Page 111 of Demon's Desire
“Oh, no.” Onyx raised a hand to his forehead. “Not a lesson. Don’t spank me. My poor abused bottom can’t take it.”
They dissolved into laughter, Nico hugging Onyx close.
Fuck, this was it right here. Life didn’t get any better.
Onyx caught his breath. “I love this. Being with you is so damn addicting. Is it horrible that I keep thinking something is going to ruin it?”
“No. It’s scary to get what you want because it can be taken away. I get that. Why do you think it’s so hard for me to ask for help? Before you, I was afraid to rely on someone only to lose them, so I made myself manage without.”
Onyx cupped Nico’s cheeks. “Are you worried I’ll get taken from you?”
For a flash, concern lined Nico’s eyes. “I was when you were captured by Valac. But that’s behind us. He’s spreading the word that Lucifer can’t reimprison anyone in Hell, and that you never supported what Lucifer did. No one is coming after you again.”
It was true. Ren, Pamala, and her companions were also getting the word out about what had happened in the courtyard,and demons seemed to believe the story when it came from varied sources.
Luc had been stripped of his power. The Hounds of Hell no longer existed. Soon, everyone would know they had never been loyal dogs. Onyx, Ash, and Dante were guilty of no more than trusting Luc in the initial fall, same as any of them.
“No one is coming after you either.” Onyx poked Nico in the ribs. “Though none of your adversaries stand a chance against me. I’ll turn anyone who crosses you into dust.”
Nico didn’t laugh as Onyx expected. His forehead wrinkled. “Killing vampires and witches and sending them to the Realm of the Damned isn’t the same as permanent death, I know that, but it feels wrong leaving them alone in Hell.”
The abandoned magical souls had crossed Onyx’s mind, too. “It can’t be helped as long as the Eternal Realm bans all magical human souls. Who knows, maybe they don’t mind having the place to themselves. I could ask Luc if I ever see his miserable face again.”
Nico squeezed him. “Patience, little butterfly. He might surprise you, and if not, I’m here for you. Always. But why would you ask him about the souls in Hell?”
“When he disappears like he did in the courtyard, he teleports back to the Realm of the Damned.”
Nico’s brows raised. “He goes back down there?”
“It’s a good place to hide and not be bothered. None of us would willingly follow.” Onyx would hate the emptiness more than he hated everyone being stuck there. Did Luc?
“Can’t argue with that.” Nico kissed down Onyx’s neck, banishing his melancholy.
Onyx arched his spine. “That’s more like it. Tell me to shut up about Luc more often. I need your mouth on me instead.”
Nico reached under Onyx’s shirt and tugged on his nipple piercing. “Tell me what else you need.”
“Please don’t!” a panicked voice groaned.
Onyx and Nico spun around. Ash, Dante, Harper, and Ollie stood in the open double doorway.
“Excuse me!” Onyx sputtered. What the hell were they doing here?
Harper’s cheeks went bright red. “Sorry. Ash said he called.”
“He called, and I ignored him.”
Nico chuckled softly in Onyx’s ear.
“We brought food.” Ash held up several covered containers as if that meant anything.
Onyx set his fiery glare on him. “I didn’t ask for food. Nico is about to eatme, so unless this is turning into an orgy, we’re good. You can all leave.”
Harper went even redder, and Ollie coughed. Ash and Dante remained unfazed.
You didn’t hang around someone for three and a half thousand years without ending up a some of the same sex parties. Though Onyx would be the first to admit it had been forever since the three of them had been in a situation like that.
“Whatever you’re thinking, I want details later,” Nico muttered.
