. But no more. Now it was just Lane and Davy. And if Jason wanted back into their family, he was going to have to work his tail off. He was going to have to rescue Davy—and he was going to have to do a whole hell of a lot more, too.
APHRODITE'SSECRET-JULIEKENNER
THE HERO RETURNED
Lane licked her lips, her face contorting as if she’d just tasted his words and found them bitter. “You can’t,” she said. “It’s done. Over. You left me. I’ve moved on with my life, and we can’t go back. Not unless you can turn back time.” For a brief moment, hope entered her eyes, and he saw just how much weight she gave Protector powers.
“Er, I don’t think anyone can. Well, Zephron, maybe, but—”
“Not you.”
“Not me.”
“Oh.” She nibbled on her thumb, then lifted her head to look him straight in the eyes. “So you can’t make it up to me, and we can’t go back. But you are going to rescue my son.”
“Our son,” he corrected.
“He’s all I have,” Lane said, tears spilling out of her eyes. “You can’t let anything happen to him.”
Despite the cuffs binding his wrists, Jason twisted and managed to grasp her hands, squeezing until she squeezed back. “I know,” he said. And he did. Once upon a time, she’d had him, too. But no more. Now it was just Lane and Davy. And if Jason wanted back into their family, he was going to have to work his tail off. He was going to have to rescue Davy—and he was going to have to do a whole hell of a lot more, too.