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Chapter Twenty-One

"She's waking up." Said a voice that I didn't recognize.

I slowly opened my eyes and was met with more darkness. I started to panic, fearing I was blind again.

"Lights, you moron." A dim lamp clicked on just a little ways from me.

I glanced around and saw the man from earlier (or the other day. Who knows how long it had been) and another man. He was equally as gorgeous as the original man.

"W-" I started but couldn't finish. My throat was too dry. It was painful.

A cup of water touched my lips and I drank from it great fully. Once my mouth and throat were wet enough to satisfy me, I pulled my lips from the cup.

The gorgeous 'Greek god' pulled the cup away and set it on the table before looking back at me. We stared at each other before he said, "leave us." He never broke his eye contact with me.

Once the other man exited the room the 'Greek god' moved to sit on the edge of the bed I was lying on, just next to my hip. His hand reached up to cup my cheek and I could barely resist the urge to lean into him.

"Who are you?" I whispered.

"I am Eros, or Amor. Whichever you prefer." He said, sliding his hand down to my neck.

My brain spun trying to understand, Eros was a Greek god. The one that could control love and whatnot. Cupid.. He couldn't be...

"Oh my God, you're Cupid!" I said shocked, moving away from him.

Eros chuckled and removed his hand, making my thoughts clearer. "Yes, that is what they say. But please, I prefer my Greek or Roman names. Not the silly one the mortals gave me....Not that I mind what you call me, beautiful Ace."

I stared at him but couldn't do much else. He was gorgeous; he placed his hand on my thigh and started to rub it. I squirmed wanting him to stop and continue at the same time.

"Ya know Ace, you really are beautiful. And powerful too." Eros leaned over me and rested his forearms on either side of my head. My breathing quickened which seemed to amuse him.

"We could really use a beautiful and powerful girl on our side." Eros leaned down even further; I could feel his lips brush against mine softly as he spoke. "What do you say Ace?"

My mind swam; my thoughts overlapping each other. A part of me, the more logical part that I should've listened to, was yelling at me tell me that he could be a bad guy. I mean, come on, he was manipulating me and I was letting him.

But the other part, the part that was at the front of my mind then, was telling me to accept his offer. Help him and whoever else, was with him.

"Okay." I breathed, my lips brushing his. I squirmed from the pleasure the feel of his lips brought me.

Eros smiled and gave me a light kiss and pulled back too soon. He glanced around the room before sighing; Eros stood and ran his hands through his hair. "Well, best be going."

"Going where?"

"To show you the plans. We need your help and I do believe you agreed to help us." Eros bent down and scooped me into his arms like I weighed nothing. He walked out the suffocatingly gray room and down a hall.

My breath hitched in my throat because it was all too similar to when I was trapped in that horrible compound. I squirmed as much as I could, trying to get him to stop.

Finally he did and I breathed a sigh of relief. But then he opened the door and walked into a control room. There was a women standing behind two men sitting in a chair.

The women turned around and I was shocked by the sweetness I saw there. She sauntered over and cupped my face.

"Oh! You must be the dear, powerful Acelias I have heard so much about! I am Ate, it is so good to meet you. Eros has told me about how you have agreed to help us on our mission. Is that so?" Ate said happily to me.

I nodded, confused. "Y-yes. What is your m-mission?"

"Oh, ah, well. You'll see soon enough." Ate told me, glancing at Eros nervously. "But right now, Eros is going to take you to the technical lab. They have something for you!"

She pinched my cheeks and then shooed us out of the control room. "Well, let's go then." Eros muttered.

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We got to the technical lab thing and Eros used my hip to open the door. It made me blush and when I slapped his chest, he just laughed!

It was a large room with a bunch of computer other technology that I didn't recognize. There were computers and touchscreen a everywhere as well.

Three men were bent over a workspace in the middle of the room. I could here the quiet purr of drills coming from where they worked.

Eros cleared his throat and the men stood and faced us. I saw a glimpse of what was behind them and my jaw dropped.

It was legs. Sorta. Let me explain. On the end of the contraption was a metal belt kind of thing. It was circular and it looked like it would attach around my thigh. On either side of the circle were flat long pieces that went down until they met circular joint pieces. Those went down until they came to joint pieces with a circle on them.

There were two and they were connected by a larger metal belt that would go around your hips.

The men gestured for us to come over and we did. I got a closer look at it and realized it was vibrating slightly.

"What is that?" I asked leaning down a little.

One of them men spoke up. He looked to be around fifty but his hair was already grey. "This is your brace. The will allow you to walk. We made you this because you can't always have wheelchair in some places you may go."

Eros set me down on the table so the workers could put my brace on me. They said that I would be more comfortable with it over my clothes. I was relieved at that. I didn't want to have to take my pants off in front of all those men.

I laid back and waited while they clipped the around my hips and then my thighs, and finally ankles. The older man had me sit up and I realized that it was secured very tightly around my knees so they wouldn't need a belt there.

"Ok, Miss Acelias. I need you to walk for me." The older man said.

I just stared at him. How was I supposed to walk? I was paralyzed! He must have seen my confusion because he chuckled.

"Do you see how it's vibrating slightly?" He asked. I looked closely at it and saw that it was still vibrating; I nodded. "That is because it is almost alive. To control it, you use your magic. It's all in your mind, just like when you read minds. Try it out."

I took a deep breath, ignoring that he knew about my powers, instead I focused on swinging my legs over the edge of the counter. After a few minutes I felt something connect in my head and my legs moved.

I grinned and the old guy smiled encouragingly. I focused on the feeling I had just felt and pushed myself off the counter. I expected to fall on the floor but my legs caught. It reminded me very much of the day Marlee tortured me on that stupid chair.

Focusing again, I took a step forward. I let out a small laugh if joy and took another step. To be honest I felt like a child just learning how to walk. But then again, it had been so long since I had and not been to furious to enjoy it.

I took a couple of more steps before my legs gave out from exhaustion. The older doctor guy came over and squatted in front of me.

"Yes, it will take time for your legs to be ready for you to walk anymore than a few steps at a time. But just keep working on it. Also, you must always wear the brace, except at night. That is the only time you can take it off, do you understand?" He asked me.

I nodded and grinned down at my new walking contraption. I was so thrilled to be able to walk again.

"Good. Now, you need to go eat. Master Eros..." He stood and bowed to Eros before walking to his colleagues.

Eros came over and picked me up. "How do you like it? The brace?"

I grinned and touched it. "I can walk again. Without being angry. I wish I could show Colin and the others..." I trailed off and looked at the floor passing me by, sadly.

Eros stopped walking and looked at me. I could feel his eyes burning into my head but I wouldn't look at him. Two fingers positioned themselves under my chin and made me look up.

"Ace, you can't go back. You know that. Don't think about them." Eros scolded. I was hurt by the harshness of his tone and words; a tear slipped down my cheek, but I didn't bother wiping it away I just looked away from him.

Eros growled and continued walking. "I'm sorry." I said, more tears falling. "I just miss them. This is the second time I have been taken away from my family." I stopped talking when I felt his muscles tense beneath me. From then until we got to the cafeteria place, I didn't say a word, just let the tears fall silently.

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I got cream chipped beef for lunch. A huge bowl full of it and then seconds. I swear I could've lived off that stuff. It was so good. Eros let me walk from the food line to the table. He carried my food though, incase I fell.

After I finished licking my bowl clean I finally looked at Eros. However, he wasn't looking at me, he was just staring off into space. I reached out with my mind, trying to read his thoughts or emotions, but there was nothing. I sighed.

"Eros." I called. He didn't react. "Eros?" I tried again, but failed. "Eros look at me!" I hissed angry that he was ignoring me.

Finally he looked at me. "What?"

"I'm sorry, okay? But I can't help missing them. You can't deny that you kidnapp-"

Eros cut me of quickly. "You came willingly." The harshness in his voice made me flinch. "Come on. Ate asked me to show you to your room. It is just across from hers."

With that Eros stood and walked around the table and picked me up bridal style. I blushed slightly wishing I was able to walk on my own.

I stopped paying attention after a few minutes of only hallways. There were very few doors and we did a lot of turning.

Finally Eros stopped in front of a door and pushed it open. I let out a shocked gasp at what was behind the door. It was the perfect room.

It was huge, three times the size of the living room at Meredith's house and was varying shades of purple that matched.

There were three rooms: The living room with a small kitchen area, the bedroom with a huge walk in closet and a bathroom with a jacuzzi tub. I squealed and ran from room to room before my legs got too tired and I had to sit down.

Eros stood in the doorway, where he had set me down at, with an amused look on his face. "Enjoying yourself?"

I nodded enthusiastically and used what energy I had left and walked over to Eros. Once I got to him I leaned up against him as wound my arms around his neck for support.

Upon seeing this Eros wrapped his arms around my waist pressing my tiny frame to his much larger one. I leaned up to him and said, "You know, I never really feel tiny and small compared to other people. I like it."

Eros grinned and leant his face down to mine so our lips almost touched. "I'm glad that you feel that way. You may be small but you hold a ton of power. And we are going to use that to our advantage."

Then he pressed his lips to mine not giving me the chance to process his words.

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