The Tripartite Mate Bond Chapter 71: CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE

“AURORA’S POV”

When I woke up, I had expected Ares to be by my bedside, apologizing for hitting me or at least a note but the house was empty.

I ignored the bite I felt and went to take a shower. It was evening already but I just wanted to keep my brain active so I dressed up in a short gown with long net socks and went to the office which was directly beneath the floor of the penthouse.

I noticed everyone had gone and I liked the quietness of everything, it helped me do my work without the noise. I was told I was going to get used to the sensitivity of my ears but I guess it was slower than I expected. So, anytime I get the opportunity to enjoy a silent evening, I always enjoy it. At least, I didn't have to wear earplugs all the time.

But as I arranged the folders I was going to work on tomorrow, my solitude was disrupted by a knock.

“Who is it?”

The door opened and Flynn entered, his face as grumpy as usual.

“Come on in,” I said sarcastically.

“Lyra told me you were awake so I came to fetch you for training. I need to see how you are progressing before I head back.”

“Oh, Garet has been doing a good job even though this isn't really his area of specialty,” I said as I packed up the books scattered on my table before we both left the office.

“I'll be the judge of that”

I didn't like his tone but I had gotten used to it when we trained together the first time. The building complex had a gym specifically for the Alpha and Kane allowed me to use it for my fire training. He had it fireproofed to avoid any form of accidents and every evening, once I rounded up my work, I usually went there where Garet was waiting for me. It had a secret door that he could enter and leave from without alerting anyone to his presence.

As we walked into the red and black themed room, I had to turn on the AC. The obstacles that were here before were cleared out and fire resistant equipment were placed everywhere.

“The goal, Princess, is to make you a fire wielding weapon. You are a child of prophecy and I have never told you this before but your parents had to send you away to stop you from getting killed. Now, I'd like to see how you do against moving objects. Let's go” Flynn instructed, and I felt that wave of fear of not being enough I always felt when he was training me.

I have mastered my wielding against still objects but never anything about objects in motion so as he shot out shadows from his hand, I was only able to hit one.

We kept at this for over thirty minutes and it was obvious I wasn't prepared for whatever he was training me for.

“You have barely made any progress since the last time I met you. I was supposed to head back to the dome but now I'll have to stay a little bit longer. I'll begin training you from now on. Tell your trainer to join us, he'll need to see how it's done so he can take over when I need to leave. I'll see you tomorrow” he dismissed me and I sat down on a pavement to catch my breath as he walked away.

I hated training with Flynn because of how advanced he was from me and his expectations of me as well. Each time, he drops tidbits of why I am different and have to be better and stronger but the golden rule is to never ask questions. He will give me more information as time goes by.

For example, he literally just insinuated that my parents were alive and well and had intentionally given me away to be treated like crap by my foster parents and I knew deep down if I asked more questions, he'll clamp down and won't say anything again for the unforeseeable future so I just kept quiet.

The door opened and Ares walked in.

“Hey love, here you are. What are you doing here? I tracked you with my nose and couldn't believe you were down here. What's up?” He said to me, his face all smiles.

I sighed as I wasn't in the mood to deal with him so I got up and was about to walk away but he stopped me.

“Whoa, babe. Wait. I know you are upset and I fucked up big time. But I am so sorry and I got you something that might change your mood a little bit”

“I really doubt that, Ares. You hit me and couldn't even be bothered to be sure I was fine and Flynn just told me how terrible I am at this whole fiery supernatural thing. Allow me to be sad in peace, will you?” I replied and walked into the elevator and he followed.

“I’m so sorry about that. I didn't want to come to you empty handed after hurting you like that so I went to get you something. I didn't know you'd wake up so soon. And Flynn needs to chill. You literally just found out about this whole new world a few months ago. How are you supposed to master everything in a matter of weeks? You are doing amazing already, okay? You literally sacrificed yourself for us the other day and that shows how powerful your soul is. Your body is just playing catch up.” He said and I took a deep breath, taking in his nice words.

“Thank you Ares. What did you get me?”

“Well, I didn't really know what you'd like so I asked Cora and she told me about this craving of yours. I've set it all up in your room so come” he said as the elevator stopped at the penthouse.

He held my hand as we walked in and immediately I saw the buckets of ice cream from Ample Hills and the sandwiches I love so much with a wide spread of delicious food. I didn't care what he did anymore and I wasn't even angry at the whole punching thing because I knew he didn't know I was standing there so I jumped on him, giggling like a little girl in excitement.

“You really love them, Huh?” He said, smiling.

“Yes, thank you” I replied and kissed him tenderly

He carried me to the bed and we spent the evening eating and talking about his life while growing up.

It lit a beautiful fire inside me that we could do something so normal and mundane. The whole supernatural thing was losing its candor to me and I appreciated this.

When I was full, I decided to go take a bath. After the little work out I had with Flynn downstairs, I needed to wash off the grime.

“Ares?”

“Hm?” He answered absentmindedly even though his full focus was on my face.

“I want to go take a bath. Do you, um.. do you want to join me?” I asked timidly and his face lit up like a damn Christmas tree.

“You don't ever have to ask, baby. I'll love to join you” he said in a way that was supposed to be funny but my vagina took that as her cue to get wet.

Of course his sensitive nose couldn't miss that moment as he took a deep breath and his eyes changed to a very dark color.

“Come” I said and I walked into the bathroom, gradually pulling my clothes as we went in.

As I prepared the bath, I looked at the powerful man that was all mine. I was upset at the universe for the life I had growing up but knowing that she paired me up with my mates kind of puts me in a happy place.

As he grabbed my neck in a firm but gentle hold that made me nearly moan, I knew I was in love with him.