Realizing it could not be manipulated as Zazion continued to walk away, the beautiful woman shifted into a grotesque mutilated animal. Howling, the other two demons called forth more of their friends. My view of it was quickly hidden as demons swarmed withwhips and chains, not caring if they were lashed as well as they continued to sodomize the creature.
Shuddering I averted my eyes, only catching the outer surface of the demon Zazion's aura. The blazing hot red surrounding him was intense and gorgeous. It was the exact replica of his queen.
Thoughts racing, I reached out to my soulmate’s mind. "Emon, when you looked at my aura, what color was it?"
"White…a golden glow so bright it was almost white,"he said, the mystified awe in his voice the same as when he first looked upon me with my own powers.
I breathed in deep."I have not looked upon my own aura since we bonded. It is difficult to do on oneself but it was never that color before, shifter."
It was a moment before Emon spoke again. His tone low and calculating."It has changed since you accepted the soulmate bond."
I flinched at the sudden loud shriek ending quickly on the other side of us—-Emon's side.
"Witches fucking cunts," Zazion cursed softly and the drumbeats faltered, “did you really just fucking kill one of my demons with my own knife, shifter?” he whispered sinisterly, low enough for only our ears. Then he looked up at the sudden pause in the revelry, multiple pairs of demon eyes gazing at him warily and with confusion as to why their leader just killed one of their own. "Burn the imp! He displeased me, unable to handle a single fucking fae while I was gone. Hell take him and Lucifer curse his shameful line!" The demon bellowed, covering up what-ever the goddess my soulmate had done.
"Emon, what-ever possessed you?"
My shifter snarled.“I could smell your blood on that demon and there is no being in this world that I will allow to live with your blood staining their hands."
My lips twitched."What about being a patient predator, shifter?"
I could hear Emon's smile."Zazion's knife has been right here the whole time, I took it as an invitation to play.”
Grunting and making sure the demon’s got lost in their new disgusting task, Zazion began to stride forward. Anger emphasized in every powerful step he took, our sway increasing like rocking a babe that stubbornly refused to sleep. "Try that shit again shifter king and I'll break our agreement and leave your daughter stranded in hell without her parents."
Fury had me latching onto the shadows in the darkness but I paused when the demon stiffened and Emon's low purr reached me over the demons’ celebrations. "Not before I rip out your spinal cord and tear these wings from your back like fucking twigs leaving your poor little queen left with an invalid to protect her."
The demon grunted and I realized Emon's claws were slicing into his side.
"Go ahead demon, threaten my mate and my daughter’s future one more time," Emon added with a hiss. “That kill was clean and just, more than a demon deserves and you know it.”
Zazion chuckled darkly. "Cease your prattling, fae. Before we are both found out and cannot make good on our promised threats to each other." His powerful wings shook us slightly in retribution before the three of us fell quiet again.
I bit at my lip, our previous discussion before Zazion interrupted with his vicious vengeance on my behalf nagging at me."Emon?"I whispered in his mind.
I could practically see his grin."Hmm, little umbra?"
"About our auras, if what you say is true, then my aura is the exact replica of yours. I should know because the beauty of it nearly dropped me to my knees the first time I saw you."
Emon chuckled in my head."Well we can’t have that, little umbra. It is my job to fall to my knees in reverence of you, not the other way around. I will fight you for it if I have to. It is my new religion and I am determined to be devout."
Flashes of Emon on his knees, in the glow of the moon, and falling stars reflected in his eyes were suddenly so vivid I could still feel the smooth slide of his mouth against my sensitive skin. I exhaled shakily. Had it truly only been a day since that night?
"The demon Zazion has the same aura as his queen,"I whispered softly in Emon's thoughts.
Another brief pause."They are soulmates."
"Yes. So it would seem."
Emon snorted in my head."Poor bastard. I wish him all the luck…that's a time I never want to relive again, but I would if it were the only way I could ever have you forever."
I frowned."What do you mean shifter?"
"The desperate lost feeling of having your soulmate right in front of you, looking into her eyes knowing that she is yours forever, to love and cherish and yet…she cannot see it."
Tears pricked at the corner of my eyes, this fae destroyed me in the best way."I see you now, shifter."
"Do not fret, my little umbra. I was blessed in having to earn your love. It will always be one of the greatest accomplishments of my life."
