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Chapter 24
ANDRE
Adversaries
“PLEASE, I—I can’t. Just untie my hands. I won’t fight. I just need to touch myself. The ache—you’re a monster.” Christian rolls his hips as he tugs against the restraints locking him to the stone wall of my kingdom.
“A monster? You’re mistaken. Lucian had far worse plans than restraining you in his kingdom.” I step closer and get into his face, seeing the familiarity of desire lighting his eyes. Things could be easy for him if he would just tell me what I want. “All you need to do is give me the Mortal Realm location of your superiors. If you do that, I will release you. It’ll be up to you whether or not you leave my kingdom.”
“I—they’ve acquired the Sycamore Apartments on Playa Heights and Celeste Drive in Cloud Canyon. That’s all I know.” Christian grimaces with his words, his revelation hurting him on a level he probably never imagined. He just betrayed Heaven, and without realizing it, it will now be his downfall.
I grin and grab his wrists. “Was that so difficult?”
The bastard thrusts his hips toward me in an attempt to rub his uncontrollable hard-on against me. No one is immune to my kingdom. My approach is far different than that of the others. While Lucian thinks torture and pain work faster, desire not only affects someone in the moment. It will linger with them, teasing and taunting, begging them to give in. How could something that feels so good be bad? For Christian, it’ll be that he’ll want more and more until it turns all consuming. He will never be able to leave my kingdom once I release him.
“Please, just release me. You promised.” Christian’s heavy-lidded gaze searches my face and he bites his lip. “Please.”
“Just remember, do not even consider trying to touch me. If you do, I will resort to Lucian’s form of punishment...but if you’d like to touch my souls, they’d be happy to find some reprieve with you.” I tighten my jaw, stopping myself from smiling. His mind is gone already as the thoughts flicker across his eyes. “Do you understand?”
“Yes,” Christian whispers.
Using my Hell power, I break the restraints on Christian. He dashes past me and launches into the air, taking flight for only a few seconds. The lust-filled air captures him immediately. Diving down, he skids his boots across the soft ground where my souls wriggle and connect, humping and sucking, penetrating anything and everything in their paths, lost on their eternal desire in a world that they’ll never find relief.
A shock of energy zaps me right in the balls, tightening my body as I watch Christian trying to control himself. The second a man breaks from his place amid the masses, sensing the fresh lust of the angel, Christian loses it. I lick my lips and grip the railing of my balcony, inhaling a deep breath.
I watch in satisfaction as Christian strips out of his pants and rubs his hard-on only a few feet from the soul. He’s going in without a care, without a second thought, ready and willing to experience pleasure unlike anything Heaven could ever give. The soul smiles and turns around, dropping to all fours. Christian’s light dims with each of his steps toward the man, slowly at first, curious yet anxious. Bowing forward, the soul rests his forehead on the ground and grabs his ass, spreading his cheeks wide. All it takes is his puckering asshole to get Christian to rush the rest of the way, thrusting right into the man’s invite, the lack of lube not fazing the soul.
Christian moans at the act of falling to his desires, not realizing that he’s set off every soul around him. My skin prickles and the deep hunger inside me roars. I wave my hand, sending a gust of wind through the air, ripping the souls apart. Christian hollers in annoyance, only to be shut up by another soul crashing into his back and locking his arms around his hips before he buries his face and licks the angel’s ass.
The glorious sight before me leaves my whole being burning.
I can’t watch another minute as Christian falls completely into the lust and power of Hell. The tornado ends, sending the souls back to the ground, and the angel enters a woman next while another man mounts him from behind, the sounds of their moans and aches getting to me more deeply than they should.
Closing my eyes, I push away the image of the train of bodies humping and licking and kissing and stuffing every hole possible as they remain trapped in their aching desire. I break through the haze and open up a portal, tapping into the summoning circle that allows me to access what will soon be my home away from home.
I shudder and discard my hunger, hoping that Raven might sense me and peek out the window of Micah’s room. All I need is one glimpse of the most enchanting woman and soul in existence. One glimpse of the desire she carries for me is enough to satiate me for days at a time. I can’t wait until Micah takes the tether and frees me. Raven and I can finally get everything we desire together and more. I’ll never be hungry with access to her all the time.
“Andre, you have an angel in your kingdom. Please let him go.” Zade’s voice drags my attention away from Micah’s window and the faint scent of desire steaming across the glass. “You’re only fueling the smite of Heaven.”
Rage rushes through me, and I glower and press my palms to the summoning circle, feeling the barrier caging me inside. “The angel is no longer a prisoner. Be my guest to enter my kingdom and bring him out yourself.”
Zade shifts on his feet, his face sharpening as he considers my words. “I cannot risk it. I just—I...”
“What?” I snap. “You show up and demand things but you never follow through. All you do is watch in silence. Why are you even here? Why bother?”
Sadness crosses his face, and for the first time in a long time, I get hit with a strangely familiar emotion. I’ve spent eternity protecting humanity by Zade’s side. I’d recognize his grief and longing anywhere.
“You know why I abandoned Heaven. What I can’t grasp is why you don’t join me.” I cross my arms, trapping him in my gaze. “Why do you hate the idea of redemption so much so that you’re willing to just stand by and—”
“I don’t hate redemption, Andre!” Zade gathers heavenly light in his palms, his rush of anger nearly intoxicating. “I hate that humanity faces devastation because of you. Don’t you get it? Heaven’s army isn’t backing down. There will be a war. They won’t stop. I—I don’t want to see you or anyone else get hurt.”
“Which you can only blame them for. Join us and help us. Make the right decision.” I press harder against the barrier.
“Andre, please.” Zade slumps his shoulders. “Think about what will happen. I didn’t come here to start anything. I only wanted to warn you. Heaven will sacrifice humanity in the name of the Higher Power to stop you. The consequences will be apocalyptic. Devastating. Is that what you want? To destroy the world?”
I bang the barrier, sending flames dancing toward the sky. “You’re a lying coward. The guardians would never. I believe you came here because you—”
Tensing with anger, Zade rushes toward me and breaks through the barrier, unsheathing his flaming sword. He tackles me and aims his sword at my neck. “I came here because I care about you and humanity! I care about Heaven and the warriors. I don’t want things to be this way, Andre. You would have agreed with me before Hell consumed you.”
