"Trespassing? I think not,cousin."
Chapter 28
Thewoman'sbrowsrosehigh on her head, ignoring the fact that I commanded a very fiery, irritated dragon behind me, along with a monstrous black panther that was clearly checking out my ass.
"I have no kin," she simply stated.
Shadows licked up my arms. "Consider our fathers…distant relatives." It was a hunch but the death god did say to trust my instincts…
Fire lit in her eyes and she stepped another foot forward threateningly, stopping when a golden hand from her angel companion fell on her shoulder.
I kept my reaction neutral, but I immediately took a dislike to him, how in the goddess was an angel in the Vagari anyway? My eyes subtly shifted to the other male whose jaw was clenching hard, flanking her opposite side.
Despite his red skin and great horns, he was remarkably handsome. Shoulder length black hair was pulled halfway back from his scowling face and his great wings were far more impressive than the irritatingly bright feathers of his companion.
A companion that he obviously loathed, the darkened expression on his face growing with every whispered breath the angel made when he leaned into his leader.
When the fire in her eyes died out, she responded back to him, muttering under her breath
"She asks if he has ever seen creatures like me before,"Emon translated smugly.
I grinned inwardly,"Sometimes it pays off to have a shifter soulmate."
"Sometimes…"he growled back.
"Have I told you that I love you today?"I added facetiously.
I could hear Emon's panther chuff quietly, still watching the female and her companion whisper conspiringly towards each other."If I could lie, I'd tell you no, so that you'd be forced to say it over and over again, like you were last night,"he growled low and I shivered. "The last few hours of silence was the worst kind of torture. You know I love to have anything spill from those delectable lips…anger, love, the cry of my name…anything but that fucking silence,"he paused."The angel cannot be trusted. He is suggesting we are a danger and that she should kill us."
Wings snapped outward before tucking back in, startling all of us. "For fucks sake, my queen do not listen to that feather brainedidiot,” the one with fierce horns and deep red skinned growled. “They are fae. Powerful ones. I can fucking smell it on them." Something swished fiercely behind him in his outburst.
My eyes widened. It was a tail! One that was tapered black at the end, same color as his curling horns, and it was flicking back and forth like a sharp whip on his very large muscular body.
Realization dawned on me and I cursed my father to the darkest depths of Sheol."Demons. They are demons,"I called to Emon.
He hissed."And one angel, fucking goddess, Shea did say this realm was shared, which means the Vagari is also—"
"Hell,"I finished for him."And this must be Lucifer’s—"
"Offspring. Fuck,"Emon spat and I nodded, fully agreeing with his sentiment.
The female's hand shot up to stop the irritated demon towering over her. "Calm yourself Zazion." She frowned at us and her voice was laced with condescension. "Fae…as in tiny little winged creatures with fairy dust flitting around getting humans trapped in dancing rings."
I twirled the shadows around me, before curling them over my hand and arm. Bowing mockingly, I smiled. "A common misconception…the fae don't flit."
Emon's panther snorted.
"Fae." She tapped her finger to her red lips, deep in thought before a slow sultry smile spread across her face. "Ah yes, I remember now." Snapping her fingers, instant fire circled around us and from it, heavy chains sprouted, snapping outwards like poisonous snakes.
The fire drake roared, his instinct to protect me, hisqueen,strong as he breathed his own vicious fire down upon the unsuspecting army. Demons cried out, breaking their lines and sending them into chaos.
Dodging the chains whipping around us, one grazed the bare skin of my leg and I felt a familiar searing pain that caused my stomach to seize.
"Iron!" I hissed at Emon who leapt away only to hiss as the fire closed in on him. Charging the shadows, I doused the flames, blanketing them in darkness and opening a path for him to bolt through. "Go!" I roared inwardly to him.
My soulmate did not hesitate, escaping right before another iron chain wrapped itself around my leg, sending me crashing to the ground.
I hissed through the goddess forsaken metal burrowing into my flesh and the sudden immense void of my shadow power being gone…again.
