Chapter 14
“You didn’t eat much,” Kaito said as he lowered himself to the flat stone across from mine.
In the cavern’s dim light, the flames flickering around his horns seemed duller than usual and his silvery eyes were soft on my face as they held my gaze.
Logan had found us another place to rest for the night.
This time we didn’t test out the hot springs in the back.
“I’m not hungry,” I said. I tried to shrug and groaned as that simple movement made my aching muscles knot up in protest.
“We need to unwrap your wings for the night,” Dante said.
Orion joined us, hunkering down next to me. “Shall I? I can ease some of the soreness from your back once you’re unbound.”
“Please.” I gathered my hair and pulled it over my shoulder so it wasn’t in Orion’s way.
Kaito was the first to address my situation. “I suspect things will improve when you connect with your angelic Virtues,” he assured me.
I hummed in agreement. “That requires finding them, first.”
He tilted his head. “Have you tried reaching out to them? There seems to be some sort of bond already established after your time in Purgatory. The situation is unique. We don’t know how close the angelic part of your soul got to them during the year you were gone.”
Logan snorted. “You mean you think her alter ego fucked around with some fallen angels while the rest of us thought she was dead?” He broke a twig in half and threw it on the fire. “You have some crazy theories, Professor Nakamura.”
Dante and Hendrik shared a look.
Perhaps Kaito wasn’t so far off. Until I reestablished the angelic part of myself with my soul, I wasn’t going to make any assumptions.
“It doesn’t change anything,” I said on a sigh, my shoulders drooping.
“I… haven’t been able to feel them lately.
” It hurt to say that out loud. Every part of my power seemed to be drained in this place, and maybe that effect would extend to my Virtues.
Cole only visited me in my dreams, and I hadn’t heard anything from my other Virtues other than a vague calling.
Perhaps it was because they couldn’t reach me any longer.
Just the echo of the pain I’d felt from them was enough to make my throat constrict and my heart ached.
“We’ll find them,” Orion vowed, his voice gentle and soothing, much like his hands as he worked the binding on my right wing free.
“Yes.” Kaito slid off the rock and crawled across the scant inches separating us. The blue flames dancing around his hands cast a lovely glow as he cupped my face. “You’re tired. It’s been a rough few days. But you can’t let the despair bring you down.”
“If only it was that easy.”
Orion finished undoing the binding on my right wing and moved to the left. Stretching my wing out, I groaned and dropped my head forward to rest on Kaito’s shoulder. He cupped my neck and rubbed his cheek against my hair.
Soon, Orion was done with my left wing. “Stretch them out, Lily.”
I did but when I went to straighten, he nudged me back toward Kaito. “Stay like that. I can get to your back better.”
Obeying, the heat of Orion’s hands seeped into my tight muscles. Kaito combed his fingers through my hair, smoothing away the tangles while Orion worked at the knots in my back.
As a rush of endorphins clouded my brain, the dark, heavy thoughts that had chased me all day receded to the back of my mind and for a while, I was able to relax. All but draped against Kaito, I sighed with pleasure as Orion worked his way down my back, finding every last kink.
Kaito skimmed his lips over my neck and I shivered.
Lifting my head, I met the silver beauty of his eyes, then leaned in and kissed him.
A hand ran up my thigh. Parting from Kaito’s lips, I smiled at Logan who’d joined us.
Dante and Hendrik were the only ones not joining in. Instead they watched, their gazes heated.
They knew what I needed.
This place drained me, but my Virtues could keep me energized enough to survive the trek.
My more violent Virtues wouldn’t play tonight. Instead they would bide their stores and shred me between them again when we were out of this.
For now, I would be built up, brought to new heights by sunshine, evergreen moonlight, and eternal Hellfire that burned inside my soul.
Orion kissed my neck, his hands moving to my hips, tugging me away from Kaito and Logan.
My demigod sat and pulled me over him so that my back rested against his chest. He spread my legs and gave Logan an order.
One to pleasure me.
My entire body shuddered as Logan dropped to his knees, licking his lips in anticipation as he pushed my skirt up.
Giving me to the wolf like this was Orion’s form of an apology. I remembered when he’d taken me while Logan had watched.
My wolf could have bonded me back then, but he bided his time.
He’d been patient, loyal, and let my role among my Virtues take its course.
Orion had learned patience during my absence and he demonstrated it now as he branded my thighs with his hard hands, holding me in place while Logan closed his mouth over my folds.
“Oh,” I breathed, writhing in Orion’s grip as my eyes pleaded with my hungry mates.
Dante growled when Hendrik shoved his hand down the Hunter’s pants, deciding to take their growing need out on each other instead of joining in with me.
My blood ran hot and my gaze slid to Kaito, needing more.
“Kaito,” I pleaded.
He stepped up to me, placing one foot on a stone as he undid his pants, releasing his cock.
I bent down and took it into my mouth, swallowing him as Orion held me in place while Logan destroyed me from below.
I wanted to move, to wiggle out of Orion’s grip but he held me with impossible strength. Logan lapped at me, working me with expert punishment while Kaito slowly eased in and out of my mouth.
“Fuck her,” Orion commanded as need stretched out before me like an endless sea of agony.
Logan gripped my thighs, his hands on top of Orion’s as he waited for my permission.
I released Kaito’s cock with a pop, giving my wolf the verbal command to take me now.
He obeyed, sliding into me with his powerful thighs contracting. He kept his movements controlled and slow, making sure that my body adjusted to him.
Such a different approach than Hendrik and Dante. I glanced at them and my stomach flipped at the sight of their battle.
A flickering memory told me that I’d seen them do this before, battling for dominance to see who would come out on top.
The reward? A good fuck.
After the day we’d had, I was surprised they had the energy to fight each other for control, but Hendrik sliced his blade over Dante’s chest, licking away the blood in a way I never would have thought hot—but it was.
Dante growled at the magicked chains that pulled his arms back, making him vulnerable to the Dark Mage. Hendrik fed off of the Hunter’s suffering, and Dante needed the outlet. My Dark Mage undid their pants. My Hunter groaned when Hendrik fisted him, sliding his hand over both of them.
My Dark Mage flicked his gaze to me, heat and need blazing within those dark depths.
He knew what I wanted.
My Virtues needed to exchange pleasure in whatever way possible. It brought us to new heights when we bonded and he growled before flipping Dante and shoving his dick inside him.
“She wants a show, Hunter,” he growled, thrusting hard. My core tightened with his violent movements as Dante’s pleasure spilled into the mate bond.
“Eyes on me, sweetheart,” Logan crooned as he sheathed himself inside of me, making me groan.
Kaito stroked himself, the sight of his arousal doing wicked things to me. Flames licked over his sensitive flesh, enticing me to take another lick.
Orion remained still through it all, his patience rivaling anything I thought possible from a demigod of sex.
“Faster,” he commanded, the husky quality of his voice betraying the need that curled in his core.
Logan obeyed on a growl, thrusting into me as he circled a thumb over my sensitive nub.
Kaito knelt and sucked one nipple into his mouth, making my entire body jolt at the slick heat of his tongue.
The symphony of sensations forced me over a cliff as I cried out, my climax hitting fast and hard.
Two of my Virtues joined me.
My wolf, and my Dark Mage.
When Logan was done, he slid out of me and grinned. “She’s all yours, Professor.”
I yelped when Orion lifted me, taking me to the space that had been cleared and prepared for the night.
My demigod rested me on my back, then stretched out next to me, taking my mouth with his. A kiss from a demigod blew my mind, coming at me deep and hungry.
He loved me so much. He’d waited for this reunion between all of us to show me just how much.
I was breathless when he finally broke the kiss to paint a hot, damp trail down my neck, over my collarbone, the slope of my breast and finally to my erect, tight nipple.
As he raked it with his teeth, he plucked the other with his fingers.
Sensation arrowed straight down to my sensitive nub and I whimpered, squeezing my thighs together in an attempt to ease the ache.
“Open for me, Lily,” Kaito said, kissing my knee, then nudged my thighs apart.
“But…” I trailed off. Logan had already climaxed inside of me.
His eyes glittered. “I know, Koneko-chan.”
I swallowed as my spent Dark Mage rested next to me, Dante using him in the same manner he’d been used.
My breath caught as I watched them, mesmerized, then liquid heat whispered down my inner thigh.
The flames that danced around Kaito’s body were now flickering across my skin.
He stared at me, mouth curving a sexy, arrogant smile just before he kissed me above the knee and sent another rippling line of flame across my flesh.
And this time, the flames went straight to my core, seeking out my pleasure as if guided by a phantom hand.
Arching up with a cry, Orion took the opportunity to suck a taut nipple into his mouth.