Broken Vow (29 page)

She let out a ragged moan at the degradation, aching to feel him inside of her.

“Any guess what that might be?”

“No,” she teased.

“So you're stupid? Do you need me to fuck the sense into you?”

“Oh, yes!” A breathy wail slipped out when his cock forged into her vagina again and pounded into her.

The thought occurred to her that a preacher stood here every Sunday and gave sermons. Now two demons were having sex on it.

Nimbus must have heard her thoughts. “Do you know how damned you are, slave?”

Her eyes closed and she pressed her bosom harder against the wood. “Help me be good, Master.”

He pulled out and grabbed her by the hair. “You have a dirty mind. Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with hymns.”

He grabbed a hymn book and sat in a pew with it open across his thighs. Sonya straddled him when he pulled her onto his lap. The page felt smooth against her bare pussy.

“Now masturbate,” he ordered.

Her jaw dropped. “You can't be serious.”

He raised a threatening brow. “Obey me, slave.”

She swallowed and massaged her plump, swollen clit until it exploded with sensation. Her orgasm was intense, dragging a scream from her as she came on the page while Nimbus sipped milk from her nipples.

His salacious eyes devoured her as his lips curved upward in approval. He pulled the book out from under her and closed it. “Look at you, whore. You disgust me.”

Sonya squealed when he flipped her over across his lap and repeatedly slammed the book down on her butt. She yelped and sobbed at the fierceness of the unconventional spanking and the fear that summoned tears from her eyes. Hell scared her, but not enough.

Errant desire rampaged through Sonya, leaving her hot and bothered as her soul mate damned her. The flames around them grew hotter and their bodies glistened with perspiration as their skin heated with lust and the inferno consuming the building.

Nimbus tossed the book aside and knocked her to the ground in a demanding kiss that chased away all thoughts of right or wrong. Their trembling, sweaty bodies rubbed against each other as their hands ran rampant over damp, heated flesh.

His eyes evolved to orange and she felt hers changing as well as his penis tunneled to arousing depths inside of her. She wrapped her legs around him and met his thrusts with her hips, grinding her pelvis against him. He came quickly, but she could tell he drew up into himself to make the session last.

The invasive smell of thick smoke mingled with the heady odor of sex and the addicting fragrance of Calvin Klein's Eternity.

The rough, maddening kisses became a slow, deep union of tongues and lips as they made love. Dirty words and insults became soft sighs and romantic utterances as their bodies moved as one. He startled an elated gasp from her when his cock started to vibrate in her pussy. Strong awareness buzzed on her G-spot as she played with his scrotum and melted into the pleasure he gave her.

Her organs came alive inside of her. They tingled with excitement and her entire body felt as though she'd been reborn.

Nimbus stroked her clit and whispered a command for her to come. She came, uttering breathless sounds of helplessness as her body rocked against his and both found mind-blowing release. They held each other close, breathing long and hard in the afterglow.

“I'm in heaven,” Sonya whispered as she ran her fingers through his soft, lustrous hair.

He lifted his head and met her with a loving gaze and a gratified smile. “So am I. I'm so in love with you, Sonya.”

The words set her soul on fire. “I love you too, more than anything.”

He drugged her with a passionate kiss.

A male voice from the doorway spoke. “Sonya.”

* * *

Nimbus broke the kiss when he heard a man say Sonya's name. He saw that blasted werewolf, Aramis approaching. Damn him. Nimbus felt smug as he ejected from Sonya's slippery cunt. They were coated in the others' fluid and he wanted to rub it in Aramis' face.

On the other hand, the bastard wouldn't take his eyes off Sonya. Nimbus burned with jealous anger as he quickly redressed his woman.

Sonya appeared disturbed by his presence. “What are you doing here?”

“I've been looking for you. I thought you were supposed to kill him,” said Aramis.

“I was, but -”

“She fucked me instead,” Nimbus snapped. He wanted the werewolf dead. Aramis had occupied Dante's body with him and Sonya confessed her love for Dante. Nimbus knew she loved him, but had she also fallen for Aramis while they resided in the same shell?

Aramis seemed annoyed and hurt. “I can see that. My offer still stands, Sonya. It might save you.”

Nimbus stood with Sonya and pulled his clothes on. “Nothing can save her now. She's mine, you asshole.”

“Nimbus!” she scolded him. “Aramis is a friend.”

“I'll just bet he is. I'm sure his thoughts were platonic while you fucked Dante,” Nimbus snorted. “Did you enjoy being trapped in the body that fucked my mate, dog?”

“No shit,” Aramis retorted. “The woman's hot as hell and she knows what she's doing in the sack. Don't you, babe?”

Nimbus lunged at him, but held back when Sonya shoved against his chest. “Don't call her babe! She doesn't belong to you. She's not your mate.”

“No, she's not,” Aramis agreed sadly, “but I still want her.”

“Aramis, I'll always treasure the time we had together,” Sonya began.

“Excuse me?” Nimbus growled before she could finish.

“But I'm in love with Nimbus. That will never change.”

“It better not.” He gripped her arm possessively.

“He's better with a soul,” said Aramis.

“You'd be better dead,” Nimbus retorted.

Sonya held her hands up. “All right, that's enough. Nimbus is going to stop the invasion and then we're leaving.”

“No, I'm not,” Nimbus contradicted.

She gaped at him. “What?”

“This is the first of many attacks around the world. Once we take over, the powers of hell will have full dominion. We'll pick a region and rule together.” Nimbus took her hand. “Mankind will worship us.”

“And if they don't?”

“They'll be executed.”

Sonya gasped. “No! I'm not going to be a part of that.”

He grabbed her arm, spirit boiling with fury and fear that he would lose her. “You sold your soul to me. There's no going back now. I own you, woman.”

Aramis dared to reach for his hand. “You do not own her.”

Nimbus punched him in the face and tackled him. The wolf fought back, but Nimbus knocked him down and sat on him before he could shift. He got a choking hold on Aramis. “Drakkar will find you and make you his bitch! He'll make you wish you were never born. Has the mating heat set in yet? It will. You'll burn for him and take it up the ass even as your conscience condemns you. And I will laugh at your fate as I fuck the woman you love. What do you think of that, you little shit?”

Flat metal slammed against his side and Nimbus toppled over just before he was enveloped by a giant, purple bubble. He glared at Sonya when he saw the sword in her hands. The amethyst glowed, keeping him trapped. It would cease in a minute and he would kill Aramis and beat Sonya's ass raw.

“Coffee beans,” she said.

What the hell?

Aramis seemed to understand this code. “Are you sure?”

She glanced at Nimbus and he saw the weight crushing her spirit. “Yes.”

Aramis dialed on his cell phone. “Tansy, Sonya wants you to do the spell.”

Nimbus glared at Sonya. “You'd better not force a soul on me.”

“I don't have a choice.”

“Damn you! You never shifted for me and you expect me to wear a mask until the end of my days?”

“I sold my soul for you,” she protested.

“And then you left me.”

Aramis smiled at her. “At least this way I'll always have you.”

She opened her mouth to speak, but Nimbus busted through the bubble and tackled the werewolf to the floor. Suddenly their bodies merged and Nimbus stared at the floor. Aramis' spirit was stuck inside of him. Nimbus had a conscience again and it pissed him off.

He lingered on all fours. “I'll never forgive you for this. Do you know that every time you touch me and say you love me, he feels and hears it? I enjoy sharing your body with others, but I will not share your heart. That's why I faked with Demornae and not Delilah. To Delilah it was just sex, but Demornae liked me. To come for her would have felt too much like betrayal. What you're doing now is the epitome of it.”

Sonya knelt beside him and touched his face. “I don't want to force a soul on you, Nimbus. I love you just the way you are. When you demand that I shift into my demonic form so I become evil, it's the same thing. It's like I'm not good enough for you.”

“You're perfect for me. I just don't want you to leave me again.”

She rested her forehead against his. “I will never leave you. I swear to you. This is the one vow I will never break.”

A strange warmth and sense of completion settled over him. Was it peace? Perhaps. He'd only ever felt it with her. “I'm going to hold you to that.”

She covered his face in moist, delicate kisses. “I'll make a deal with you, lover. If you promise never to ask me to shift, I promise to never force a soul on you again. I'll call Tansy and have her drive Aramis out of you after you call off the invasion.”

Power and greed were strangely absent. All that mattered was her. “Deal.”

* * *

Cassiel sat on horseback in the night sky, watching the scene unfold. Nimbus was apparently the necromancer. He stood on the roof of a tall building and commanded the ancient creatures to return to the underworld. Afterward, Raphael did a mind sweep on the civilians to erase the memories of tonight. He used his powers to restore Seattle to its former state.

Cassiel watched as Sonya held a cell phone out in front of her and a male body flew out of Nimbus. Soul Fusion. The man hugged Sonya and bid her farewell while Nimbus looked the other way as if trying to refrain from killing him for touching her.

The man left and Nimbus looked over at Cassiel with a victorious smile and a glare that said “fuck you. She's mine forever.”

Sonya hung the phone up and walked over to Nimbus. She froze when she saw Cassiel and her face became apologetic, but he could tell by the way she looked at Nimbus when he put his arm around her that her mind was made up. The incubus led her away and raised his middle finger behind him so Cassiel could see it.

The archangel's eyes remained pinned to Sonya as she walked away with a demon and ultimately to her destruction. As long as he existed he would never understand.

He reined his white mount as the sky opened up for him. Cassiel stole one last look at her. She seemed happy. He was glad she was happy, but it broke his heart to think of her being tortured in hell for eternity. The portal closed behind him as he rode back up to heaven without looking back.

Epilogue

Jude sat in a chair brooding.

Delilah walked in and winked at him. “Having a naughty fantasy of Scarlett, are we?”

“Bitch, I thought we agreed to keep that quiet.”

She shook her head and rolled her eyes with an annoyed smile. “Tell me, Jude, have you ever used a woman's name as opposed to calling her bitch and whore?”

He grinned. “I've never tried.”

“You should start with me or you may find your balls on a platter.”

He rolled his eyes and scowled. “Always about balls with you. I was just thinking about Less.”

“You mean that slave you used to have back in the regency era?” Delilah sat sideways on his lap.

“What are you doing?”

“Sitting. Do you have a problem with that?”

“I didn't give you permission to -” His eyes closed and his cock stirred when she fondled his crotch through his pants.

“Would you like me to get up?” she taunted.

“No, damn you.”

“Why were you thinking about Less?”

“After Drakkar cast that werewolf out of Nimbus, I fed off his soul just enough to discover Less lives in Portland. Apparently she's a witch and goes by Tansy now.”

Delilah seemed amused. “If she's a witch, I doubt she'll let you control her like you used to.”

“That sounds like a challenge.”

“I have another one for you. You said you'd help me capture Blade if I helped you find Sonya. I did, so pay up.”

Jude groaned at the way his boner twitched beneath her skill. “You said she was on the west coast. That was vague. It was sheer luck that I walked into Drakkar's house and found her.”

“Fine, if you're going to be a brat about it. I'll help you abduct Tansy if you help me catch Blade.”

He unzipped his fly and guided her hand down his pants to play with his cock. “He's the leader of the cruxim. What makes you think he'll be your bitch again?”

She shrugged. “I can be very persuasive when I want to be. When do you plan on seeking revenge on Scarlett?”

He thrust into her hand with his eyes closed as his breathing turned ragged. “One thing at a time.”

* * *

Sonya lay in the warm darkness in Nimbus' arms, listening to the gentle lull of the waves rolling onto the shore. The smell of the ocean and the cool breeze that blew through the open window only added to the nocturnal paradise.

They had walked on the beach earlier and cuddled on a blanket as little Faith played in the sand. As Sonya had taken in the vivid sunset, her mind drifted back in time to the morning Nimbus had been turned to stone over two centuries ago. The rising sun had been the promise of new beginnings.

Earlier the setting sun had again revealed the breathtaking colors that only wanted to mingle, caring nothing for light or darkness. But as the sun lowered over the horizon and night crept in, she knew in the end they would pay their dues. It used to terrify her, but now she lived in the moment.