“You already know the answer. Now, what does that have to do with Damien or what you’ve come here to say?”
Chapter 8
Alec
“She said don’t follow. Give her some space,” Kayden said.
“Space? Do you have any clue how to deal with an enraged female? In heat?” I put a shirt on. “Space is the last thing she needs right now.Fillingthat space is exactly what she wants, if you know what I mean. I’m going after her.”
“I’m coming with you.” The naked bloodsucker dashed upstairs and returned with some clothes on.
“Fine. I’ll tag along.” Kayden opened the door, and the three of us headed out.
“What happened to the snowman?” I asked. “Did she smash it on the way out?”
Asher inspected the area where the snowman used to stand. Then he shook his head. “It’d have piled up here.”
Kayden pointed at the other direction. “And her footsteps lead that way.” He looked at the empty snowman space. “This area is clean. It looks like the thing has been moved or taken.”
“That doesn’t make any sense,” I said.
“I agree.” Kayden narrowed his eyes at Belle’s trail. “Wolf up, Alec. I have a bad feeling about this.”
Shit. I shifted as he did and raced together with Asher, following Belle’s scent and tracks. She wasn’t far, and I didn’t sense she was in danger, but there was something off about that stupid snowman. If this was another one of the devil’s tricks, I’d smash his ugly—
Who the fuck is that glittery, butt- naked giant standing with my Belle?
I didn’t think twice.
Snarling, I jumped and swooped down on him. He didn’t budge as if he was made of stone, and I almost fell on my ass, making a fool of myself.
The fuck? I stuck my claws out, ready to dig them in his flesh as he pivoted, looking down on me, Kayden and Asher hissing, baring their fangs, forming a siege around him. Jaws wide open, I lifted my front paws and hunched, preparing for a lunge and—
“Stop it!” Belle yelped.
I halted midway in the air, my head jerking toward her, and plopped down on the snow.
“He’s not trying to hurt me. He’s an angel, like literally,” she said, unpleased, though.
My eyes narrowed at the wings on the nude fucker’s back, and I sighed. Then I prowled to Belle’s side, Kayden and Asher in tow. I nudged her at the rib, and she stroked my fur.
Asher cocked a brow. “Why is an angel here? And why is he naked?”
Exactly.
“Long story,” she mumbled. “Alec, Kayden, Joshua, meet Archangel Asshole. Asshole, meet my lovers.”
“Eternal companions,” Asher corrected, shooting a death glare at Asshole. Then he took off his sweater and hurled it at the giant’s junk. “Cover the fuck up.”
The vampire was as territorial as we were, and on that I couldn’t disagree with him. Another male, even an angel, showing up with his dick in the open alone with our girl… Fuck that shit. We couldn’t just stand by and watch. Belle was ours, and we’d protect her from everything, even if it was the sight of a foreign dick. She already had four to herself. She didn’t need an unsolicited dick pic, especially a live one.
“Thank you, Joshua.” Asshole smirked, wrapping the sweater around him like a diaper. “I am Archangel Zavariel, by the way, not Asshole.”
Kayden shifted back to his human form—now that the threat of comparison wasn’t there. “If Belle calls you Asshole, then that’s what we call you. What did you do to her?”
“Nothing. I only came here to deliver a message,” Asshole said.
“Is calling me a slut and threatening me part of the message?” Belle grumbled.
