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Chapter 12
DANTE
As the World Burns
I ACHE FOR Raven. And for once, it’s not my fucking nuts. The light of her soul remains dim, letting the darkness both Micah and Lucian left behind consume her. I despise their darkness and want nothing more than to annihilate it with my own. Raven knows that within the fiery pits of my being lies everything she craves—protectiveness. Obsession. The innate need to destroy anything that dares mess with her light in a way she doesn’t approve, want, or can’t handle. It’s my job as her future king to lift her up and hold her high above us all as our queen.
“We’re almost there, pretty soul,” I murmur, combing her billowing hair from her throat to kiss her cold, goose-bump ridden skin. I had planned to fly alone, watching Kase speed down the highway with her and Micah, but Raven quietly stepped into my arms, and I couldn’t deny her.
She whispers her response, her soft voice lost on the wind. Wiggling a bit, she adjusts herself and presses her face to the crook of my neck. Her body trembles, and I squeeze her tighter, rubbing my hot hand over her arm, trying to warm her up. Except she’s not shivering from cold. The cool trickle of her wind-kissed tears splash on my neck. And fuck. She’s crying.
I growl in annoyance but not at her. I’m fucking ballistic that Micah and Lucian have fucked up her mental state enough that she’s hurting. She’s experiencing the turmoil only the damned should ever feel. I don’t give a flying fuck if Micah apologized. He should’ve never put her in a position to ever doubt his intentions. And Lucian? That asshole just needs to return to Hell. He gave up his right to be graced by Raven’s presence when he tried to break her contract and proceeded to put us in this position in the first place.
Except doing anything other than being here for my pretty soul is all I can do besides punch some sense into the others when Raven’s not looking. It is her will to decide whether or not she allows anyone else into the light of her radiant being despite my opinion about them.
I hate to admit it, but I see the attraction kindling between Raven and Lucian the same as I see when she puts her sights on a savior. Her ability to shrug off the bad and see the good makes her so entrancing to a fault. I just hope Lucian quits being a monstrous devil, treating her as if she isn’t the brilliant, angel-kissed woman we need. He wasn’t always such a manipulative dick. He hadn’t let the sins of his making consume him before mingling his darkness with her soul. I used to suck Lucian’s cock for fuck’s sake, and not because he demanded it. It’s as sexy as his damn horns, and if he’d just get the burning stick of Hell out of his ass, we could resurrect our friendship that had us jumping from grace with the intent to bring balance to the universe. Before we created Hell, most souls were purely recycled—even the worst of them—and all that did was send humanity on a path of destruction.
“Dante, can you distract me? Make me a member of the Mile High Club or whatever the equivalent is to getting fucked by a devil midflight?” Raven clears her throat and tips her head back, capturing me with her glassy eyes.
I swipe my fingers across her cheeks, smearing the blasted tears for caressing her skin in a way only I should. “Oh, pretty soul. How I want to warm my dick inside your hot pussy right about now, but five minutes isn’t enough time. I doubt you want to soar around for at least fifteen minutes for a quickie that will only leave us both sexually agitated. One orgasm is not good enough.”
Her eyebrows shoot up on her forehead, and she laughs in exasperation. And fucking damn it, if it’s not the most melodious sound I’ve ever heard. “One orgasm is better than none.”
“Now it’s that kind of standard I need to continue working on fucking out of you,” I tease, bowing forward to brush my lips to hers, tasting the salt of her tears. “You will accept neither option. From now on, I’m putting a fucking five minimum orgasm rule in place.”
The smile she graces me with lights a fire right in my balls, and I consider how quickly I can stay true to my words during the descent to the apartment tower below. Kase’s red Ferrari’s brakes squeal as he drifts into the spot between two beater cars, his parallel parking absolute perfection.
“I expect ten when we get home, but only after I have a moment to love up on my soulmate. Maybe you can help me cuddle him up. He’ll never admit it, but he enjoys your bite as much as I do.” Raven blows out a breath, the sadness that was clinging to her now melting away with the heat of her rising happiness, knowing that Elias is finally coming home.
“You sure have a thing for pathetic, you know,” I quip, grinning with my words. “Do I need to stop putting in my best and get the shit beat out of me more often? Will that ensure your luscious lips caress every inch of me and you attempt to heal me with the power of your pussy? Because your light is truly addictive magic, and it’ll be worth the pain.”
“Don’t you dare get hurt on purpose. Elias is sick, and he’s been through a lot. I love you all psycho and possessive. It makes me want to sometimes challenge you for power and really discover how to get you on your knees.” She reaches between us and grabs my cock, rubbing the length of my shaft. “Do me dirty and take care of me after. That’s what I like best from you.”
I hum my contentment, flexing my boner in her fingers. “I accept your challenge. If you manage to dominate me and make me call out for your mercy, you can do as you please. I have a nice fucking strap-on for you that’ll give you pleasure as you bang me, channeling your spirit dick into real life.”
I chuckle, loving the fuck out of her expression. The idea excites her and we both know it. I’ve felt for myself how wet she gets watching me submit to Kase. She’s really coming out of her sexual oppression stemming from her relationship with the bastard Joel. He really fucked with her, making her accept that pleasure wasn’t intended for her.
Fuck that. Raven is the mother-fucking queen of my Kinky Kingdom.
“You know what?” she says, her smile widening. “It’s on. If you want me to gear up and show you what it’s like to be fucked by me, then I’m ready. I’m going to fuck you so hard that my light will make you see Heaven again. You’re going to take my spirit dick like the sexy beast you are until it’s you cumming across the damn walls.”
Oh fucking shit.
That dirty mouth is ensuring an eternal boner.
“My pretty soul,” I murmur, crashing my mouth to hers. “I am at your mercy already. Now let’s get your damn soulmate, so we can give him one helluva show. Maybe one fucking final bang to bring him to our kingdom.”
“Who knew I’d want that? Your kind of psycho has officially become my brand of pleasure. It really gives a new meaning of going out with a bang.” She clutches onto me, speaking against my mouth as I dive down, zooming toward Earth.
“I love you for it. Even pathetic bastards like him deserve to have a hot, sexy, beautiful woman fuck him to death. You truly are an angel for agreeing to it.” I slide my tongue into her mouth, letting her grind her body against mine through our clothes.
I land with a thud but refuse to stop until she’s had enough of me. With the way she sucks my lips and practically unscrews my barbells with her tongue in her desperation, I’m nearly certain it’ll never happen. I don’t fucking care if she wants to kiss me like this for the rest of eternity. I’ll adapt.
“Keep it up, and I’ll act on our deal right now, angel-girl,” Kase says, his hot presence warming Raven between us. “Spread those spankable ass cheeks open for me, Dante.”
I chuckle and do as he says, clutching her ass and spreading her wide open. “Sounds like a plan.”
Raven gasps and yanks my hair, pulling herself away. “Try it and see what happens if you dare try to enter without lube.”
