quipped, grinning at Bren. “But you know, he’s starting to grow on me.”
“Starting to?” Bren asked. “I’m wounded. Just thinking about how much you love when I—”
“Focus, all of you,” Cross commanded, unable to keep the smile out of his voice as he said it. His men couldn’t be truly serious to save their lives. “I want this to go as smoothly as possible.”
Bren saluted. “So noted, commander. Let’s get this show on the road.”
Dex looked up toward the sky and nodded twice. “Lord Gabriel said there are a large number of hunters at the temple doing a demonstration, so we shouldn’t have to contend with too many on the way.”
“The ones we do come across will be dealt with in the harshest of
terms.” Michel’s voice was deadly.
Cross frowned. “We’re not to engage them if we can help it, Michel. I don’t want you breaking formation to chase down a hunter. Understood?”
Michel sighed, annoyance lacing his tone. “Yeah, yeah. I got it, Cross. I’ll behave. One day though…”
“Banish the bad thoughts, babe. No reason to get worked up before you guys hit the sky.” Bren put his arm around Michel’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze. “Seriously, chill. We’ll get the fuckers soon enough.”
In a way, Cross hoped he was right. In another, he prayed that they wouldn’t have to engage the hunters at all. He didn’t want to risk losing them before they got a chance at happily ever after.
Chapter Six
Yuri fiddled with the dial on the radio as they pulled onto the highway. Since it was early morning, the traffic was a bit heavier than usual, and Bren was cursing human drivers under his breath as they sped toward their destination.
Madigan was nervous about the drive and couldn’t wait until they got there. The entire car seemed to be under the same sort of gloomy pall that he was. Even the normally vibrant Levi was quiet and reclined against Erik as best he could with his seat belt on.
“So far so good,” Madigan mumbled, petting the petals of his flowers as they rolled along. It had been nice of Marius to think to get
him some.
“Madi, what was that one house you found promising on the net last night?” Yuri asked the question, no doubt to distract Madigan from more serious thoughts and anxieties.
“It’s a three bedroom, three and a half bath with a finished basement, office, and attached garage. I thought we could stick a weight room in the garage and install some built-in shelves in the office to make it into a library,” Madigan answered without thinking. His mind was on his lovers above him, not on the house that could potentially be theirs. “It’s also centrally located with the shopping district within walking distance. I thought we could look at some commercial properties when we got there.”
“For the bakery?” Bren asked.
“Yep.” The car fell silent again. Keeping small talk going was going to be a painful experience for them if they tried to keep it going the entire car ride. Madigan’s thoughts turned toward the town they
were heading into. It was a medium-sized area, only thirty-six thousand people total. The metropolitan area was booming and catered to neighboring cities in a fairly efficient and widespread manner. Madigan had been surprised he hadn’t heard of the place before, but the guardians had told him that it was a side effect of the sanctuary spell that the creator of the town had put in place to dissuade humans from settling there. While some humans who were oblivious to the existence of angels, nephilim, and Fallen commuted to the city, the only people allowed residences in the area were nephilim, Fallen, angels, and those select humans who knew explicitly about them. How they managed it, Madigan wasn’t certain, but he figured that it couldn’t be a bad thing.
The residential areas were
“Starting to?” Bren asked. “I’m wounded. Just thinking about how much you love when I—”
“Focus, all of you,” Cross commanded, unable to keep the smile out of his voice as he said it. His men couldn’t be truly serious to save their lives. “I want this to go as smoothly as possible.”
Bren saluted. “So noted, commander. Let’s get this show on the road.”
Dex looked up toward the sky and nodded twice. “Lord Gabriel said there are a large number of hunters at the temple doing a demonstration, so we shouldn’t have to contend with too many on the way.”
“The ones we do come across will be dealt with in the harshest of
terms.” Michel’s voice was deadly.
Cross frowned. “We’re not to engage them if we can help it, Michel. I don’t want you breaking formation to chase down a hunter. Understood?”
Michel sighed, annoyance lacing his tone. “Yeah, yeah. I got it, Cross. I’ll behave. One day though…”
“Banish the bad thoughts, babe. No reason to get worked up before you guys hit the sky.” Bren put his arm around Michel’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze. “Seriously, chill. We’ll get the fuckers soon enough.”
In a way, Cross hoped he was right. In another, he prayed that they wouldn’t have to engage the hunters at all. He didn’t want to risk losing them before they got a chance at happily ever after.
Chapter Six
Yuri fiddled with the dial on the radio as they pulled onto the highway. Since it was early morning, the traffic was a bit heavier than usual, and Bren was cursing human drivers under his breath as they sped toward their destination.
Madigan was nervous about the drive and couldn’t wait until they got there. The entire car seemed to be under the same sort of gloomy pall that he was. Even the normally vibrant Levi was quiet and reclined against Erik as best he could with his seat belt on.
“So far so good,” Madigan mumbled, petting the petals of his flowers as they rolled along. It had been nice of Marius to think to get
him some.
“Madi, what was that one house you found promising on the net last night?” Yuri asked the question, no doubt to distract Madigan from more serious thoughts and anxieties.
“It’s a three bedroom, three and a half bath with a finished basement, office, and attached garage. I thought we could stick a weight room in the garage and install some built-in shelves in the office to make it into a library,” Madigan answered without thinking. His mind was on his lovers above him, not on the house that could potentially be theirs. “It’s also centrally located with the shopping district within walking distance. I thought we could look at some commercial properties when we got there.”
“For the bakery?” Bren asked.
“Yep.” The car fell silent again. Keeping small talk going was going to be a painful experience for them if they tried to keep it going the entire car ride. Madigan’s thoughts turned toward the town they
were heading into. It was a medium-sized area, only thirty-six thousand people total. The metropolitan area was booming and catered to neighboring cities in a fairly efficient and widespread manner. Madigan had been surprised he hadn’t heard of the place before, but the guardians had told him that it was a side effect of the sanctuary spell that the creator of the town had put in place to dissuade humans from settling there. While some humans who were oblivious to the existence of angels, nephilim, and Fallen commuted to the city, the only people allowed residences in the area were nephilim, Fallen, angels, and those select humans who knew explicitly about them. How they managed it, Madigan wasn’t certain, but he figured that it couldn’t be a bad thing.
The residential areas were
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