Free Guardian (Daughters Of The Gods, Book 2) by Tamara Gill Page B

back, I’m glad I did not. The woman you know now wouldn’t be here had she remained a goddess. We’re fickle, Cian. Chloe’s humanity has enabled her to care for you far more than she ever would have had she remained a god.”
    “Don’t say that, Cat. We’re blood, I grant you, but I haven’t seen nor heard from you since the day I was turned mortal. And immortal or not, I would never tire of Cian. He’s everything to me.”
    Cat shrugged. “I’m not here to rehash what happened in the past. I couldn’t help Chloe then and I refused to hunt her for Father when he asked. Instead I offered to kill the one who had helped her to hide.” Cat paused. “Father agreed.”
    “ No,” Chloe said, her face paling.
    “ I’m afraid so.” Cat took a steadying breath, the thought of killing Lelantos making her stomach turn. “I fought him once, too many years ago to count and Father, knowing of our previous encounter, thought I would be perfect for the assignment. You know only too well how he likes to play with us.”
    “ When did you fight, Lelantos?” Cian asked, raising his brows.
    “During the Battle of the Gods. As you’re well aware, Lelantos is the God of the Unseen. He’s the only one of his kind who can disappear at will. We fought before he fled, but not before he’d kissed me. I could’ve killed him during the embrace and Zeus knew it. I suppose he wished to make killing Lelantos that little bit more challenging by hoping I harbored some feelings for the Titan.”
    “And do you?” Chloe asked, her eyes bright with expectation.
    “The kiss threw me, granted. But it wasn’t until I met him in New York that I started to know the Titan hidden in human form. I like him.” Far too much to lose him now . Pain threatened to cripple her that he could be killed, tortured by her own kind. She swallowed the nausea that rose in her throat and strove for calm.
    “Liar.” Chloe stepped away from Cian and clasped her hands. “You’re in love with him. Were you not , you wouldn’t be here asking for help. Because that is why you’re here isn’t it, Cat? You need my help.”
    Cat nodded and swallowed the hard lump which had formed in her throat. There was something seriously wrong with her. She was a goddess, not some blubbering, female mess who cried over a male. Not that Lelantos was just a male, he was a Titan. Her enemy. “I do,” she said at length.
    “Love him?” Chloe asked, smiling.
    “That too.” Cat couldn’t stop the grin that formed on her lips at her sister’s obvious enjoyment at her declaration. “Will you help me get him back? It’ll be impossible for me to do it alone.”
    Chloe nodded and started to walk toward a room that ran off the entrance hall. Cat followed and he ard Cian behind her. The room they entered was a library with books from floor to ceiling. Leather, dust and the smell of burning wood greeted them, giving the room an air of warmth and homeliness.
    Cat sat beside Chloe before the hearth and wondered how to ask a sibling she hadn’t seen in years to take part in a dangerous task that could leave them both imprisoned at Mount Olympus or worse, Tartarus.
    “What is it you need, Cat? You know I’ll do anything I can to help.”
    Chloe’s words, as much as she had longed to hear her agreement, spiked a tremor of fear through Cat’s stomach. Looking at Cian watching them silently, Cat was certain should anything happen to his precious wife she’d pay dearly for it.
    “I’ve discovered Lelantos has been imprisoned, but not in Tartarus as I’d first thought. Father has been cunning enough to hold him in Mount Olympus instead. He knows I’ll come for him and it’s his way of capturing me as well. Lelantos is being used as bait, I’m sure.”
    “I understand only too well what father is capable of.” Her sister’s gaze flicked to Cian and softened. “I owe everything I have to Lelantos and I promised him I would do anything for him should he need it in the