She grasped my hand, lacing her fingers through mine. “We only belong to each other, though, right?”
I gave her hand a squeeze and brought her knuckles to my lips, kissing each one. “That’s right.”
Her muscles tensed beneath me, and I felt her mind shift elsewhere. “Gabe, do you think Lucifer is as bad as they say?”
I frowned at her. “Hard to say. I’ve heard terrible things from Paradise, but these are from the people who refuse to acknowledge that we’re shifters, with inner beasts who feel desire just as any other earthly creature.”
“He didn’t seem evil.” Her cheeks flushed, and her heart rate picked up when I gave her a suspicious glance. “Don’t get me wrong,” she added, “total playboy douche, but… But notevil. Still, I’m a little worried for Jessica. He seemed pretty interested in her, wanted her to come work for him. He said he could help with her dad. Does he actually have the power to cure cancer?”
My frown deepened. This news was troubling. “He has a lot of power, and he’s capable of magic your average fallen could never dream of.”
“He has to be after something. You don’t just offer to cure cancer because you want to get your dick wet.”
I gave a half-shoulder shrug. “If you’re the devil, you might.” After a moment of deliberation, I decided it was best not to share what I’d learned about Lucifer looking for his true mate on Earth. It would only worry Melanie, and right then, we had our own worries.
“We’ll check on Jessica tomorrow. Will that make you feel better?”
She gave a nod. “Sure, okay.”
“Alright, but you have to promise you won’t tell her about me being your guardian angel, alright?”
“I promise. Not that she would believe me anyway. I tried to tell her about Lucifer, and she didn’t believe me.”
“Something tells me she’ll just have to find out for herself. Fortunately, I don’t think he’ll hurt her.” A celestial would never hurt his mate, even the king of the fallen…
She gave me a playful nudge. “Maybe you can put in a word with the big guys upstairs so she can get her own sexy angel.”
“Can’t. She doesn’t carry a piece of Paradise. Only humans who carry a piece of Paradise get guardians.”
Mel gapped at me, irritation lighting up her slitted eyes. “So they don’t care about human safety if they don’t see us as something they own?”
“Nope.”
“That’s bullshit.”
A smile touched my lips. “It’s bullshit, alright.”
“Well, screw them.”
I pulled her tight against me and smiled down at her, my heart practically bursting with love. “Yeah, screw them.”
Her smile stretched into something mischievous, suggestive even. She pulled herself off the bed and peeled the dress over her head, tossing it to the ground.
She stood before me completely naked, giving me a full view of her gorgeous frame for the first time ever. The tip of her nose was still red from the cold flight here, and her peaked nipples matched in color.
My cock was instantly hard.
Jesus Christ, I had the libido of a fifteen-year-old who just discoveredPornhub.
I wanted to fuck her for the third time tonight and bury myself in that hot little mound of hers. I wanted to leave her red and raw and throbbing for more. My dick ached at the thought of it.
Do it,my beast urged.
I couldn’t wait to feel her tight wet heat clench around me again, and again, and again.
She gave a provocative sway of her hips, her cheeks heating and her lashes fluttering. Her arousal laced the air, making my beast growl in hunger.
“I’m filthy. I’m going to shower.” She made her way to my master bathroom and paused at the door. “Join me?”
I returned her coy grin with one of my own as I stood and began unfastening my belt. “Wild wolves couldn’t keep me away.”
