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asked.
    She shrugged. “I got cold.”
    Adin rubbed his hand on her back, and she felt him lean over her toward River.
    “How’s school going?” Adin asked River.
    Her hand was already on Adin’s leg to support her while she was leaning over talking to Calli, but when she heard him talk to River, she rubbed her hand on his leg and squeezed it. Calli saw her smile, and she cracked a smile too.
    “Umm…fine, I guess. Legacy and Calli showed me around. How about you? Er, I mean how’s it going for you?”
    “Okay.”
    Legacy wanted gush and praise the two men in her life for trying to have a civil conversation, but she kept her trap shut.
    After several minutes of everyone engaging in individual conversations, Calli’s break was over and she stood up, announcing she had to get back down to the field to cheer.
    When the game was over, Adin drove Legacy home and walked her to her door. He stroked her cheek while he leaned down and kissed her.
    “I’m glad you were able to come with me tonight,” she whispered as he pulled away.
    “Me too. I’ll probably be busy all weekend, though.”
    “Okay.” She pouted, and he chuckled. She smiled at Adin while she put her purse down. “You want your sweater back?”
    “You can keep it.” He shrugged as he put his hands in his pockets.
    Hmm… she felt a little challenge coming on. She lifted her arms and gazed into his eyes. “You can take it back.”
    Adin laughed nervously, pulling his hands back out and grabbing the bottom of the sweater. He leaned his head to her ear. “Are you sure? I don’t want you to get cold again.”
    “I’m sure.” She slanted her head back and stared into his eyes with her eyebrows raised and a half-smile on her face, waiting for him to take the sweater off.
    Adin slowly pulled the sweatshirt up while staring into her eyes. Then he pulled it off her. Once the sweater was free from her body, his eyes peered into hers. The act of taking an article of clothing off her clearly thrilled him. Good. He dropped the sweatshirt and twisted his fingers into her disheveled hair. He pressed himself against her and rubbed his lips against hers.
    “Oh, Legacy… ” He moaned as he nudged her lips, not kissing her.
    She threw her hands around his back and pulled him against her. Since Adin’s lips were against hers, but he wasn’t kissing her, she delicately traced his lips with the tip of her tongue. That action caused him to lose what little control he had. His hands knotted in her hair, and he kissed her forcefully. Yes! This was what she wanted—Adin to let himself loose. Gods, he tasted so good. She was practically crawling up his body to get even closer to him.
    But Adin pulled away, breaking their connection. She could still see desire burning in his eyes. Rather than push him for more, she let him leave. She smiled to herself as she watched him drive away. Yeah, he left, but very reluctantly.
    After she watched him drive away, she walked into the house and up to her bedroom in a daze. It amazed her that she’d had nervous thoughts about being a virgin and taking the next step with Adin when they were totally absent right now. She wasn’t completely naïve, though. She was sure those feelings would return from time to time until they did the deed. Though those feelings didn’t change her resolve.
    She was ready to be with Adin in every way possible.
    She just had to figure out a way to stop him from resisting. Um, without coming off as a ho. A goddess needed to have a certain level of refinement, right?
     

Chapter Six
     
    She woke up Saturday morning from the same two dreams that she’d had before. She knew she was going to inherit Zeus’s powers, and she knew Medusa was River’s mom, so she couldn’t understand what she was missing about these two dreams.
    But that would have to wait. Since Adin was busy with fraternity hazing, she planned on using the weekend to research Aphrodite and Venus.
    Calli came over and brought her laptop