Excerpt of Destiny Entwined by Nadia Lee

Make me forget.

The pounding of the waves arching and crashing into the
beach was her only answer. Ariadne clutched the tunic
tighter around herself as the howling wind pushed her toward
the sea. Perhaps the engulfing water would erase the
memories of her foolishness.

I want to forget.

"Do you? Truly?"

She swiveled her head and turned toward the voice, which was
as dulcet as honeyed nectar. The sapphire linen, damp and
clinging, tangled around her ankles, robbing her of balance,
but all her senses focused on the stranger.

Hair the color of the richest loam whipped in wild abandon
around his perfectly chiseled face. The heat from his body
beckoned her, and she gripped his arms, felt the corded
strength of lean muscles. Despite the wind heavy with brine,
he smelled like woods and vines, with a sweet tang of ripe
grapes before harvest. Finally she registered a powerful
hand supporting her back, preventing her from collapsing
into the water and sand in an undignified heap.

He smiled, just a slight curve of his full lips. They looked
so soft in such an unyielding face. "I can bring an end to
care and worry. Make you forget." The corners of his eyes
crinkled, a wicked temptation dancing in their depths.
"Isn't that what you long for?"

The power radiating from him said he could give her what
she'd been praying for. Ariadne swallowed, trying to keep a
ready word of assent from rising. Who was this man anyway?

Dionysus.

The name brushed over her mind, settled like a silken sheet.
His mouth traced her jaw, then stopped near her ear. "Say
yes, Adriane, and I'll free you from all your burdens."