Talk about a mood killer.
“I probably speak for all of us, if by going off on the emotions alone, that we all want this,” Matthew says, indicating the rest of the guys. “We haven’t been happy in our relationships—”
“If you can call them that,” Daniel interrupts. “It’s not a relationship when we all know it was supposed to be a one night stand and since then, all the girls have been cheating on us and we’re only putting up with it because of our kids.” Daniel’s eyes take on a reddish glow with his anger. I let out a sigh while I get a blood bag from the small fridge.
“Here,” I say, handing him the O-negative from my work while biting my tongue from saying I told you so. It was one of the first things I told the guys when they were talking about hooking up with the girls. I told them they looked like bad news.
“I know we’ve been over this for months now, but I still don’t understand how we even got them pregnant. We were all taking our potions. Plus, I thought once we found our mates, our dicks wouldn’t work afterwards with anyone else but them. This should have been impossible,” Matthew complains.
Jessup chuckles as he leans back on the two legs of his chair. “Need me to teach you about the birds and the bees, Mattie?”
“Put a cork in it, Jessie,” Matthew snarks back and grabs his drink before he smiles back over at him, lightening the mood.
“Ah. Well, I might have an answer for that too,” I hedge, waiting until all the guys give me their attention once again. “With the new information that Lilith presented, it’s possible that our mate's bond was affected when she was stabbed. We still don’t know what the effects were of the God-blessed dagger, but the fact that we could feel that fracture, I believe we were also affected by that. Or there could be something else that played into it that allowed your ‘dicks’ to perform for the task at hand.”
“Fuuuck,” Daniel groans.
“Yes. Fuck. The question, gentleman, is are you willing to let Lilith do this simple task and have it go a long way to bridging the gap between you all?”
I sit back and watch as my friends think about their options. But I’ve known them for centuries and I already know their answer.
CHAPTER16
Girls just want to have fun
Lilith
Hearing the guys agreeing to my little plan last night turned me to mush. I’m surprised none of them noticed I was right outside, especially when Carl told them that they should be able to feel our bond.Silly boys.Let’s just blame it on the alcohol. I watched my mates as they talked and picked on each other for the rest of the night, and a nostalgic feeling came over me. The only thing that kept me from walking in that door was the delicious idea of how I was planning on making them pay.
‘Yes, make them pay for all their sins,’Grumpy says.
‘Burn the witch at the stake,’Chew Toy squeaks. I internally roll my eyes to his suggestion.
‘Skin them alive and make a suit out of them,’Rocks suggests.
I huff in annoyance for a few reasons 1) that I’ve done that before and it would be me repeating an all time favorite of mine, and 2) They’ve made a movie about someone copying me.Can you believe that?I know it’s supposed to be flattering to copy my work, but it’s downright sloppy, to say the least.
I ignore the pesky voices in my head as I continue to think back to my men. I’m in no way a saint, and even though they are my mates and apparently “I”was the one that told them to leave, they should have known better. How could one argument send them spiraling when we’ve spent eons together? I will deal with the issue of Adam somehow tricking them, but right now, I have bigger issues to deal with first. Either way, I am here now and I’m going to set things straight.
Adam is already in Hell and paying for his deeds, so all I need to do is set my men on the right track and everything will be perfect.
‘Yes. Yes it will. But the mothers will still be in their lives, won’t they?’Grumpy speaks up once again, voicing one of my fears.
This possession is slowly driving me mad. I can feel it. It’s as if poison is slipping through my veins and insidiously spreading throughout my tissue, slowly decaying what’s left ofme.I’m afraid if I continue on this way, I’ll soon not be able to tell if it’s me or the Demons who control me. They are already voicing my own concerns. Will they be able to simply take over my life? Will anyone have any idea?
Chills race down my spine as that thought really sinks in. Fates, I hope that’s not the case. Maybe that’s why Anwen mentioned I needed to find my mates so soon. Maybe it’s a damn side effect from being without my mates for so long that they’re able to control so much of me. It’s the only reason I can think of that would allow my blackouts and waking with no memory of what happened. Either way, it’s a part of me that I have to fight until I can find a way to fix this.
‘Or you can live with it,’Chew Toy gives me an option.
‘It will just be like living with those women once they have those children,’Rocks chimes in.
As much as I want to disagree with him, he’s not wrong. I wonder if I can just pay them off so they will sign over the childrenIshould be having.
No! Just stick to the plan, Lilith.
I run my palms down the front of my yellow sundress to smooth it, and wave my hands, changing my boots into peek-a-boo sandals. With one last deep breath, I raise my fist to knock on the front door right as it opens and Daniel jerks at the sight of me. He’s stunning in a pinstripe suit and one of his favorite pairs of shoes from Purgatory.
“Lilith!” His voice comes out in a husky whisper. As if he can’t believe his own eyes. “It’s true. You’re back,” he says as his shaky hand reaches for my face.
