Page 36 of Right Hand Of The Reaper
Roux gave a single nod in his direction, and I could tell this was hard for her. Soul collecting was intrinsically linked to the very core of what she was. I imagine it would something akin to me not being part of the Underworld anymore. Utterly devastating.
“Thank you,” she said softly, before cocking her head to one side. She turned to face me a worried expression on her face. “I need to leave. Something’s happening at G.R.I.M.”
“Do you need me?” I asked.
Her smile was wide but didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Not at the moment. My Hounds are in distress.” She leant closer and pressed her lips against my ear. “Can we pick this up later? Please, Daddy?”
I wrapped her hair around my fist and yanked her head backwards, loving her gasp of delight that brushed my cheek. “Oh, yes, baby girl. We will most definitely be revisiting this. Now, give Daddy a kiss before you go.”
She pressed her lips to mine, the touch a barely there whisper of things to come and I couldn’t wait to explore this with her. Jeez, my cock was aching just thinking about all the possibilities that lay ahead of us now.
She tugged my shirt down, making sure I was covered before she vanished into thin air.
“Daddy?” Rook asked, a smirk crossing his plump lips.
“Fuck off,” I growled but they both just laughed.
“I’m going to win the bet,” Nox suddenly shouted.
“What bet?” I demanded.
“The one about when you’d finally give into Roux,” Rook said. “I’d been more optimistic. Thinking you two would have got together a few years ago. Nox is closest so he will indeed win the bet.”
“I see,” I mumbled, my finger tracing my pursed lips. “And what do you win?”
Nox’s face went pale at my question. “Um… nothing. There was no prize. Gotta go now, bye!” Then he vanished into thin air leaving Rook standing there looking sheepish.
“Goodbye, your majesty, and for what it’s worth, I’m happy for you.” Then he too disappeared into thin air leaving me sitting in my chair wondering what the hell had just happened.
Chapter Fourteen
Atticus
TheHellHoundtwinsstared at me with the most feral expression in their eyes. They were fascinating. They shouldn’t exist, but there they were, completely identical down to the last hair on their heads. I would love to study them, to figure out how they work together. I knew that wouldn’t exactly be moral, but it wasn’t every day you met something that shouldn’t exist. Hell, I was a rarity. Metus demons were hermits, yet here I was working investigations for the Guild. But that was my own fault. I’d had a momentary lapse of judgement and sent someone mad. Theymighthave been someone important, like a high-ranking Guild official, but they were assaulting my sister and I just saw red. Safe to say, that guy would never touch another living creature again. I may have trapped him inside a nightmare, unable to wake and unable to dream. It was a horrible existence, but the bastard deserved it. I got stuck working for the Guild because I was too valuable a tool to just dispose of.
And now, I was staring at two very vicious Hell Hounds who were about to rip me into teeny, little pieces, all because I suggested that I interview Roux. Apparently, that was a no go because I’d left her distraught the last time we were alone together. But I had a reason for that. It had terrified me, and I’d fled. Not my finest hour, but shit, I wasn’t expecting her reaction.
“Absolutely not,” the one on the left said. I had no hope of remembering which one was which.
“There is no way we are leaving her in your care again,” the right one added.
And fuck, they were snarling at me. This was not going to end well.
For them.
I flared my hands out to the side, ready to flood them with my power – not to really hurt them, but certainly to give them something to think about – when there was a loud pop and an angry voice roared through the air.
“What the fuck is going on?”
Roux appeared in the room followed by a blast of air pushing through the room as her magic dissipated.
The left one pointed one of his large hands at me. “He wants to interrogate you.”
“And we won’t let him.” The right one took a step closer to me but stopped when Roux marched in front of them.
“Thisis what you pulled me away from Hades for? I’m out searching for answers, and you are here swinging and measuring your fucking dicks?”
The twins blanched. Again, I was amazed. She had complete and utter control over the pair of them. Normally, there would at least be some autonomy, but they seemed to look at her like she hung the fucking moon.
