We were as close as we could be.
As close as we ever could be.
Resisting the bond was beyond trying at times.
Mel was a shameless flirt, and lately, she’d turned up the heat. Jessica was to blame in that department. She’s Mel’s cheerleader through everything, and she’d been trying to get us together for years in her not-so-subtle ways.
And I couldn’t blame the girl for trying.
To outside eyes, it appeared like we were already in a relationship…like we were fated for each other. Even the humans close to us could feel it.
Our lives were now completely intertwined, bonded together in every other way that wouldn’t get my wings torn from my back.
Every day I came closer to overstepping that line. If I was smart, I’d ask for a reassignment. But I couldn’t trust another guardian with her. Molten jealousy coursed through my veins, turning my blood to lava at the mere prospect of another celestial hanging around her. No, she neededme.
The stress of Mel’s job, the stress she put on herself, and her cute and klutzy ways were not a good mix in today’s cutthroat world filled with dangerous shifters. She needed me more than ever.
And I liked protecting her. It gave me purpose. It fueled that burning part of me that aches to never leave her side. I just wish I could feed that primal voice inside that screams at me to rut her, to put my scent on her and never let another male look twice at her.
Instead, I am condemned to a sexless existence by her side.
I gripped the steering wheel so tight, my knuckles turned white as I stole another glance in the rearview mirror and was blessed with the spectacular sight of her round ass in nothing but her skimpy underwear. Her plump, D cup tits shook gently in a lacy pink bra as she shimmied into a skin-tight club dress, swaying her hips as she wiggled into the fabric.
My cock instantly hardened, straining against my slacks.
Damn, this girl drove me mad.
As we’ve grown together, I’d had to make adjustments in this human body. Going through puberty with her was…interesting. Thank God we didn’t live together until college. There was no way she wouldn’t have caught me stroking myself.
Mel’s special.
Even the heavens recognized this. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be with her. She might not be the most attentive human, but she didn’t need to be. That’s why she had me. What Mel lacked in awareness, she made up for with her unbreakable spirit. She was always smiling, even if she was hurting. She’s so strong.
I loved her with every ounce of my servant’s soul, as tainted and vivacious of a soul that may be.
I wanted to kiss her, to feel that electricity against our bare skin as I stripped her. I wanted to taste the cries of my name on her lips as I sunk my cock into her glorious wet heat.
I wanted to revel in her divinity.
I scowled to myself.Damn it, Gabriel.Focus, you lecherous fuck.
“Come on, Mel, you’re distracting me,” I grumbled while internally screaming at myself to pay attention to the road.
I had to be thankful she couldn’t see my raging erection.
“Then stop ogling me,” she said with atutin a way that let me know she was eating up every second of it.
“Then stop stripping in front of me,” I said through a husky growl, laced with irritation.Blood and feathers, woman, a man can only take so much.I’m a celestial, for Christ’s sake, a holy servant. I should be better at denying sins of the flesh.
A minute later, she crawled back into the front seat, wearing an ear-to-ear grin and a form-fitting club dress with an incredibly low neckline and a high hem that exposed a sinful amount of her milky, plump thighs.
“Holy hot hell, woman.” I gapped at her as we pulled into the parking garage across the street from the club.
“You like it?”
“I like it.” What hot-blooded male wouldn’t? She was utter heaven, andIwould know.
My ward was a beautiful woman, short, but I liked that. Her dark brown hair was naturally curly. Normally, she wore it up in a tight bun, but tonight it was down, framing her round face perfectly. Her eyes were wild and as dark as the devil’s soul, topping her pouty lips that just begged to be claimed. She had a smaller frame with a narrow waist, but her hips and breasts were full, creating an enticing shape that would put any goddess to shame.
