The Celestial Rose BoxSet

by Annalee Adams

  Releasing himself, he turned me over. “I’m not finished yet,” he growled, eyes tense, body rigid.

  “I can’t, Lucian, it’s too much,” I giggled.

  “Oh, but you wanted more,” he said, eyes burning as he stared down at my face.

  “Yes.”

  “Can you handle more?” he asked.

  “I, I don’t know.” I grinned. My body ached for his touch again.

  “Come here.” He demanded, sitting on top of me, placing butterfly kisses over my belly button. Biting my lip, I was ready for more.

  His hands gripped my breasts, caressing them as his fangs withdrew and he nicked the side of the left one.

  “Oww!” I cried.

  “That’ll teach you for playing mean.” He smirked.

  My hand raised up and I slapped his torso. “No fair.”

  “Aww,” he said, grinning, bending down over me and whispering in my ear. “Now, come here.” As he suckled my neck, I stretched out into him. He smelt good. His body slid against mine, both of us raw, naked, and sweaty. “I love you, Taylor Lane,” he whispered as he gently thrust his penis into me, kissing my neck, threatening a bite of pleasure; the enticement of the pain and sexual nature of him drinking my blood.

  “Do it,” I groaned as his fangs hung over my carotid artery.

  “Never,” he said, nipping the skin ever so slightly. “You’re worth more than blood to me.” He groaned, licking up the sweat from my skin.

  Grinding together, he kissed me hard, using his hand to play with my breasts as he sat upright, forcing my thighs up. Leaning his weight against me, he pulsed faster and harder, up and down. My body shook, toes curled, back tensed, as I grabbed his buttocks, scratching his flesh, pulling him in deeper, harder and faster.

  Above me, his back arched as he groaned in delight. Gripping my thighs as he came, he trembled against me. His pulsating body shook mine, caressing my clitoris as he trembled, pushing in deeper, coming faster. My body radiated warmth, exploding out through a thousand senses, igniting the bedsheets around me. I writhed in ecstasy as the flames seethed at my skin. I didn’t mind, didn’t care, all I wanted was more. The orgasm continued, threatening to take my breath away and stop my heart in the process of pure pleasure. It whirled throughout me, touching every part of my body, pulsating through every nerve, every cell. My heart palpitated, skipping a beat, streaming with intensity as Lucian jumped up pounding the bedsheets, putting out the fire. I continued to writhe as he danced around me. The orgasm eased, my breath returned to an easy pant. I groaned. My body still tingled with the sensation of his every touch. Giggling, I smiled. My vision distorted before it strengthened back to normal. Balances array, I sat up, hair a mess and body sweating with the smell of his touch, our pheromones colliding together.

  “I love you,” I said, taking his hand as he sat back down beside me.

  “I love you, too, baby,” he replied, kissing my lips with the softness of his touch. “Damn, I’ve missed you,” he said, brow creased. “Let's never be apart again, never let anyone come between us.”

  “Even when we are on different worlds, no-one can come between us,” I said, smiling.

  “You are always the light in my darkness, Taylor Lane.”

  “And you’re always my saviour, Lucian Darkwater,” I said, kissing his lips and lying on his shoulder.

  “MATE!” a voice outside beckoned. Joey Luchazey, the one and only, was outside our bedroom door, listening in.

  “Joey, what do you want, mate?” Lucian yelled.

  Joey opened the door, sped through, and sat on the bed beside us. Pulling up the tattered burnt sheet, I barely managed to cover myself over in time. “It stinks like a whorehouse in here, man.” Nice, that’s nice.

  Lucian laughed. “Come in, why don’t you?”

  “Hey, mates don’t need an invitation.”

  “They do when I’m here.” I said, frowning.

  “Aww, look, I missed all the action, too.” He grinned, poking at my sweaty shoulder.

  I frowned further. “Don’t touch me, Joey.”

  Joey held us his hands. “Oh I could do more than touch you, you sweaty little minx.” He laughed.

  Lucian frowned. “Mate don’t go hitting on my girl.”

  “Oh, what me? I thought we shared everything, me ol’ Luci.”

  “Err, I’m not a prize to be won.”

  “Give me a ribbon and I’ll make you into a sexy little prize, girl.”

  “Okay, that’s enough” Lucian said. “What do you want, Joey?”

  “I’m needing a favour from my two little besties, like.”

  “What?” I asked. Anything to get rid of him.

  “I’m needing to release my pent-up aggression. It’s hard not feeding on all these delicious celestials up here.”

  “You what?” I asked.

  “He wants sex.” Lucian clarified.

  “Oh...” I blushed. “Err, no.” I said, brow creased.

  “Not with you, you sexy little thing. I need me a girl, or a guy, I’m willing to swing both ways to stop myself from ripping everyone apart here.”

  “Jeez, that darkness has really got its grip on you.” I said.

  He nodded. “I need blood and sex and my hand ain’t cutting it.”

  “This is one of the weirdest conversations I’ve had in a long while.” I replied. Lucian nodded, smirking.

  “Mate, you must be desperate if you’ve come to me. How’d you expect me to get you a girl?” Lucian asked.

  “Well, the local red-light district is closed for business, and I’ve looked, but no-one is putting out around here.” He said. “I need you to get me back down to Earth, mate.”

  “What, so you can torment the human population?” I asked.

  “What’s left of it,” Lucian said, then grimaced as he caught the look of despair in my eyes. “Okay, after the celebration we’ll head back down, check out the damage.”

  I nodded. “I need to see what’s left of the world we once called home.” I smiled faintly. “Then we have to use the rose and save a ton of people out there. The sooner we do it the better.”

  “Well, get up then, this libido ain’t waiting for no shitty party.”

  “Hey, you might find a girl at this shitty party.” I replied.

  His lips tightened as he nodded. “Fine. After the party then.”

  “I’ll set it up with Adam.” I said, smiling.

  Lucian smiled. Joey nodded tapping his fingers on his knee.

  “Mate, you can go now.” Lucian said to Joey, laughing.

  “Right, yeah, fine. I’ll go find me a bottle of whiskey or something while I wait.” He said as he left the room, leaving the door wide open behind him.

  “Can you?” I asked looking at Lucian. Lucian jumped up, sped over, and closed the door. He returned to kiss me as he pulled me up and directed me over to the shower to wash.

  “We smell,” he said. I laughed. He was right, we did smell, and it wasn’t a pleasant scent.

  After showering, we headed down to the atrium. Lucian went off to speak to Elisha about the day's festivities. Since she’d healed, she had been instrumental in planning the whole celebration. I believed there was even a nappy cake for the baby shower section of the festivities. I wasn’t the particularly party type anymore but was willing and eager to go and get it all over and done with. But first, Adam. I’d promised Joey I’d help with his libido problem, but that wasn’t the only reason I wanted to head back down to Earth. I needed to see what was left. I wondered if I could bring back Eli’s spirit that was surely roaming the plains of devastation. The thought of him out there all alone and afraid scared me. He needed peace and needed it fast, and the only way Adam would open up Elysium’s gates again was to verify that the threat Lilith had placed was over and done with. I hoped that she’d had enough of her tantrum and headed home to wreak havoc in Enoch again.

  Plus, I planned on bringing the light magic forward. I needed to ensure at least some of humani
ty was saved before I let Joey loose as a starving, sexually deprived Dark One. The last thing the survivors needed was to see that menace heading their way. I mean he was cute, alright, and could probably charm any woman into bed with him. His accent was damned delicious, but he wasn’t half as perfect as my Lucian could be. Jeez, what was with my own libido lately? Since the third trimester had hit, I’d been craving sex every second of the day.

  Walking over, I was greeted by my mother’s arms as she threw them around me, walking alongside me as we headed over to Adam. “I heard you had quite a morning.” She grinned. Apparently, the whole atrium was talking about my screams, considering the celestials were turning around grinning and giggling.

  “Mother!” I blushed. “Really?”

  She nodded.

  “I didn’t mean to be loud.” I grimaced.

  “Oh, it wasn’t that, it was Joey’s broadcast when he entered the atrium earlier.”

  “What! What did he say?”

  “Oh, just that you’d set the room on fire when you and Lucian were having sex.”

  “Making love, mother, we call it making love.”

  “Oh, now that’s adorable. I like that.” She said, ruffling my hair.

  I noticed my dad and Caleb over at the other side. Caleb’s new girl was smiling quaintly, the Ripper's child. The thought of it made me shudder.

  “Did my dad find out?”

  “Who? Taylor's Dad? Yeah, everyone heard, my love.”

  I blushed again. “Great.”

  Caleb waved, grinning as I walked by with my head lowered. “Where’s Adam?” I asked, “he was there a minute ago.”

  “He’s headed over to the pool. He’s been watching Lilith. I think...”

  “What?”

  “He misses her...”

  “He’s bound to, they’re not just brother and sister, they’re twins.”

  “I know. I just don’t like to see him hurt. I miss her, too. But what we saw that day... that wasn’t my Lilith anymore.”

  “She’s got to be in there somewhere.”

  She nodded. “I hope so.”

  “We can still try to save her.”

  “That’s the plan, Eve, but what if we can’t? What if we have to make a choice?”

  “What do you mean?”

  “If she corrupts the rose, we will all be lost. We can’t let her darkness anywhere near it.”

  “She won’t get that close.”

  “But what if she does?”

  “She won’t.” I replied, unwilling to justify the question with a real response.

  Mother nodded. “Come on, he’s over here.” She said, pointing towards the pool. I kissed her cheek and headed over without her, leaving her to walk alone as she thought through the possibility of losing one of her children.

  “Adam,” I said, he turned to greet me.

  “Well, little sister, you’ve been quite the rampant one.” He grinned, ruffling my hair.

  “Really, not you as well.” I smirked.

  “Neh, I’m only teasing. I’m glad you’re happy.” He smiled.

  “Me, too.”

  “Now, what was it you wanted?”

  “I need to visit Earth. We need to see what damage has been caused and verify that Lilith has left once and for all.”

  “It’s too dangerous, Eve.”

  “I’m fine, Adam, the Darkwaters will be with me. Lucian will protect me.”

  “I’m sorry, but I can’t allow it.”

  “Adam, it isn’t up to you. I know you’re trying to protect me and I love that about you, but I’m a grown woman now. I need to make my own decisions, choose my own fate.”

  “It’s not your fate that concerns me.” He looked down at my baby bump, “You’re vulnerable right now.”

  “Yes,” I said, he was right. “But I still need to go. I need to save Eli’s soul and bring him home to Elysium where he belongs. He can’t roam the world alone. He must be so scared.”

  “True. But I don’t know.”

  He was wavering in his decision. “What if Gabriel came, too? Michael even?”

  “No, they wouldn’t be able to face Lilith alone.”

  “Who then, you?”

  “I can’t. I have to lead the army and protect Elysium.” He said, momentarily lost in thought. “Mother... ask Mother to go with you. She kept you safe for months and she is extremely powerful and knows full well how to use the light of the rose.”

  “Okay, I’ll ask her. Thanks Adam.” I said, turning to walk away. “Oh.” Stopping in my tracks, I turned to face him again. “I need to bring the moving of the humans forward.”

  “What? Why?”

  “I want to make sure they’re safe. While we sit here, they are being attacked by Lilith’s failed experiments. They can’t last forever out there on their own.”

  “Okay, I understand, but when were you thinking?” he asked.

  “Err... now?”

  “Now?” he asked, jaw dropping.

  I nodded.

  “Fine, arrange for Mother to be here, too, please. we may need her help in moving them.”

  I smiled, turned, and walked away, returning to the atrium, to my mother.

  CHAPTER 86: Taylor

  Moving the humans should have been easy. Our power combined would make a holy blast of light that transported the mortals to their new home in Aesteriah. But for some reason, the three of us, me, Adam, and Mother, couldn’t do it. I didn’t understand. Apparently, I could wield the light alone and, apparently, I created humanity with only a mere thought and the blessing of the celestial light of the rose. Why wasn’t it working?

  “What’s happening?” I asked, considering the strain on the faces of my mother and brother.

  “Nothing.” Adam said, “absolutely nothing.”

  “Why?” I asked.

  Mother looked over to Adam. “It’s you, Adam, your heart is not in it.”

  “I can’t help it,” he said. “I know that if we lose the light, we lose our defence, and then we’re all in trouble.”

  “But you said we could move a few, that a thousand would be the maximum. Can’t we try that?”

  “Yes, but what if I’m wrong? What if the light depletes too much? It’ll take centuries to replenish, time we don’t have.”

  “Then we try. We have to try, we can’t just leave them there to die in the painful existence they call home.”

  “I know.” He said.

  Mother stopped, walked over to him, and held him tight. “It’s okay to be frightened, Adam. You’ve had to lead for so long and It wasn’t a role you should have ever have had to take. You should have had a mother and a father that guided you, that led you, not the other way around.”

  Tears glistened in the eyes of my brother. My mother was right; he’d done so much for so long and he’d been all alone within it all. But still, he’d made sure we were safe. He’d given me the chance to live again, time after time, protecting me from my father’s wrath, hiding me from my sister's madness. I walked over and held him, too. “I love you, Adam,” I said. “Thank you for always being there for me.”

  He nodded, wiping a tear from his cheek. Stretching his neck and rising tall, he said “Right, let’s do this then.” He smiled, sniffling.

  I nodded, proud of his strength, and we all took our positions again.

  Hands raised forward, palms out, we concentrated, raising the light from the bottom to the top, from the tingling toes to the outstretched hands. We blasted out a light from each of us; heart, body and soul. We pushed through to the rose, igniting its power tenfold as we focussed on the humans of the world. Visualising them rising and expanding their bodies through the light, we suctioned them painlessly through a hole one at a time. They were transported through a portal that we’d created, blessing Earth with a way out to another planet, a chance at a fresh start, and a new place to call home.

  Every ounce of life within me was pushed forward into the rose. Using our bodies as batteries, we rose from the
ground, levitating in the light as it shielded us, cocooned each one of us, carrying out the wishes we had blessed it with. One by one the humans moved. Visions blasted through my mind of every person the light had chosen to save. I’d never know why they were the saved ones or why they were seen as the missing on Earth, but the selection of humanity was our best chance at survival. People were taken of all ages, all countries, all cultures. Men, women, and children were lifted in unity, shrouded by the calamity of the light and saved from the extinction of mankind as we gave them the chance to live another day.

  When they awoke, they’d be in a new place, starting a new adventure. It could be one of sadness with loved ones left behind, but it was one of hope where they could come together and make something of themselves. They could create a new Eden and dream their dreams in a new environment, one of lush green trees, dazzling blue sky, and sandy beaches. It was the perfect setting for a new beginning.

  Lucian walked in. I could vaguely see him out of the corner of my eyes. He was below me as my body was cocooned in a swirling ball of light.

  “TAYLOR!” he yelled in fright.

  “I’m okay!” I shouted down. I no longer needed to concentrate to activate the rose, it had taken over and was blessing the world below with our wish of a saviour as it transported the final few humans through the portal. There was still so many down there. I could picture them in hiding, not knowing what happened to the people they were camped with. But at least we had tried. And with the final few gone through, the balls of light that held us drifted down to the floor, and with it, three crystal petals fell from the rose, turning to black as they smashed against the hard floor below us.

  Adam ran over and picked up the pieces. The light above us waned, the rose dimmed, and the power we needed was almost depleted. “It took too much!” Adam said. “How do we defend ourselves now?”

  “With us.” Lucian said as the remainder of the Darkwaters and Arellanos joined him.