by Maggie Walsh
Lucifer gave Zeus a smirk. “Very smart, Father and lucky for us that Taylor is very smart, as well. So now what?”
“Now, Phenex and all his legion, as well as all of you, will be very busy hunting down the rest of the demons who got away and returning them to their rightful place. Many crawled out of the pits of hell here, but many others have spread out around the world. And this council, along with the rest of you, have your work cut out for you, as well. There is a lot of chaos right now, and everyone is looking for a leader to follow. The paranormals will all follow you as they have been doing, once they find out you all stand victorious. The humans, however, will still remain the same. Their fighting, arguing, and hate is still here, but also their love. We have taken what you said to heart, Jesse, and agree that a Utopian society would not benefit anyone. Free will, will still rule.”
“Amen,” Taylor mumbled, causing all the gods to laugh.
“We must now go and return to where we belong, but before we do,” Zeus said, then nodded at the other gods.
They all raised their hands, and again a bright light appeared and engulfed the area. Once the light vanished, all the gods were gone, but the field was clean and back to the way it was before the battle. They all turned toward the house and saw that it too was again standing in one piece, but it appeared to be twice as big as it was before. “Is it bigger?” Gabriel asked.
“I think it is. Why would they make it bigger?” Lexi asked.
Suddenly a soft, feminine giggle like that of chimes filled the air around them, and they all looked up and as one said, “Aurora!” She laughed again and replied, “Always remember that love and family come first and to always lead with love, my children.”
A small barking sound came from the direction of the house, and they all headed toward it searching for where it came from. As they rounded the pool house, the bark came again. It was small and cute, but also a little rough. They all froze with raised brows as they came face to face with a puppy sitting on the picnic table, but it wasn’t any ordinary puppy. This one had fur and black scales with red and orange veins like lava running along its body and red glowing eyes. As the pup spotted them, it bared its sharp teeth, then barked again before it leapt from the table and ran to Lucifer. The pup jumped up into his arms, and Lucifer caught it. The pup began to lick his face.
“Well hello, wee one, and who are you?”
“He has been created of Xazxhal’s soul and has been reincarnated when we took his soul back from Micah. This time don’t call him Fluffy,” Aurora said in exasperation from above. “Give him a real warrior name as he deserves.”
“Oh come on, Aurora! Don’t suck the fun out of everything. Didn’t you get the joke? The king of the hellhounds called Fluffy?” Lucifer said to the sky as he chuckled.
“I got it and found it very amusing. He has also been granted renewed life for his self-sacrifice. As he grows, he will again be granted great power and stand the leader of the hellhounds once more, so give him a name that fits his honorable station.”
Lucifer smiled wickedly. “Will do, goddess, and thank you. Maybe someday you can come down to visit little Zeus.” Aurora’s laughter filled the air as a warm breeze blew past, then disappeared.
“Gotta love a woman with a wicked and twisted sense of humor,” Lucifer said as he put the pup down.
“So who’s up for some food?” Jesse asked.
“Me, but can the food wait for like a week? I just want to go to my room with my mate and reaffirm our love for one another, knowing that we’re still alive,” Christian said. Raffy was hugged up against his side, smiling and nodding enthusiastically.
“Yeah, reaffirm your love? Is that what we’re calling it these days? Shit, I want to go reaffirm my love for my mate too with his cock in my ass as he fucks me on every damn surface of this new house,” Taylor replied.
“Taylor!” everyone yelled out.
“What? Like you all weren’t thinking the same damn thing? Last mated group to their room and stripped has to come out in twelve hours to make everyone else food,” Taylor called out and clasped Gabe’s hand, then froze time as he and Gabe ran toward the house laughing. Once inside, everyone unfroze and looked around.
“Damn it, Taylor!” Nicco yelled then gripped Thaddeus’s hand and vanished
“Shit, smart move, Nic,” Viktor said as he and Adam disseminated.
“We’re gonna be stuck cooking for everyone, I can just feel it,” Jesse said as he pulled Micah to the house.
“Oh no. You two are finally going on that vacation you deserve. And don’t worry about anything here. The rest of us will take care of everything until you get back,” Dante said, then placed his hands on each of their shoulders, and the three of them disappeared. Suddenly they reappeared in a gorgeous villa.
“Where are we?” Jesse asked as he turned his head left, then right.
“This is my family home in Venice. There should still be a full staff here now that the gods put everything back to right. I will leave instructions for them to cater to your every need and pamper both of you,” Dante said as he stepped closer and hugged them both. “Thank you. I love you both, you know?”
“We know, brother, and we love you, too,” Micah replied, returning the hug. “And thank you.”
Dante pulled away and smiled. “Now, I must get back to my mates and show them how much I love them and hug my kids. You two enjoy. We’ll see you when you get back.” And with that, Dante disseminated.
Chapter Nine
Micah and Jesse stood silently as they looked around at the opulent home surrounding them, then they each turned at the same time, and their gazes met. Micah’s heart overflowed with all the love he felt for the man standing before him, and he took a step closer, then slid his arms around Jesse’s waist and pulled their bodies together.
Micah’s expression turned serious and pained. “I lost you, baby. I know now that technically I went with you, but I was still here…without you, and I never want to experience that again. The emptiness that filled me almost crushed me. The only reason it didn’t was that I knew I needed to defeat Hades first, then I would just lay down and die so that I could be with you.”
Jesse reached up and cupped Micah’s face between his hands. “Even though my body was lying there broken and dead, I was still with you, love. I could still feel you and all your pain and grief, as well as see what you were doing. You truly are the most amazing man, Micah, and after I show you many times over in that big bed over there just how much I love you, you and I need to talk. Was there something you forgot to tell me, mate?” Jesse said and gave Micah a mischievous look and a raised brow.
Micah bit his lip as he tried to hold in the smile fighting to get out. “You mean the whole Fluffy thing, right?”
“Um…yeah. And the Lucifer thing. How did you figure out to take Fluffy’s soul in the first place?” Jesse replied.
“After you left my office that day you found me studying those lists, I went on the computer to do some research into Hades himself. Raffy gave me some great sites to look up. Anyway, as I was researching, I came across something about a hellhound’s soul being forever and only being able to be killed by the gods themselves. So, I questioned Laylen, and he said the only way for a hellhound to die was with an angel sword. It gave me an idea. If I took Fluffy into me, Hades would only be able to kill me with an angel sword, but he probably wouldn’t do that because he would never think that that was how to destroy me. And my hunch worked out more than I even realized it would. I won’t apologize for what I did, baby, because it was what allowed us to win, but I will apologize for not telling you. I know I should have, and I have never kept anything from you in all our days together, but there was something inside me telling me to not say anything to anyone. Well, except for Lucifer who was there and Taylor.”
“You told Taylor and not me?” Jesse asked and dropped his arms, releasing Micah’s face, and Micah could hear the hurt in his mate’s voice.
Micah t
ightened his hold on Jesse and looked deeply into his eyes. “I wish I could explain to you who or what was telling me to not say anything, but I can’t. There seemed to be a force inside me that kept warning me to stay quiet. Until I saw Taylor sitting on the couch alone. Then suddenly there was this urgency inside me, telling me to let Taylor know and to tell him what to do in case I couldn’t contain the power in me. Something told me that Taylor could rein in the power and use it. Maybe it was Fluffy, and he could sense the power Taylor held, as well as knew Taylor was also a wolf and he could join his beast with Taylor’s. I don’t know. Once I was done speaking with Taylor, I wanted to find you and explain, but that’s when Dale ran in saying he had another vision and Hades was there and it was time. I am sorry, baby, and I promise to never ever keep anything from you again. Can you forgive me?”
Jesse’s eyes softened, and the small amount of anger Micah had seen in his mate’s eyes vanished. “Of course, I forgive you, love, and I understand. Well, not really because I have no idea what was warning you, but I understand why you did what you did. And in the end, because of it you were able to defeat Hades. That’s what matters right now.”
“That and the fact that the gods blessed us and brought you all back as well as the rest of the world. But right now, I just want to block out the rest of the world and be with you.”
“I like that idea. How about after we shower we take a small nap and get something to eat? Then I will spend the next few days sharing my body and my love with you,” Jesse said as he rubbed himself against Micah.
He smiled at his mate’s suggestion and picked Jesse up. “Perfect idea. I could use a shower and a nap after the day we had, but then I will ravish your body and show you how sorry I am, and how much I truly love you.”
Micah turned and walked them toward the doorway he saw a large bathroom behind. His mate needed to be cleaned, and so did he, and he would enjoy every minute of getting them clean so that he could dirty them up again.
* * * *
After their joint shower where Micah pampered him, his mate carried him back to the bed and laid him down. They were surprised to see a tray of cheese, crackers, and fruit waiting on the bed for them and a bottle of wine chilling in a bucket. They sat naked as they devoured the food, then Jesse felt his eyes growing heavy as he yawned. Micah cleared the bed, then they both climbed under the covers and held each other close as they drifted off to sleep.
Jesse’s mind slowly came awake, and he frowned. He could feel that he was alone in the bed and wondered where his mate had gone off to. A large, warm hand caressed up the inside of his thigh, and Jesse smiled, then opened his eyes and lifted his head, looking down his body. Micah knelt between his spread thighs, his mate’s gaze roaming over his exposed flesh, as Micah placed his other hand on Jesse’s other thigh and both hands moved up his body.
A shiver of lust raced through him, and Jesse released a contented moan. Micah’s gaze flicked to his, and his mate gave him that beautiful, loving smile that Jesse loved so much. Micah crawled in between Jesse’s legs and kissed up his stomach to his nipples and took the ringed peak into this mouth. Micah flicked his tongue across the nub, bringing a soft moan from Jesse. Micah put the ring between his teeth and gently tugged on it, causing Jesse to arch his back, pushing his chest against Micah’s mouth. “That feels so fucking good, Micah,” Jesse whispered blissfully.
Micah continued to play with Jesse’s nipple ring, licking, sucking, biting until Jesse thought he would go out of his mind. “Please!” he begged.
Micah released Jesse’s nipple and kissed his way up his collarbone, then nipped the underside of Jesse’s chin before he licked the sting away. Micah claimed Jesse’s lips in an all-consuming kiss and Jesse grabbed onto Micah’s shoulders, pulling him down harder against him. The feeling of Micah’s strong, bare chest against his was intoxicating, and his body started to heat up as Micah’s tongue explored his mouth.
Micah drew back, the both of them breathing heavily, then Micah ran his lips across to Jesse’s neck and started to suck and bite.
Jesse cried out, “I need to taste you, love.”
Micah moved back and eased off Jesse and rolled to his back, watching Jesse’s every move. Jesse sat up and crawled between Micah’s legs, then encircled Micah’s cock with his long fingers, but they still didn’t make it all the way around Micah’s girth. Jesse leaned in and stuck his tongue out, licking the tip of Micah’s leaking cock.
“Hmmmmm,” Jesse moaned at the taste of his man. His tongue flicked out again, and he speared into the slit at the tip, drawing all the juice he could from it. He moved his lips around the thick spongy head and lightly sucked as his tongue played with the ball piercing, the action causing Micah to moan deeply. Jesse moved his head down Micah’s shaft, taking more of his thick cock into his mouth. Jesse’s tongue ran along the thick vein on the underside. He loved the weight of Micah’s cock on his tongue.
Jesse slowly slid back off to nibble and tease, and Micah’s hands shot out to Jesse’s head, his fingers tangled into the soft strands of his hair. Micah added a little pressure to the back of Jesse’s head, pulling him closer to his groin.
Jesse took in more of Micah’s shaft, licking and sucking his way down. With each stroke, he took in more of the delicious shaft into his mouth. With each upstroke he hollowed his cheeks and sucked harder, being careful of Micah’s piercing. Jesse bottomed out as his nose reached the coarse bed of hair at Micah’s groin. Swallowing him down whole, he continued sucking Micah’s shaft as it hit the back of his throat. After a few minutes, Jesse pulled back enough to take a breath, then swallowed Micah down again, bringing him deep into his throat. Jesse closed his eyes in bliss as he worshiped his mate.
Micah’s hands tightened in his hair as Micah cried out, “Baby, stop. I love your mouth on me, but I don’t want to come until I’m buried balls-deep inside you.”
Jesse slowly pulled off Micah’s shaft with a pop and looked up at Micah as he licked his lips. Micah reached out and gripped Jesse’s hips, then flipped them over until Jesse was once again under him. “I need to be inside you,” Micah said, then started kissing Jesse again as he reached over to the nightstand and found a bottle of lube. Micah ended the kiss and sat back on his heels between Jesse’s spread thighs. Jesse’s need increased, and he could see that Micah felt the same way. After what they had been through, they were both almost desperate to reconnect and claim each other again.
Micah opened the lube and coated his fingers generously, then leaned forward and licked Jesse’s cock as he put one wet finger against his crease and circled his hole. He spread his legs wider, giving Micah more room to do as he wished, and Micah inserted the tip of his finger, then began to loosen him.
Micah sucked the head of Jesse’s cock into his mouth and slowly pushed in the whole finger, then thrust it in and out. Jesse moaned at the invasion, the sound echoing through the room. Micah added a second finger and brushed it against his prostate, sending his hips shooting off the bed, propelling his cock to the back of Micah’s throat. Micah placed his other hand on Jesse’s hip, holding him down to the bed. Micah added a third finger, stretching Jesse’s tight hole in the same rhythm as his mouth on Jesse’s cock.
“Please, Micah…please. I need you now, love,” Jesse cried out.
Micah pulled off Jesse’s cock but added a fourth finger to his hole as Jesse writhed below him. Micah continued to thrust his fingers in and out of Jesse until he thought he would go insane with need. Micah pulled his fingers out, and Jesse groaned at the loss of feeling so full. Micah quickly coated his cock with a generous amount of lube and Jesse grabbed the backs of his knees and pulled them up to his chest. His gaze watching Micah intently.
Micah lined up his cock with Jesse’s opening, then slowly pushed the tip in and stopped. Jesse held his breath and closed his eyes as once again that incredible feeling returned. The feeling of being one with his love.
Jesse wiggled his hips to try to get Micah to go deeper. He
needed his mate now more than he ever had before. “Please, Micah, don’t stop. I need more of you. I need all of you. Please, my love.”
Micah’s eyes opened, and their gazes met, then Micah slowly eased in another inch. Jesse saw the bliss on his mate’s face, and it filled his heart with joy. He could see that Micah was just as affected as he was. Micah pushed forward until his thighs hit the backs of Jesse’s legs and his balls kissed Jesse’s ass. Micah’s eyes closed as he moaned and whispered, “Heaven.”
Jesse couldn’t begin to describe all the feelings and emotions that were crashing all around him as Micah seated himself inside him. It was pure perfection. He had never felt so at peace as when he was one with his mate. This was it, this was where he belonged, with this man, his man, forever. Micah was his, and he was Micah’s. No other person on earth would ever come before this man. Their love and devotion to one another guided them through all the dark times, and now here they were, alive, and their love for one another had only grown.
Micah lowered his body to lie over Jesse but held himself up on his forearms, and Jesse immediately wrapped his legs around Micah’s waist and tightened, to try to pull Micah deeper. Jesse’s grabbed onto Micah’s shoulders as Micah leaned down for a kiss. Micah slowly slid from his body, then thrust back in, and Jesse moaned into Micah’s mouth as his Prince Albert piercing rubbed against his sweet spot. Jesse clenched his muscles around Micah’s shaft, and Micah moaned at the sensation, then started a slow rhythm in and out as he claimed Jesse’s mouth as well as his hole.
