Chapter 28 Juniper
Juniper
The rest of the afternoon, I’m packing with a lump in my throat.
This is it.
This is the beginning of my new forever. With them.
As the moon eventually rises high above the trees, the island feels as if it’s holding its breath. Even the trees seem stiff when I look out the window. It’s bewildering. The ice is heavy, the snow thick.
Blaze and I are just getting in from taking the last of my boxes and his to the storage unit.
I could sell the house, but I figured that might require too many people to be able to contact me, so, per Blaze’s request, anything that’s important will go into storage, and I’ll keep the house for the day that we’re freely able to be together without having to look over our shoulders.
I don’t know how that’s going to happen. I don’t know what all will happen once we’re in the Nether Realm. However, Blaze seems entirely confident that we’ll get through this.
I fucking hope so.
“North?” Blaze calls out upon entering the house. “Brother?”
He walks around to the bedroom, brows narrowed, as I close the door behind us and pet Oreo.
“Guess he’s still out. I’ll text him,” he says, taking his phone out.
I put Oreo down, and as I do, I’m reminded of the thing that’s had me soaking half the day.
“Hey, is it okay if I take this plug thing out?” I ask him, pointing to my ass.
His brows lift, lips curling upward. “Are you uncomfortable? You haven’t mentioned it again.”
“No, I just… I thought my ass could use a break before later,” I reply.
Blaze chuckles. “Would you like me to take it out?”
I eye his eager expression. “If you want to, I’m not saying no.”
He slides his hand into mine and pulls me into the bedroom. I’m spun around at the end of the bed, and he grins down at me so sinfully that if I wasn’t already sure he was a demon, I’d wonder if he was now.
He bends and presses his lips to my cheek in that way that makes my knees weak.
His hand lays softly on my neck, mouth descending to my collar.
I close my eyes and feel my entire body relax against him.
I don’t know if it’s intentional, if he knows what exactly his kiss does to me, but my shoulders draw up and I forget about everything else when I’m in his arms.
“Lie down on your stomach. Give me a view of this beautiful ass.”
I shouldn’t obey as quickly as I do. Still, I look up at him one more time before twisting around, and lying over the end of the bed, my forearms braced against the mattress.
Blaze moves my hair off my shoulders and begins kissing down my spine, his fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my leggings as he does.
Cold air breezes over my skin, and he tugs them off one leg at a time.
I suck in a sharp breath at the feeling of his breath skating across my ass.
“Relax,” he breathes. “Take a deep breath for me.”
I do, and as I exhale, my forehead meets the mattress. He curves his fingers around the end to pull it out, and once it’s free, I groan. Chills roll down my arms. My chest collapses.
“Fuck, angel,” he hisses, his thumb swirling around my sensitive rim. He leans in and kisses my ass cheek. “You’re going to take me here tonight.”
I pick my head up slightly and look back. “Really?”
He nods. “Is that okay with you?”
“Yeah.”
The answer is barely audible.
“Come here,” he says, squeezing my hip.
I twist around and sit up, sighing when I see the look on his face. He threads his fingers through mine and brings me to my feet, and when I’m flush to his chest, he bends down to kiss me.
It’s a long, slow kiss that I feel everywhere. Eventually parting from his lips has my head spinning, my hands pressing to his chest just to stay upright. My lashes lift, eyes finding his, and I sigh at the way he’s looking at me.
“North said there was another spell. One that would make me like you,” I say.
Blaze’s jaw tenses. “There is. It’s a more intricate contract than the spell for tonight. It gives us the soul that makes you human. You would be frozen in this state. Forever looking as you do now, and you would be ours for eternity.”
“Jeez, way to sell it short,” I mutter, and Blaze smirks. “Would it make me a demon?”
“In a sense. You’d be immortal. Undying. You might be able to manipulate some things, but you wouldn’t have full powers like us. And nothing could sever you from us unless they somehow found a way to break the contract—which would have its own consequences.”
“Sounds complicated,” I say.
“It is.”
“And what if… What if I wanted that instead of just the hiding spell?” I ask.
Blaze groans and presses his forehead to mine. “You have no idea what that means to me, angel,” he breathes. “And you have no idea how much I wish I could.”
“Your powers,” I remember North mentioning.
“I don’t want to fuck something like that up. When we do that, it has to be so concise that nothing and no one can break it. No loopholes.”
My gaze casts to his chest as I take it all in. Just this morning, I was unsure of simply being hidden by them, and now, I’m asking him to make me a demon.
“Okay,” I say.
The front door opens then, and one bark from Pack announces North’s arrival.
“—girl, down girl. I missed you, too, lovely—Hello? Are you two fucking without me?” North shouts. “I have gifts.”
I squint at Blaze. “He has gifts?”
Blaze huffs amusedly and kisses my nose. “Birthday cake errand.”
“That’s where he’s been? Getting a cake? I thought he was putting up barriers.”
“He’s a good multitasker.”
I grab a pair of underwear from my bag and slip them on as Blaze joins North in the living room to discuss what’s left for them to do. I have two bags of clothes in the van already, along with all of Oreo and Pack’s things.
Reality is slowly starting to set in.
I’m leaving this place tonight.
Candles catch my attention on the counter in the kitchen. I look up, finding Blaze and North standing around what looks like a small cake and three candles atop. I bite my lip as I cross the space to them. North smiles wide and kisses me upon reaching him, and my other hand threads through Blaze’s.
“My birthday girl,” North says.
“Happy birthday, angel,” Blaze tells me, kissing my temple.
The cake is a solid black heart. Emotion pricks my cheeks, heat spreading up my neck.
“I love it,” I tell them.
“Will you make a wish?” North asks.
I consider it for a moment, though as the usual wishes run through my mind, I realize none of them matter anymore.
“I don’t need to wish for anything other than the two of you,” I say as I peer between them. “Just make me yours already.”
I bend down to blow out the candles, and I think the air turns electric as they go out.
Sharp talons scratch my arm and drag down my spine, forcing my eyes closed.
I shudder, body suddenly pliable to their will.
North drags a finger through the icing, pulls my face to his, and presents the finger for me to suck.
One look at him in that demon form constricts my chest.
I hold his black, voided gaze as I drag my tongue the length of his talon, savoring the sweet icing in my mouth. I can feel Blaze behind me, his breath skimming the shell of my ear, large hand on my waist.
“How does it taste?” North asks.
“Not as good as you,” I manage.
Blaze nudges my shirt, and I lift my arms so he can pull it over my head.
His lips land on my neck again, and I reach back to grab hold of one of his horns, melting into their grasps.
North drags another icing-covered talon down my neck, and as I’m distracted by Blaze’s lips, I feel him begin to draw symbols along my skin.
I have to remember to breathe. His nail tickles, but any time I flinch, Blaze holds me tighter. I’m rolling against their touch, chilled and warm all at once. At some point, North wraps his hand on my throat and kisses me. Blaze moves my hair over my shoulder, and he begins writing on my back.
I’m pulled and rotated, tugged on and worshipped.
And when they both drop to their knees to write on my lower half, I gasp at the feeling of both their mouths between my thighs.
“Oh, fuck—” My knees buckle slightly. The sensation of North’s minty tongue stroking my clit along with Blaze’s forked one sinking in and out of my pussy is…
Holy shit. I clasp my hands around their shoulders and try not to collapse, mewling noises leaving me that I didn’t know I was capable of making.
Fuck whatever creatures are coming after us tomorrow.
I might die of pleasure tonight from this.
My orgasm is rising already. I can hardly stand, and just when I think I can’t hold myself up another second, my climax hits, and they catch me as I crumple over.
“That’s my girl,” Blaze says, kissing me hard.
North cups his hand beneath my jaw and brings my mouth to his. I’m tasting myself on both their tongues, pussy still pulsing, when they both take a step back to look at me.
I’m entirely naked and covered in their drawings.
The pair appear more ravenous than ever before.
“I don’t know how you look even sexier, but dammit, Juniper,” Blaze rasps, throat bobbing.
“Perfection, love,” North says.
Blaze encloses the space between us. He takes my hand into his and swipes my finger through the icing.
“What, do I have to sign somewhere?” I ask, halfway teasing.
He moves my finger to his ribcage on the left side. “Here. If you ever need to kill a demon, you aim here. That’s where I want your name.”
I gawk at him. “Why would I ever need to do that?”
“Because the Nether Realm is a dark place. And I need you to know that before you give us your name.”
He holds my gaze for one more moment, and as I begin writing my name on his chest, I know it’s the easiest decision I’ve ever made.
North steps level with Blaze, and I assess him as I swipe my finger through the icing again. “Same with you?”
He nods. “When you become one of us, I’ll get your handprint on my neck. For this one, my heart is where I want you.”