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“And what better way than to hunt Lucian’s ass down to kick it? The fucker has ignored my calls all day now. He’s too damn proud to admit he fucked up with Cassius and needs help cleaning up his mess.” Dante spreads his wings wide in the front yard and holds his arms open. Without giving me a chance to prepare, he snatches me and Kase and launches into the air, soaring so quickly toward the sky that I can’t even squeak a sound.
Like he’s determined to make my soul leave my body, he dives down just as fast, twisting my insides and making it impossible to think. Kase growls and cusses him out, somehow managing to speak over the wind and his chaotic flying. Dante only laughs and throws the two of us in the air before only catching me. Kase transforms into his devil self, landing with ease outside the familiar bar they own together.
The ground quakes with Dante’s landing, but it’s not from our weight. Kase charges ahead of us and to the broken door, shattered and hanging by only a hinge. The tinted glass window doesn’t fare any better. A human-sized hole sends cracks fissuring to the frame. And the smell. Fuck, is it bad. Something rotten permeated from inside like a portal remains open, letting the stench of Hell out. It’s even stronger than when the devils open a summoning circle.
“Shit. What the fuck happened?” I ask, stretching to peer behind me as Dante picks up his pace to follow Kase inside the building.
All it takes is one look to make me wish he had left my ass outside. My stomach heaves and I bury my face into Dante’s shoulder. I’ve seen some pretty fucked up shit involved with Hell’s affairs, but whatever happened here can’t even compare.
“Throw up on the floor and not me, please,” Dante says, shifting me in his arms. “Unless you’re trying to get me to fly us home naked.”
I groan and touch my heels to the ground, thankful they’re tall enough to stop any guts—both human and demon—from splashing across my open toes. I thought watching Dante slaughter the contracted souls who tried to take me was the worst I could see. But I guess when it’s the aftermath of a gruesome attack and not unfolding before me while I’m high off his bite that makes a difference.
“It’s about damn time you two showed up.” The sharp, feminine voice cuts through the air, pulling my mind away from the pile of intestines on the floor a few feet away. “The fucking angels cut off my communications. They suggested all these bitch-asses could possibly get salvation if they stood against Hell. And then some fucking guardians kept healing the damn injured, so look at what they made me do!” Gia throws out her arms and spins around. “I had to fucking take everyone apart to stop it. These damn souls were forced to break their contracts.”
I bring my jacket up to my face, securing it the best I can over my mouth and nose. “Oh, God.”
“Yeah, fucking God. I liked this guy.” Reaching down, Gia picks up a severed head and dangles it in front of me. “James was my fucking favorite. Do you know how hard it is to find a man who can get me off?” Spinning, she chucks poor James’s head at the wall, pulverizing it with her force. “I am so not happy. I’ve been stuck here for what feels like years.”
Kase roars and swipes his dagger claws, flinging a bunch of guts and body parts toward the wall. “I’ll take care of it. Where are the souls?”
“Cooking just how you like, which is why I’ve been stuck waiting for you assholes. I haven’t sent them to Hell yet. Maybe you can squeeze more answers out of them than I could.” Gia motions toward the back of the room. No wonder the scent of Hell taints the air. Who knows how long she’s been holding souls prisoner within a portal.
“You’ve served us well, Gia. I think an expansion in your territory is well deserved.” Kase motions to Dante with his tail. “Stay out here with Raven. Make her a drink or something. She looks like she needs it.”
More like twenty shots until I turn blackout drunk and melt this image from my mind.
“I’m going to stand by the window, Dante,” I say, keeping my eyes glued to his to stop from looking around. “Bring me something strong, okay?”
Ruffling his feathers, he dips his chin in agreement. “You got it, pretty soul. Just keep your eyes open for bastards. If you spot one, I’m going hunting.”
Dante swats my ass, getting me to stroll the dozen feet to a bouncer podium with a stool. It’s thankfully still intact and not covered in guts.
Like the fucker was waiting for me to appear, Cassius shows up across the street. He expands his brilliant wings and glares at me. The asshole. It only takes me a minute to realize that this might’ve been a set up. But there’s nothing I can do as Dante charges through the broken window and into the street.
Dante doesn’t make it far before two guardian angels, with their gold wings, jump in his way, stopping him from going after Cassius. Hissing, Dante spits venom at the two bastards. All it does is piss them off. Each of them grabs one of his arms and launches into the air with him.
I’m out of my seat and rushing outside before I realize my mistake. Cassius materializes in front of me and grabs my hand. I scream out and swing my arm, punching him in his smug face. He doesn’t falter. He doesn’t block my attempt to hit him again and lets me slam my fist into his jaw. I actually think he likes it. I swear to unholy Hell that he purposely turns his face in the other direction to let me smack him on his other cheek.
Fear crashes through me as his bright light engulfs the world, stealing my vision away. My stomach flips and flops, and I lose sight of the bar. I can’t hear Dante fighting above me either. And now that I have a chance to look around, I notice that Cassius not only flew me away, but he also shifted me between planes. Kase and Dante might not be able to find me here. Oh fucking hell.
I shove my palms against his chest and push them away, making him stumble with my Hell strength. The cocky bastard has the nerve to smile at me like he’s won. But he has no idea what he has done, taking me away from my devils. I won’t stand for it. This is his fault. The massacre inside of the bar wouldn’t have happened had he intervened. Many people died because of him and because of the guardian angels.
“Do you have any idea how hard I’ve been trying to get you within arm’s reach?” Cassius flares his nostrils and expands his wings sending a gust of stinging heavenly light in my direction.
“Not as hard as it’s going to be to escape me once I twist your fucking balls in my hand and drag you back to the mortal realm.” I swing my fist at his groin and try to grab them through his pants.
He finally realizes the threat I really am to him and hops out of my reach blocking me from trying to grab his cock and rip it off. I’d love to give my devils an angelic dick bouquet in celebration of finally being able to see Hell rise. It’ll be so sweet, and I’m sure they’ll reward me for it in the way I love.
“Raven, control yourself. I will not let you seduce me.” Cassius shields his body with his wings.
I halt mid-punch, throwing my weight to not burn myself on his damn wings. “I wouldn’t fuck you, even if you promised to abandon Heaven for the chance.”
He has a lot of damn nerve to think this is me trying to seduce him. It’s nearly laughable. Does he think this is what devils like as foreplay? Taking a serious beating to attempt to be as close to humans as possible unlike the devils who do it to fit in? Maybe only Lucian likes to have his cock whacked...well, they are born from the same essence or whatever. This little bitch ass probably has the same kinks.
I store the thought in my mind to think about later. Right now, I need to figure out how to get him to merge realms so I can cross back through.
“You’re lying. I know about your seductive ways.” Cassius glowers at me and flaps his wings, nearly brushing them to my face in the process.
