Page 48 of April's Fool
“He told me to leave Damon in the hotel, Mama, rather than risk being late. Even when he had more than enough time for us to make the meeting. Worse still, the auction wouldn’t have started without me!”
“So? Damon would have been fine at the hotel.”
“Mama, a demon tried to kidnap him! Jorgoth is contracted to a witch. The same witch that’s trying to hurt Cody.”
“I see.” Mama’s voice had taken on a razor sharpness. “Put Keren on the phone.”
My gaze caught on the bodyguard. During my call, he had wandered closer. I held the phone out silently. He took it like I was handing him a grenade.
“Hello?” They held a brief conversation. “Understood.” Keren held out my phone. “I’ll take my leave, Prince Amorandes. My apologies to the human. I let personal biases cloud my judgment. A replacement will be found shortly.”
Keren didn’t even wait to hear my response. Didn’t say anything to Damon or anyone else. He just left the club, presumably to portal home.
The next few hours were filled with anxiety as we waited for Cody and Toth to arrive while the witches and a few elves worked on numerous spells to ward the property. They focused on the apartment initially, ensuring we would be safe while we slept. Damon had Parker overnight some security devices.
“You always forget about human means. Basil isn’t above paying some random human to come in here,” he chided.
He was right. We had to make sure human security measures, as well as all the supernatural ones, covered the entire club. We could afford the extra expense, especially with lives at stake.
As soon as Cody was in sight, I rushed to get my arms around him. I hugged him fiercely before turning to Toth. Refusing to listen to his grumbling, I hugged my other son just as tightly. Hela made a chirping noise at me, but ran to Damon for pets. The shifters didn’t react to her presence, having met her, but the elves made a few noises of pleasure. The cat was going to be spoiled.
“This is not your fault,” I whispered in Toth’s ear.
It was there, barely perceptible, but Toth relaxed a fraction. He truly had believed it was his fault. “Thankyou,” he muttered. “I just don’t remember telling him anyone’s names.”
“He probably made you forget. I’ve told you this over and over. Jorgoth won’t blame you,” Cody said reasonably, like he hadn’t just been forced out of his home thanks to the witch.
“Where is Jorgoth?” Barr asked. Honestly, I’d forgotten the hellhound was there. He had stayed silent the entire time, just watching us all pace the club making calls. To start with, he had followed the witches with his eyes until some elves had turned up. The elves were just as fascinated with him as most hadn’t seen a hellhound before.
“He’s been arrested. That’s why we took so long to arrive. I reported him to the guards, so when he got back to his home, they picked him up,” Toth said. Jorgoth lived in a house in the castle lands. Far too close to Cody. “He’ll be kept in the cells until he can either be claimed, mated, or Basil is dead.”
A trickle of sympathy worked its way through me for the poor demon. The cells were comfortable. It wasn’t his fault he’d ended up with a witch master after all. This was just a precaution. The magics around the cells would stop Basil calling Jorgoth to him.
“Come on,” I urged. “Let’s get us all settled in.”
Protective
Amorandes
It took hours beforeAlpha Blake and the elves deemed the club and apartment safe enough for us for the night. They would return the next day, and likely every day after, to check the warding and slowly build up the layers of the spell.
As much as I would have liked to keep the club closed as all this went on, the omegas in the area deserved to have somewhere safe for them to go through their heats.
It made for much more work because every employee would need to be vetted, then given security spells. We would have magic oozing from our pores if Damon was in charge.
“Babe, the cameras have arrived. Could you help me set them up?” Damon held up a box in one hand, a drill in the other.
I cocked my head, confused. “What do you want me to do with that?”
“Well… with you looking at me like that, I’m not putting you in charge of the drill.” His laugh rang out,the first sign of his good humor returning after all the stress of the last day. “Could you go full demon and boost me up so I can mount the cameras?”
“For you? Anything!” I sketched a low bow, making him laugh again, then removed the shirt I’d been wearing. My pants had an elastic waist, so they were unlikely to rip when I let my full demon out. Damon clearly wanted the extra height and strength I had in that form.
I let go of the magic keeping me in my human form and just… let it all out. The tail, horns, ears, eyes, they all appeared as my body stretched to my true height. Finally, my wings unfurled. I sighed. It was such a relief to let myself be in this form as I was born.
“Fuck, you are so hot like that.” Damon’s eyes darkened with desire. “Let’s just get this done and maybe we can go test that bed out. I was too exhausted to appreciate just how glad I am to have you.” His voice lowered, getting husky, “I do have you, don’t I, Mori? You’re mine and just mine, aren’t you?”
“Yours. Only yours.” I felt my cock thicken, the desire between us palpable. “Camera, then you can show me how much I belong to you.”
