again. I don’t want him to doubt for a second that we can be everything he desires.”
Levi gasped softly as Keer shuddered. “Yes, please!” the nephilim begged. Axis slicked his prick again and pressed it inside Keer. The Elite pushed back, welcoming the invasion. He slammed forward and growled his possession to the heavens. These men were his.
Chapter Four
Friday dawned with all the enthusiasm of a hangover. The clouds had rolled in at some point during the night and chilled the air to a nearly frigid thirty-five degrees. It was supposed to be uncharacteristically warm this weekend, but if today was any indication, the weathermen were going to be wrong.
Marius hung the last plastic ghost from the porch as Jade applied the bat decals to the upper windows where Axis had already put in spooky orange, red, and lime-green lights on the sills and around the porch. He had to admit, the house looked fantastically festive, and it looked just like one of the houses Levi had sighed over when they were still living out of suitcases in hotel rooms.
Since Levi had claimed the Halloween decorations, Erik had
demanded input on the Christmas ones. He didn’t care what everyone put inside, but the outside décor was going to be his brainchild. It was a bit early considering Halloween hadn’t even passed yet, but whatever made Erik happy. The Elites had shrugged and agreed, not understanding why decorating was really a necessary thing for the two other nephilim. For all their experience as guardians and whatnot, they seemed oblivious to the significance of home . Then again, most angels were until they came and lived on Earth. Marius hadn’t understood in the beginning, either.
“He seems better today,” Keer commented as he joined Marius on the porch, looking out toward the street.
“He does,” Marius agreed. Thanks in large part to Keer’s management. After Levi had returned from his downstairs tryst with their other lovers, he had returned calmer. Marius had made love to
him until morning broke, until sheer exhaustion forced them all into
slumber.
He glanced over at Keer. “Has Scepta called?”
Keer shook his head. “Not yet. Axis expects he’ll call after he finishes work tonight. He was supposed to call after he consulted his fathers last night, but it may be more complicated than he had planned. The commander feels like we should give them time to figure it out.”
“If that is what the commander feels is best,” Marius said. It was
only a few short months ago that he would’ve pitched a fit over Axis’s decree to leave the leaders of Urun alone when it came to the
potential answers concerning his nephilim. Now he trusted Axis implicitly. If he wanted to wait, he would have damn good reason to do so.
“Aren’t Madigan’s friends getting into town tonight?” Keer asked.
Marius nodded. “I think so. Levi mentioned something about it when he was talking to Madigan the other night. That reminds me, it was their first day of business at their new bakery. It might be a good idea to show our support. I could go for some of Madigan’s baking. You should taste his stuff. It’s heaven in a sweet treat.”
“I think everyone will like getting out of the house for a bit. We’ll be tied down from Monday on, and Levi will probably be happiest if we keep his mind off what is going on with him until we know something definitive. Ask Jade if we have the budget left for some cakes or something, and I’ll try to round up the rest of the gents,” Keer said. He turned around and headed back toward the door.
Marius stepped off the porch, heading to the front of the drive so that he could look up at the second floor where Jade was clinging to the roof. “How much money do we have to play with?”
Jade raised his staple gun and put the last giant plastic spider on the
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