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Chapter 3
RAVEN
Angelic Adventure
GOD, MY DEVILS are going to want to fuck my mouth until I quit whispering holy words that they want to spank from my vocabulary. Shit. I can’t help myself. An avenging angel is seriously glorious when their damn sword isn’t directed at me or anyone I’ve bonded with. And Zade is more than glorious. He’s fucking as hot as the burning world around us.
Swinging his sword, Zade cuts off the demon’s head, sending strange black goo squirting over him. His smiting turns his soft features hard and sexy, so broody and intimidating, that it takes me a good pep-talk not to crawl forward and climb his muscular legs to force myself into his protective arms.
He just destroyed a demon on my behalf. He saved me when he could’ve let the demon swallow me whole. It would’ve solved the saviors’ biggest problem of Hell trying to rise. Instead, he granted me mercy. As for his reason for it? I don’t even fucking care. I’m just so damn thankful.
Zade’s muscles ripple, his skin smoldering from getting splashed with the demon’s blood. Tugging his shirt off, he uses it to swipe away the residue. I can’t take my eyes off of him. His muscular chest rises and falls with his deep breaths as he gets himself under control. My breathing slows to match his, and I lick my lips, getting trapped by his startling blue gaze. He doesn’t move from his spot, drinking me in for what feels like a torturously long amount of time. The world seems to still around us. It takes everything in me to get myself together.
I should kick myself for having to be rescued by an angel.
I should be pissed off that I wasn’t capable of fighting off a demon.
But damn. Sometimes, I just want to be saved and protected. Taken care of after having to take care of myself.
If only it wasn’t Zade and instead Andre, Kase, Dante, or Micah.
“Raven, I’m so sorry,” Zade says, concealing his flaming sword and brilliant wings in a blink of my eyes.
Like breaking my eye contact gets him to act, he strides toward me. What if it wasn’t me trapped in his gaze and it was him frozen in mine? My heartbeat picks up speed as the thoughts swirl through my mind. I shouldn’t be feeling...excited? I can’t put my finger on it. It just feels so much better than the emotions beating me up only moments ago.
“Here, let me help you.” Zade kneels on one knee and uses a clean section of his shirt to wipe my face, carefully cleaning the demon guts I had no idea splashed me too.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, my whole body humming at his closeness. All I can do is remain utterly still and allow him to clean me off the best he can. Our eyes meet again, and I search his gaze, trying to find some answers. Why is he here? What is he doing?
Reaching his hand up, he brushes my frazzled hair out of my face with his fingers. “That’s better. Are you okay? I could feel how terrified you were.”
The closer he leans into me, the more I can smell the sweet toasted marshmallow fragrance of his skin.
Again, I can’t find my voice. All I can do is force myself to look from his eyes. My gaze travels to the pentagram brand burned into his cheek, and something inside me hypnotizes me. I find my hand an inch from his face and trace my finger along the circle and draw over the lines until he snatches my wrist.
“Raven? Say something.” Concern lines his voice. “I can’t decipher your feelings, but they’re making me anxious.”
He can feel my emotions?
A strange gurgle of a groan sounds through the air, snapping my attention away from Zade. I watch in shock as Joel claws his way out of the demon’s...nope. I can’t even think about it. It’s enough to make me gag.
And help me find my voice.
“Fuck, get me out of here,” I say, my voice rising in pitch, practically shrieking. “Take me home.”
Without thinking, I throw myself at him. Zade catches me in his arms and unfurls his wings, flapping them to stop us from crashing to the ground. Our chests meet. The sensation sends a zing of energy through me. It’s the strangest thing, feeling the soft thuds of his heartbeat on my breasts like I’ve kicked his body into overdrive. His eyes widen in surprise, and I half-expect him to shove me away, but all he does is straighten his back and stand tall.
“Ra-Raven.” The grumbly voice sounds from behind Zade as Joel gets to his knees.
I clutch Zade tighter. “Please. Please. I need to go home. I can’t be here. Fucking Lucian threw me into a portal.”
Zade bounces on his feet, adjusting me in his arms. “You’re afraid. I’m not sure I understand why. You’ve aligned with the devils. This is your eternity. How can you carry such fear when it was you who made the decision?”
I dig my fingers in Zade’s bare shoulders, keeping my eyes locked on Joel. “You are so oblivious. It kills me. Now let’s go. You’re wasting time. I just—fuck. Can’t you see the asshole behind you? That’s why I’m fucking afraid.”
Spinning, Zade whips around, leaving my back open and facing Joel. I turn my torso, fisting my hand. Joel stumbles closer like his sole purpose in Hell is to torment me. He doesn’t even care that I’m in the arms of an angel. Why would he? He doesn’t have anything to lose.
Joel clenches his jaw and stretches out his hand. “Ra—”
