Chapter 22

It was safe to say Amara's request had stunned Helios into silence, because for the first few minutes, he remained quiet and unmoving, staring at her as if waiting for the punchline. However, Amara didn't utter another word, just continued staring at him with a look that clearly said she was not kidding. This had Helios blinking a few times, just to make sure he had heard correctly. Had Amara's serious asked him to punch the one person she always treated like gold? The one person she showered with attention to the point of making him feel suffocated and discomforted? The very same attention that he didn't get in his family as the illegitimate child and envied and at some point wished to receive? Was he mistaken? Helios looked at Amara, wondering what she had eaten and drunk that made her ask him of all people to punch the very man who he had always assumed was a god to her. "You want me to punch," He pointed at Tobias. "Him?" Amara nodded her head and the look on her face didn't change