Caress The Dark God [Scions of the Ankh 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) (20 page)

“Apparently so. I will teach you to control it.”

“What? It seems as if
you
barely have it under control.”

Anubis laughed. “Well, we shall have to learn to control it together. I’ve never had a siren move me to such complete abandon before.”

“Perhaps we should relegate our lovemaking to your other abode,” Tessa suggested.

“I agree.” It was a good idea, at least until they could control the manifestation of their passion. “You wouldn’t mind being in such a place, Tessa?” Anubis worried for just a second about Tessa being in the land of the dead.

“I don’t mind it as long as you’re there. Besides, I would like to see what you do there.”

“Well I assure you there is a lot of work waiting for me. Teremun has caused many deaths. There are a multitude of souls to judge.”

“Can I come?” Tessa looked at him hopefully.

“It can be quite boring at times,” Anubis warned. When it appeared that Tessa was undaunted, he rose from the bed. “There are certain protocols during judgments.” He summoned a gown to him that he had made long ago when he began his search for a mate. It was as black as ink and tied at the shoulders, elbows and wrists. He had added the gold-corded belt in case his mate would want a splash of color.

“Osiris demands we maintain a formal stance in our duties, so if you are to accompany me I would prefer that you wear this.” He held up the dress for her to see. She paled as she stared at it.

“What is the matter?” Alarm went through Anubis. “I can have another fashioned if you do not like this one.”

“No, it’s perfect,” she breathed, getting up from the bed to join him. She approached the dress as if it were some magical item. “It’s a dream come true, literally.” She fingered the dress and looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

“Correction, love, you are a dream come true.” Finally, after thousands of years of existence, he had more than a bedmate. He had a lifemate. Anubis had light in his life.

* * * *

Ma’at waited until everyone had cleared the area before she began the work of restoring balance to the small clearing. She closed her eyes and felt the destruction that had ensued because of the battle. Patches of earth were scorched from the lightning. The large tree Anubis had drained the life out of hung sadly to the ground. She fed life back into the area. In no time, the birds came back and the insects whizzed by. And Ma’at … well, admittedly, she had nothing to do.

As much as she would have liked to restore all the wrongs humans were doing to the earth, Osiris only let them interfere so much, so Ma’at chose her projects carefully. It seemed the humans were determined to kill the planet on which they lived. It was such a beautiful place that she couldn’t understand why they didn’t take better care of it. As she was about to leave, her senses told her something was definitely wrong. She knelt down, her hands flat against the ground as she took in the information around her. Blood. Human blood was spilling upon the ground at an alarming rate.

She tried to locate the mind of the human, but whoever it was appeared to be unconscious. Ma’at concentrated even harder, trying to narrow down the location. She phased out and in, searching until finally she saw the body. Ma’at rushed to the body and saw the male, curled up on his side, blood pooled under his naked body.

Ma’at could smell the faint scent of gunpowder. Gently, she turned him over as his eyes fluttered open. Beautiful blue-green eyes stared at her and Ma’at was at a loss for words.

“Please help me,” the man implored before his eyes softly closed.

He barely had a flicker of life left inside of him. A lump formed in Ma’at’s throat as realization clicked. She had found her lifemate, and she might be too late to save his life.
 

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