Free Chance: An Action & Adventure Romance Novel (Sacrifice) by A.C. Heller Page A

expression that tells him she’s worried.
    “It's alright Dora, the explosion was nothing just Al fuckin' around as usual.”
    Dora shakes her head and now it's Aiden's turn to be confused. “You're covered in black smudges; you didn't get hurt did you?” She asks speaking softly, and so fucking sweet.
    Aiden wants to tell her he's fine, touch her face, kiss her pretty lips, but he's beyond sweet touches.   Taking Dora by the hand he pulls her behind him into his room and closes the door, locking it behind them. Dora is standing, staring at Aiden wide eyed. Aiden tears his Henley off over his head and tosses it on the floor and stalks to Dora. He grabs the hem of her tank top and pulls it off in a 'swoosh' of fabric, dropping it at their feet. Placing one hand on the bare skin at her hip and one on her face, he places a chaste kiss on her lips and whispers, “No matter what, I won't hurt you. Trust me?”
    At his words Dora's body visibly relaxes and she leans into him and nods.
    Later Dora and Aiden are lying in bed.  Dora is lying mostly on top of him.  Aiden is rubbing her back with his finger tips. Aiden breaks their comfortable silence and whispers sweetly to her. “Sore?”
    She shakes her head no and cuddles deeper into him. Aiden had never taken someone’s virginity before and he had to admit there was something carnal about it, like she was his.   He was fine with that, more than fine. That didn't change the fact that he should have told her before he took her, this just wasn't right.
    “ Dora?
    “ Hm?” She replied sleepily.
    “ Darlin', I gotta tell you something.”
    “ Okay.” She sat up and turned her big blue, trusting eyes on him.  Something in his chest contracted so tight it physically hurt.
    “ I should have told you sooner, but Al was sent here to create a chamber for you.”
    Aiden knew the moment it happened, the light went out of her eyes and her face closed down. This was a blow, he knew it would be.  He deserved whatever she had in store for him.
    What she actually did was worse. She stood, dressed, and stared at the floor.  Once finished she mumbled, “Take me to my chamber.”
    Aiden slowly closed his eyes and felt the pain surge through him.   “ Dora...”
    “ Take me.”
    Before Aiden could respond, or even find the strength to get to his feet there's a knock at the door.  Dora walks over and opens it. Aaron is standing there and the look of satisfaction on his face tells Aiden he heard.
    “ Ready, Dora?” Aaron asks without a shred of sympathy in his voice. Dora nods her head once accepting her fate and they leave the room without giving Aiden a glance. Little did Aiden know Al had a crane delivered shortly after the explosion.  He moved the chamber into what was now a vacant portion of the training facility.  Al had to destroy a large portion of the room to lower the chamber in but a roof could be replaced much faster than an entire structure. Al wasn't very concerned with the issue of giving the chamber a floor Dora couldn’t explode, so where ever they placed the chamber should be sufficient.
     
    Somewhere in Eastern Europe
     
    “ Sir we have reports that The Order has Pandora in their custody.” The man places a file on the desk in front of me as he spoke. Moron. Of course they had her.  No one else would make such a foolish decision. There were only two true options in this situation.  Either wait for the beautiful Pandora to destroy them, or force her hand and sacrifice some of his soldiers. Eventually something would cause Pandora's abilities to manifest themselves and she would eradicate every living thing within a hundred yard radius.
    However, patience wasn't something I was known for. I've grown quite tired of The Order's meddling over the years and I have sought out alternative means to destroy them. The consumption of the Nephilim blood certainly gave my soldiers an edge, but it wasn't enough. We needed true Nephilim in our ranks, even if it was