Nightfall

chapter 30🌙

We are on our way to to Tyler, with the rest of the group. We turned back and informed everyone that we would be helping my old friend save his love.

"So Scarlett, you have many guy friends, huh?" Aaron drawls out, throwing his arm over my shoulders almost tripping me in the process. I stifle a groan and throw the annoying little shit off of me.

"You are a guy." I snap back and walk faster so that I'm next to Ares.

"Yeah, but I am happily mated. Kristen is my little angel, and I'd do anything for her. However, Tyler and Kellan are questionable don't you think?" He smirks, and throws a few sloppy winks my way but it kinda looks like he's having a seizure.

Idiot.

"Kristen, please contain your thing."

"Come on Aaron. Don't cause unnecessary trouble, you know that they are happily mated and that nothing could break their undying love." She says breathlessly, changing her voice like an old film and putting her hand on her forehead like she's about to faint, fanning her face.

She shoots me a mischievous, knowing look and smiles at Aaron. Dramatic.

"Well, they're made for each other." Klaus mumbles and pulls Quin closer to him. She giggles and pulls him in for a quick kiss, smitten.

I ignore their antics and hold onto Ares arm while walking beside him. Something is wrong, and I don't want him to feel like I'm ignoring him or something.

It's been months since I've first arrived here, and my feelings have grown a lot. These people mean so much to me, Ares means so much to me.

You seem awfully quiet, is something wrong. I mindlink Ares so I don't draw attention from the rest of the group.

Yeah, I'm fine.

He is definitely not fine, and I've given him a while to sort through it, but he doesn't seem to have handled it. Ares I know you aren't fine, I can feel it through the bond. Talk to me.

I pull him to the side and let the rest of the group go ahead, so we can talk in private.

"I just feel like Aaron has a point." He avoids my face, his eyes dropping to the ground. He sounds so sad, so hurt, it immediately sparks concern.

"What do you mean?" I don't understand, Aaron says a lot of weird stuff Ares will have to be specific.

"You know a lot of guys, you care about a lot of people..." be trails off in the saddest tone I've ever heard from him. My heart breaks at the sight.

Aw.

Is he jealous?

No way, the Ares Hale is jealous.

"Ares you are the most important person in my life and you own my heart. This is just me helping an old friend out, you're the one I love so don't fee-" I turn around and stop half way, just realizing what I've just done.

I freeze, Ares tenses and everything seems to have stilled around us.

Love.

I said I love him.

He is going to think I'm insane, I mean it's too soon right? Like, there's no way he loves me back.

I mean do I even love him? It kinda just slipped out...

ya know-I don't even think he heard... maybe I can pretend it didn't happen.

Man, I'm such an idiot-

"What?"

"Hm?"

"What did you just say?"

Oh no.