Page 43 of Witch's Exile
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DEJA
Iwoke with a start. The silence throughout the house was eerie, and I wondered what jolted me out of such a deep, peaceful sleep.
Then I heard it. Floorboards creaking downstairs under the weight of footsteps. They grew louder as the person walking moved up the stairs, coming closer to the three of us piled up in the master bedroom.
Silently I gathered all the elements of my magic, ready to strike if Seth somehow escaped and was hoping to catch us unaware.
But it was Ash, my angel.
He came through the doorway to find us cuddled up in a pile of arms and legs wrapped around each other. My heart jumped into my throat as I untangled myself from Raum and Sal and ran to him, still fully naked from our bath and so not caring.
"My love," he murmured gruffly as he caught me in those arms and pulled me tightly against him. His lips captured mine and the heat from his mouth, mixed with the rough friction of his beard, sent tingles all the way to my toes.
A minute ago I was completely worn out from my fun with the other two in the kitchen earlier, but the moment he touched me, my body reawakened with fresh need and vigor. It felt like so much happened since I last saw him. Had it really only been two days? While the other two made me blissfully happy, it felt like weeks without my angel with me.
"Holy fuck, I missed you." Emotion spilled into my voice when our mouths parted breathlessly. I clung to his leather jacket and inhaled his scent like a drug.
"I missed you so incredibly much." He cupped my face and seemed to look through me with that intense, icy gaze. His eyes and hair looked practically silver in the moonlight streaming through the window. "I take it Raum finally pulled his head out of his ass?" he asked, his gaze drifting to the bed behind me.
"Yeah, you can say we've made up," I giggled, circling my arms around his neck. "You're the only piece that's been missing."
"Not anymore," he growled, trailing his fingertips down my sides to cup firm handfuls of my ass. "I'm taking you with me next time. Old man Lucifer misses you."
"How did it go?" I asked, gently scratching my nails through his hair. "Did you find out what you needed?"
His face hardened. "Yes." The word came out sharply and he didn't sound especially pleased. "I need those two fools awake so I can update all of you on what we're dealing with." His eyes refocused sharply on me. "Unless the poor shit tied up in the basement already told you?"
I shouldn't have been surprised that he knew Seth was down there. "He was the one letting Diana in my head to plant those nightmares. I want him out of here and preferably in a ditch somewhere."
Ash's lips twitched but not with a smile. "Sorry, love but that's not gonna happen. Is that all he told you?"
"Pretty much," I answered. "Nothing else he said made much sense. So what are we doing with him?"
"Get those fools up for me. We're having a meeting downstairs to discuss it." He gave an affectionate slap to my ass. "And maybe put some clothes on so we're not distracted."
"Right now?" Heat bloomed within me at the commanding tone in his voice, coupled with the yearning of not seeing or feeling him for days. Surely a meeting could wait?
A smile finally cracked though his tough exterior. "Yes, now, my love. We'll have some alone time later. Now get them up before I change my mind."
He paid no attention to my whines and quickly untangled himself from me with a final parting kiss. I pulled clean clothes on, grumbling the whole time, and climbed over Raum and Sal on the bed to rouse them.
"Woman, you are fucking insatiable," Raum groaned into the pillow after I dropped a series of kisses and nibbles on his neck. "And I love it," he added, reaching for me.
"Ash's home." I caught his hand before it could reach my breast. "He wants all of us downstairs, pronto."
His next groan was of annoyance as I slid off him and over to Sal to wake him in a similar fashion. Within ten minutes, the three of us were dressed and awake as we stormed downstairs where Ash waited. I smiled at the cup of silver needle tea waiting for me on the counter, next to coffee for himself. He was always so thoughtful about the smallest things.
The mess from our fun earlier in the day had disappeared. One of the guys must have magicked the place clean after our shenanigans. I bit my lip as I looked over to where they took turns fucking me on the counter. I could still feel them in the tender flesh of my core.
"So who wants to fill me in on what happened since I left?" Ash raised his coffee cup to his lips.
Raum and Sal briefed him on how they sensed Seth creeping around the woods just outside our house, and how they dealt with him after. The bloodlust shined through Sal's eyes with excitement. He really had to hold back on basically mauling Seth to death and it momentarily scared me before passing. My guys were always so good to me, I easily forgot how dangerous and ruthless they were to those who threatened us.
After they finished, I told Ash about meeting our shifter neighbors and their expertise on hunting, tracking, and smuggling, emphasizing how they could potentially be helpful to us.
"Very interesting, love." His eyes lit up as I relayed what I learned about them, and he stroked his beard thoughtfully. "I've heard of shifters but they're so rare they're essentially regarded as legends. Once we've dealt with Seth, I would very much like to meet our new friends."
