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“You’ve lost sight of our purpose just as you had for It.” A deep rumble escapes Lucian as he opens his arms and tips his head back. “But unlike It, I will not just adjust my plans. I will destroy you. You are replaceable. Raven can be broken by another.”
His words lash out at us, shooting pain to my core.
He meets my gaze dead on. “Do not test me, my brethren. I would prefer you smarten up and rise as you should. But I fear you have given too much of yourselves to Raven. You have nothing to lose if you fail and if you remain on your thrones, so you have forced my hand. The contract does not include you specifically. I can and I will reward her soul to those worthy and willing to serve me if she fails.”
“You wouldn’t,” I snap, fisting my hands.
“I already have.” Lucian summons a fiery contract, unrolling it before me. I remain in my place, knowing he’s not bluffing. I will not risk entering the summoning circle to have him attempt to drag me through the gates and back to Hell.
“You’re making a mistake, Lucian,” Kase mutters, standing on two legs, getting at Lucian’s eye level. “Raven only accepted the task knowing that Dante and I would be here. If you test her, she will fight against you. She’s not stupid. The angels will gravitate toward her, and if she knows you plan to give her soul away, she won’t use her charm and the light of her soul to bring them to our side. I’m nearly certain she will use it to be saved.”
“There is no saving a soul under my contract,” he says, a shocked laugh escaping his mouth. “Either get yourselves on track or I’ll send my personal army for you. You will be the ones burning like the weak, pathetic beings you’re turning out to be. I’ll give you one more week, but if you fail, you will never have Raven. You will never have your kingdoms. Hell will be mine.”
I glower at Lucian without a word.
He’s wrong.
Hell isn’t intended to be ruled by one. I’m not afraid of his threats either. I’m a godforsaken devil myself. He’s not the only one who can make the world burn.
“Hell is ours,” I snap, flashing my fangs. “You will see, Lucian. You’ll be the one bowing with your fucking foot in your damn mouth for not trusting us.”
“I will gladly chew off my own hoof to see it. Now get it done or lose it all.” Rubbing his hands together, he sends flames exploding over his body until he disappears with the fire of the summoning circle.
Kase groans and laces his fingers behind his head. “Maybe he’s right. Maybe Raven’s soul has gotten to us. I fucking refuse to jeopardize our plan over this, Dante. I can’t allow someone else to get their hands on Raven’s soul or our kingdom. We have to think of something. The light of Raven’s soul makes it hard for her to do what needs to be done. I don’t like seeing the darkness bloom inside her.”
I tighten my jaw. “Then maybe we need to finish the task for her. Raven has gotten Micah close. Now we just have to drag him the rest of the way.”
“You think so?” Kase shifts and looks at Raven on the floor. “She might not go for it.”
“We can’t give her the choice.” I scrub my hands over my face. “What if she decides she doesn’t want to risk losing her soul and the Higher Power grants a miracle?”
“That won’t happen,” he mutters. “We won’t fail.”
He’s right. Angels have nothing on us, and neither does Lucian. We have power on our side, and a soul strong enough to bear it. Hell’s kingdom will always be ours.
***
“I can’t be around her right now. I’m too high on everything she does to me. I won’t be able to focus.” Kase strokes his hands over his outer horns as if he imagines her sitting on his face again.
And fuck. That’s an automatic boner for me.
I adjust my throbbing cock. “You think I can do any better? I can’t stop fantasizing about trying out the hands-free clit vibrator I bought for her before bending her over and spreading her tight ass cheeks apart, gliding in her newspank meplug. I want her screaming my name and soaking my sheets, so my cock can swim in her wet pussy.”
I have every little detail planned out. She’ll slip into the red lingerie that matches the shade of lipstick I can’t wait to see on her that stains everything. I can already imagine how she’ll squirm on my bed, tied up and at my mercy, begging for me to sink my teeth into her thigh as I show her what it’s like to let me have her as my next meal. My mouth waters just thinking about getting her to squirt all over me like she did with Kase. I won’t be able to do anything else until I experience her body.
Swinging his fist, Kase punches me in the jaw, jerking my head sideways. “You can’t fuck her at all until Micah bows before Lucian.”
“Then you deal with her,” I snap, my demonic form sneaking through. “You saw how she tried to fucking beat that bastard down. She deserves a reward for that shit. I can’t go in there and not give her the gift of orgasming until she walks funny.”
Kase jabs his fist into my gut. “Figure something else out. I can’t get my damn façade in control. She’s going to open her eyes and cream at the sight of me. At least with you, all she’ll think about is your bitch-ass on your knees. She’ll want to coddle you instead of ride you like the beast I am.”
I growl and thrust my hand out, striking him in the throat. Locking my fingers to his neck, I cut off his airway until he turns into his hellish form completely. Raven isn’t that freaky. She’s not going to fuck him unless he’s mostly mortal-looking.
“Dante? Kase? Fuck.” Raven’s soft voice steals my attention. She hovers in the doorway to my room, which I’m fucking certain is hers now. “Are you okay? What happened?”
Kase takes advantage of my distraction and shoves me into the wall. “Dante will fill you in. I have shit to do and can’t waste time on your crazy ass, angel-girl.”
His comment wipes the concern from her face, puckering her features. Without giving Raven a chance to respond, he turns to me and squeezes my shoulders, giving me a look that says I better fucking keep my dick in my pants. He strides toward the front door and exits, leaving it open behind him.
