Serafina was shaking as we collapsed on the bed and held each other.
“It was better than I could have imagined. I didn’t think that was possible.”
As much as I didn’t want to say this, fate set things in motion that Serafina wasn’t just mine, and I couldn’t deny fate. I also would not deny her the chance for as much love as possible, even if I wanted her just for myself like we had always been.
“Once the physician visits tomorrow, you have three men who love you that can do this in actual life. Skoll’s wolf is probably going crazy that he hasn’t been able to. Roman will always want to because you let him bite you. Something tells me demon sex is kinky as hell, and sex with Amduscias will involve Roman.”
“Is it totally fucked up I have two mates, and I want this with you and Amduscias too?”
“It’s strange to be fated mates with a Vampire and a wolf. Wolves usually only have one mate and don’t share. But you have always been this wondrous creature. You called me as your guardian. Fate has plans for you, my Ena. I think she’s been protecting you since you survived your birth without Fae magic. It might not seem like it, but I think everything you went through happened for a reason. You ended up in Scorchwood for a reason. Think about it. Why else would your mates be waiting there for you and one end up your cellmate?
“Fate has a fucking sick sense of humor.”
“Yes, but she always has a reason for what she does. Who better to bring down the Sunshadows than the illegitimate heir they would have killed just for existing?”
“I didn’t ask to bring down Fae royalty, Fergus.”
“No, you didn’t. You were chosen. It’s how fate works. You don’t really get a choice when she’s involved.”
“Fergus? How the fuck did I go from street urchin to fate’s bitch who will take down the Sunshadows?”
I just kissed the top of her head. “She gave you help. You have me, a wolf, a Vampire, and a demon. The demon also brought you the kings of Hell as allies.”
“Then I guess I’d better not fuck this up then.”
“Go to sleep, Ena. Bond with your mates tomorrow. I’m still forming a theory on the contents of that hard drive, and Bael has promised help. Enjoy what Hell offers and let us do the heavy lifting for now. I may have to leave you, my Ena. It might be an excellent idea for me to visit the Fae realm and see if this is Eiltan’s plot or the entire Sunshadow line is involved. I don’t need a portal to get in or out.”
“Please wait to do that. Only go as a last resort.”
I’d always do what she asked, but eventually, I would have to find out if our enemy was one rogue Fae prince or the entire monarchy.
Chapter 23
Roman
I
t was agonizing sleeping pressed between Serafina and Amduscias. Especially when she started making sex noises. It had been this whirlwind since we escaped Scorchwood. I still hadn’t been able to talk to him about the fact that he’d shown us his demonic form for the first time. I had no idea it was this majestic unicorn. We wouldn’t have gotten out if it wasn’t for him. Amduscias and Serafina were the reasons we got out of that jail, and I hadn’t forgotten about that.
When we woke up, they both offered me their blood. Like I could ever pick between them. I was bouncing nervously. She was my mate, but she was permitting me to bite another man. That never happened. I didn’t think I would meet my mate in Scorchwood, nor that she would let me be with Amduscias when I did. It was amazing when we had our first kiss. Sure, we were going into danger, but still.
Serafina just touched my cheek.
“How about you take a little from both of us?”
Oh, shit. Biting both of them first thing in the morning? I would be horny all day. Especially since she didn’t want to mate yet. Amduscias gave off this air like he could wait forever, like he hadn’t been in prison for so long. I didn’t have that kind of control.
I grabbed Serafina and buried my face in her neck. I let my nose trail up to her ear as I took in the scent of her blood. I pressed my fangs against her throat, but not hard enough to break the skin, and raked them down to her shoulder. Serafina gasped and clutched my shoulder. My fangs pricked her neck, and I lapped and her blood. She moaned and started grinding herself against me.
I cupped her breast in my left hand and ran my thumb over her nipple. I grinned when it pebbled under my finger. Oh, I would have so much fun mating with her. I gave her nipple a hard pinch just as I sank my fangs in her neck. She shuddered in my arms and dug her nails in.
She looked dazed when I pulled my fangs out and grinned at her.
“Was it good for you?”
“Holy shit, Roman. That should be illegal. Is it true if you feed from the inner thigh it’s erotic for both of you?”
“Yes, but I can’t bite you again right now. It would kill you.”
She just gave me this crazy grin and kissed me.
“Not me. I want to watch you feed that way with him,” she said, pointing to Amduscias.
My sexy demon friend was just lounging on a chair watching our little show with hooded eyes. He crooked his finger at me.
“I’m down if you are.”
Oh, fuck. Was I finally getting into Amduscias’s pants? I guess so. Modern boxer shorts were strange but comfortable. He ripped his off and arranged himself back in his chair like it was a throne. Serafina jumped to her feet.
“Take yours off too. I have an idea.”
What was my kinky little princess up to now? I ripped my boxers off, and I loved the way her eyes roamed over my body. She licked her lips, and her pupils dilated. No one had to tell me that my eyes were glowing red. She took my hand and led me over to Amduscias. She helped me to my knees in front of him and then kneeled on the floor next to me.
I finally had his cock in front of me. It was beautiful—long and thick with a gentle curve to it. I finally realized what she had planned. I felt her mouth on my cock when I licked his from base to tip. Oh, that little minx. I heard Skoll growl.
“Like I will be left out. May I pleasure you, killer?”
“Get your ass over here, Skoll.”
Now Skoll was part of the party, and I knew his wolf would be antsy about marking her. She had her ass in the air. I watched Skoll bury his face in her pussy. She just moaned and swallowed my cock halfway down her throat. I hissed and focused on my demon.
It had been so long. I hoped I was still good at this. Serafina was bobbing her head and moaning all over my cock. Amduscias tangled his hands in my hair and pressed my face down his cock. So, he liked it that way, did he? I wrapped my fist around his cock and started working him with my hand and mouth.
The only sounds in the room were Serafina and I slurping on cock, moans of pleasure, and Skoll’s wolf growling. It was pretty unreal after being in Scorchwood for so long. I was on my knees in a fantasy castle in Hell, getting my cock sucked by my mate while she gave me permission to feed from and suck the cock of the man I’d bonded with in prison. How did I get so lucky?
Serafina wrapped her hand around my cock and squeezed. I let out a little growl. Amduscias pressed his hand on my head like he wanted it a little faster. I gave him exactly what he wanted. It sounded like Skoll was giving Serafina a lot of pleasure based on how she was shrieking on my cock.
I’d only been with Serafina once in the shower and slept next to her during one of her dream visits with Fergus, but I already knew the noises she made when she came. She didn’t stop sucking my cock. Amduscias tapped my shoulder.
“I’m about to,” he gasped.
As much as I wanted all of him, I couldn’t swallow his seed without getting ill. Vampires couldn’t. I finished him with my hand. When Amduscias roared his release, and I felt his cum on my hand, I buried my face into his thigh and sunk my fangs in. Blood was always so much sweeter after an orgasm. And drinking it that way always made me have my release.
Serafina didn’t have the same problem I did. She swallowed me down and licked me unti
l I was soft. She sat back on her heels, then turned to Skoll. She gave him precisely what he wanted.
“After I see the doctor and find out how soon demon birth control becomes effective, I want you to mark me.”
Skoll grabbed her and pulled her into a bear hug.
“You’ve just made me one happy wolf, killer. I will make it special.”
Amduscias just brushed my bangs off my forehead.
“Maybe we can do this again, and I can return the favor, Roman.”
I instantly got hard again.
Serafina just gave us a wicked grin.
“Oh, I have plans for all of us together. More when I make Fergus real, and he can join us.”
I couldn’t wait.
Chapter 24
Serafina
O
rgies before breakfast were my new favorite thing. I had so many plans for when I got working birth control. Fate might be a stupid bitch that left me on the streets and stuck me in prison, but fuck. Here I was in a castle in Hell, getting served breakfast by actual servants after my wolf gave me an orgasm that nearly shattered me. Listening to Roman and Amduscias moan in pleasure was just the cherry on top.
It was fucking weird having someone wait on me. They kept worrying if my coffee cup was full and if I had enough to eat. No one had ever done that before except Fergus. They got mad at me when I wanted to get up and help them with the dishes. Alozan pulled me aside before the doctor came in.
“Please, I know things are different where you come from, but it’s considered a great honor to serve Amduscias, and you are his guest. If he takes you as a wife and Roman as a husband, you will be Hell royalty. You can’t be a Duchess and do the dishes, love. Amduscias would be furious.”
I wrinkled my brow. What the fuck?
“They’d let an elemental be a Duchess of Hell? I’m not a demon. I’m not even important topside.”
Alozan pulled me into this enormous hug. “You’re important in Hell, and you’re important in this house because Amduscias claimed you. I was his governess when he was a young demon. Trust me. He has it bad for you and the handsome Vampire. Now, if you’ll come to the sitting room, the doctor will be here any minute.”
“Did you hear that shit, Fergus?”
“You’re royalty by blood, my Ena. If you don’t get to be a Fae princess in the Fae realm, why not a Duchess in Hell?”
“Because I dress like a slob, I have shitty manners, and my jaw sometimes makes a clicking sound when I eat?”
“I think Alozan will enjoy dressing you, you know how to behave when you want to, and your jaw only makes that clicking noise when you try to eat taffy.”
“Yeah, but I really like taffy.”
“Serafina, what are the odds Hell royalty will serve you taffy at any feast?”
“Excuse me, miss?” I heard a voice say.
The doctor was here and trying to get my attention. Oh, don’t mind me. I was just talking to my guardian who only comes out in my dreams or if I need to murder someone.
“Sorry. Hello, I’m Serafina. It’s nice to meet you.”
“I’m Doctor Bogthon. Alozan tells me you’ve been in Scorchwood, and they weren’t feeding you properly. Would you mind if I checked you out and took some blood? I should have the results back in two days.”
“You aren’t going to magic my blood?”
“Oh, dear. Only if I wanted to torture you. We do little with blood down here aside from test it in the lab to make sure everyone is healthy.”
I knew he wouldn’t hurt me if Amduscias claimed me, but with all the blood spells that went on in Scorchwood, that made me feel a lot better. He did a relatively standard physical like what I was used to and took blood. I got a little woozy after letting Roman bite me this morning. Roman healed the bite marks with a few drops of his blood, so Doctor Bogthon would have had no way of knowing. Still, I should have said something.
“Do I need to do anything special if I’m mated to a Vampire and a wolf?”
“Ah, yes. Alozan warned me. These are for you and Amduscias. You must take these if the Vampire is feeding on you. It’s a compound of herbs that help stimulate the blood and a natural iron supplement. We have a sizeable Vampire population, and you can buy these over the counter at any shop. She also said you wanted to discuss birth control.”
“Yes. I’m not ready for a child, and when I was in Scorchwood they experimented on me because someone wants a hybrid baby. I’m important to that person, and Bael may take a risk letting me stay here. If they found out I gave birth to a hybrid, they may start a war.”
Doctor Bogthon just laughed. “Then, all of Hell would have your back. We’ve got several little hybrid children and many adults in Hell. If they just wanted to see what happens when an elemental mixes with another supernatural, they could have just come and asked us. We have several lovely elemental demon hybrids down here.”
“They don’t want to talk, and I don’t think this is curiosity. They want their hands on the child for something. It would be best they not find out about any hybrids you have down here, elemental or otherwise.”
“Duly noted. There are several options for birth control down here that are similar to what you are used to where you come from. It’s just fresh materials, and nothing is synthetic. There are fewer side effects too.”
“Alozan said you have an implant. They cut mine out of my arm when they kidnapped me in prison and against my will. How does yours work without synthetic hormones and not being made of plastic? Is it safe?”
“Ah, yes. The implant differs greatly from yours. We’ve had ours for much longer. It’s not plastic, nor is it hormone-related it all. We don’t even need to cut you to get it in your arm. It’s a leaf from a sentient tree that willingly gives them since it will fall off anyway. There is no pain to the trees when they give us their leaves. We simply bind the leaf to your arm, and the leaf inserts a natural chemical from the tree that prevents women from getting pregnant for two years. It’s a favorite among the women here because of where it comes from. It cuts down on women related health issues as well.”
“And it actually works?”
I was never one for herbal remedies or essentials oils. The way I grew up, sometimes I desperately needed medical care and couldn’t get it unless I could find a free clinic. Was I really going to trust a leaf when I had a healthy respect for putting chemicals in my body to treat me?
“It’s quite effective. Drinking a tea made from the branch of the same tree removes the effects, and you can start trying to get pregnant right away.”
“How is a tree sentient, and why are they giving away parts of themselves for birth control?”
“That grove of trees is the offspring of a tree demon and a water demon. Water demons can come on land when they want, but they must lay their eggs underwater. Her eggs hatched as a grove of trees with water demon powers. They can not be trees if they choose. Several of them are healers since they are part water demon. Would it ease your mind to speak with one of them?”
Did I need to? I trusted no one but myself and Fergus until I got arrested. Look what trusting other people had gotten me. I had Skoll, Roman, and Amduscias with me now. Charley was pretty cool, too, even if she mostly kept to herself now that we were in Hell. I needed to let people in and start trusting people. It was the only way I would survive my father’s plot.
And, yeah, that meant trusting Doctor Bogthon that a leaf stuck to my arm would keep me from getting pregnant until I was ready and this plot was finally over.
“How do I get one of these leaves?”
“One was already donated, especially for you when Alozan said you might want one. I can wrap your arm now.”
“Does it hurt?”
“Not in the slightest. You’ll be protected from pregnancy in two hours.”
Score one for the magical leaves. I was horny as fuck after being stuck in that dirty prison with those three and not being able to do anything about it because I didn’t want to catch an
ything. I knew what Roman felt like now that he bit me, and I wanted the same with Skoll. I wanted to know what Amduscias meant about his torture dungeon being used for sex, even if it scared me a little.
Everyone in Hell had been so lovely so far. Even the magical demon trees wanted to help me. No one was ever this nice to me topside. I might not have wanted to end up fate’s little bitch, but I was glad I ended up here. I never really had a home. Even when I rented my first apartment, I just never felt right. That was part of the reason I moved around.
I’d only been here a night, but why couldn’t this be home? Everyone was kind to me. Skoll, Roman, and Amduscias liked me, and I loved them. I didn’t need to run anymore. I could make Fergus real and I could have something I’d never had before—a family.
I just had to stop my blood family from hunting me down and either killing me or experimenting on me again.
Chapter 25
Fergus
R
athmore’s hard drive was a mess. I had all his data and studies, but there was no correspondence with Eiltan or the Fae. There were no notes about what the end goal was or why they were trying so hard to mix an elemental with another supernatural. I had the data, and I had some answers, but I did not understand what the purpose of this entire experiment was. What were the Fae trying to accomplish, and was Eiltan working alone, or was this sanctioned by the entire Fae court?
Whatever they were working on, they wanted one elemental that was as close to the Fae as they could get in this day and age and another supernatural with a totally pure bloodline. If they had someone famous in their lineage, that was wanted too.
They had no idea Amduscias was Hell royalty, but this plot had been going on for longer than any of us knew. They pulled strings to get him in Scorchwood instead of turning him over to Hell like they were supposed to. Jasmine’s gang ended up in jail before she did. They were all tested, but they were of Light Fae bloodlines. Whatever Eiltan was doing, he only wanted Dark Fae. Jasmine was of Dark Fae lineage.
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