Epilogue
I do.
After an incredible ceremony being surrounded by all nine of my mates, exchanging various types of jewelry—because I couldn’t exactly wear nine rings and not feel silly—I gaped at Azra’s new addition.
“Is that another…?”
He stroked his beautiful cock, which definitely had a new barbell through it. “Want to feel it inside you, beloved?”
“We all voted that Asher gets a head start,” Logan reminded the group.
Because everyone was here.
This was one hell of a honeymoon, as advertised.
Especially because of the location. One of Dante’s presents was to portal us to the forest that Asher had talked about.
And apparently, we were going to re-create the erotic memory he had shared. Except this time, it was whoever caught me got to fuck me first.
I stood, still fully clothed in my wedding dress, as my Virtues formed a circle with me in the center.
Except for Asher, who rested on his knees before me. The pain had finally seeped away, but there was an ache to his beautiful face I wanted to ease.
I stretched my wings, enjoying being back in the form I was most accustomed to.
One demon wing, one angel wing, and a subdued spirit of a goddess with just as much love to give.
“I didn’t get a vote,” Hendrik said as he drew a chain necklace across his fingers.
He wasn’t wearing anything else.
His gift to me had been a dark crystal—but this was one that was designed just for me. It still fed on pain, but it was linked to our mate-circle, so it would help generate magic that he needed to function as a Dark Mage. Trusting me to hold his magic was similar to asking me to hold his soul.
If he’d had one.
“No soul, no vote,” Dante said, pointing his magicked dagger at the Dark Mage. He boasted a new scar across his cheek, one that had come with our vows. He’d guided my hand to carve out three small circles overlapping one another, representing me, my mates, and everything we had overcome.
Hendrik gave him a lethal grin in response.
Neither of them spoke, but I knew they’d taken up one of their silent conversations. I could tap into it if I wanted to, but I let them have their fun.
Pressure slipped around my ankle as Cole broke the circle to whisper in my ear. “I vote that I’m second,” he said with wicked promises on his forked tongue. “And when everyone thinks they’re done with you, you’re going to wear my ring.”
My other Virtues didn’t contest him. Cole was probably just as damaged as Asher, and they both needed me as much as I needed them. I also knew resisting any of my mates and their desires was utterly pointless.
I took my time eyeing each male, unable to believe that this was my life now.
This was the first night of many, one of healing.
One of love.
“I have more than enough space in my heart for each of you,” I said, matching their gazes. “My body is yours. I will never tire of your love.”
“You already said your vows,” Azra praised in my ear, having moved to my right side. He licked a line up my pulse, making me shiver. “Now I want to hear you beg when I catch you first.”
“No begging,” Samael corrected as he pressed in from the other side. “Only pleasure tonight.”
“Hmm,” Azra reluctantly agreed, but his moment of rebellion was to pluck the string of my dress from my neck, letting the lace fall.
My mates took turns removing the layers until I wore a shimmery white lingerie set.
Of course, there was a delicate red bow between my breasts, courtesy of my mother.
Not weird at all.
Asher kissed a line from my thigh to my rib cage, then undid the bow with his teeth. “Are you ready to run, love?”
My Virtues broke the circle, giving me a straight shot into the dark woods.
A thrill ran up my spine as Asher peeled off his clothes. “You get a two-minute head start,” he said with a wink. “Unless you’d like—”
I bolted.
This was what we all needed and I was happy to play along.
The wind rushed through my hair as I drew on my demonspawn strength to push my speed. I needed to give my Virtues a challenge.
And fuck, the thrill made my heart leap.
I heard the whoops and a wolf’s howl when my time was up. I stumbled through the woods, wearing soft shoes designed to protect my feet. It left a trail, so I immediately took a zigzag pattern to try to make it trickier.
Finding a stream, I hurried into it, barely holding back my laughter as water rushed away from my feet.
Only I’ll be making you wet, Dante promised me, his orange eyes glowing in the darkness as the scent of his blood tinged the air.
Now that my position was given away, I burst into the sky, making use of the clearing as I spread my wings.
The lightness of my heart sent me soaring into the sky, right into the path of two angels and a demon ready to greet me.
Cole had wings, at least for tonight. It was one hell of a wedding present from my mother.
Cole lingered near the tree line while the twins dove from the sky, Azra playfully flicking his whip at me.
The end caught my leg, sending me sprawling.
Cole rushed in and caught me. He attempted to push my legs apart as his teeth nicked my pulse, but I wasn’t going to let anyone win that easily.
Twisting out of his grip, I curled my wings around my body and dropped like a stone.
I slammed into the ground, but I wasn’t human. It didn’t hurt. Instead, I bounded back to my feet and hit the ground running.
A stick broke on my left, startling me.
I ran faster, going to the right, then doubled back until I slammed into a hard body.
I didn’t get a chance to see who had caught me, because the strong male yanked me in front of him and covered my eyes.
My wings spread out, flattened against whoever had captured me as he kept me blind.
Footsteps sounded as another male found us, and without saying a word, he ripped at the lace.
Lips covered my mouth, then a knee kicked my legs open.
Fingers spread me, making me moan as a hard cock entered me without warning, causing me to arch into the male behind me.
Still, I couldn’t see a thing.
My Virtues had found me and they wanted to play.
They kept silent as they worked my body, leaving me dizzy and utterly confused as to who was who. A tongue brushed mine, encouraging me to fight back.
I spread my legs in welcome, daring whoever it was to keep going.
I was rewarded with a hard thrust into my body, making me suck in a breath before a mouth closed on mine again, drinking in my screams.
Teeth scraped my rib cage.
Fingers tugged at the roots of my hair.
“Come for us,” someone finally said in my ear.
Asher.
Only his expert movements could bring me to orgasm so quickly, except maybe Samael, who knew my body well.
But it was Asher who fucked me. I could tell now as he angled his perfectly shaped cock to graze my inner walls, coaxing me to take him harder as I panted into his mouth.
My other Virtues had found us. The ground shook as Cole landed, then I sensed the whisper of power as the twins joined.
My Virtues held me up, kissed me, and praised me, then told me all the wicked things they were going to do to me next.
My hands were bound by Kaito’s ribbons, which were a lot stronger than they looked, leaving my shoulders rolled back as he toyed with my breasts.
“This is your life now, love,” Asher said into my ear as he pumped into me, using his hips to grind into my clit and make stars spark on the backs of my eyelids.
“Your Virtues devouring you, needing you, making you come every night until you can’t even breathe.
Can you handle that, love? Can you be our goddess tonight, every night, until the end of time? ”
“Fuck,” I breathed against him as the rushing orgasm hit me, sending me flying into the cosmos all over again. Orion was there, ready to show me that star he’d made in my name. “Fuck, yes. Yes, Asher. Yes to all of that.”
Saying his name when I came was the wrong thing to do—or maybe the right one.
Because all my Virtues took a turn next, seeing whose name I would scream the loudest.
There was no clear winner, not even when the sun came up and I was completely spent.
Cole’s impossible size spread me, making me sore as his tail penetrated me from behind. He put his ring toy in my mouth, giving me something to flick my tongue around while he used his extra appendage on me.
It certainly was a nifty talent that he could form his tail into whatever shape he wanted, and this time he’d chosen a ribbed end that made my toes curl. Not to mention the rounded end was large. He greedily took up every space in my body, needing to devour me whole.
“There’s my sweet angel,” he praised as he held me on him, forcing me to fuck both his cock and his tail while he dragged the metallic toy over my tongue. “Come on me, just one more time. I need one more.”
I bit down as I gave him what he wanted, using what felt like the last of my strength to obey the demands my Virtues had on my body.
My Virtues were going to be the end of me.
Or maybe it was the beginning…
The first day of the rest of my life.
Because Calamity was gone. Lucifer was now holed up in one of Hell’s prisons.
My mother was back on the throne.
And I was finally free to spend every waking moment with my mates.
Free to make mistakes.
Free to explore.
Free… to be me.
Even if I was a monster. Somewhere along the way, I’d learned to accept it.
All my Virtues had. They were happy. Their joy joined mine as we climbed new heights together, all of us lighter without the weight of Calamity weighing us down.
But in all reality, Calamity hadn’t been the true source of our pain.
We’d done that enough to ourselves.
For the first time, perhaps in all our lives, we’d accepted who we were.
Accepted our flaws.
Accepted our darkness.
“You’re perfect just the way you are,” Kaito whispered to me, my mentor always in tune with my thoughts. He drew my satiated body from Cole, then pulled me onto his lap. He dipped his tongue into my mouth, coaxing me to part for him.
He had been my first, at least in this life. He knew me better than I knew myself.
“Do you think I earned a passing score this time, Professor?” I asked him as I licked his lower lip.
He chuckled against me. “I don’t know, koneko-chan. I might need some more convincing.”
I curled my fingers through his hair, which was laced with flames, enjoying the heat that crawled over my skin. “Fuck me, Kaito.”
He chuckled again but nudged between my thighs.
“As you wish, my queen.”
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Turn the page for bonus epilogues from Lucifer’s and Balthazar’s points of view!
There are some plot threads intentionally left open to continue the overall arc of the Blood Stone Series, meaning that Balthazar is still up to no good.
He will come back into play mainly in Dark Arts Academy, along with Seth, and they are major characters in that wave of Calamity.
But I wrote these bonus epilogues so you can see where I see their stories going.
Lucifer and Jess have always intrigued me. I’m not sure if I’ll ever write their story, but this is the start of their happy ending that I hope to continue to foster throughout the Blood Stone Series books.