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She must have run longer the night before than she’d thought, worked her herself harder. Last night had been a full moon—a mating moon and she’d spent hours running as a wolf, exploring the woods surrounding her home and hunting prey. It saddened her that the rest had only been a dream.
“We’re no dream, love.”
Sandi squeaked, startled that she hadn’t heard anyone join her, that she hadn’t scented another being in her home. When she realized it was Ned, her mate, standing in the doorway, she didn’t stop to think, just launched herself off her bed and straight into his arms. Wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around her waist, she nuzzled his neck, scented her mark on his skin. “Where is Nate? I didn’t imagine him, right?
He was here, too?”
Ned chuckled, sending goose bumps down her arms and the hair standing up at the nape of her neck. Just that quickly she was dripping in desire, ready to take him inside her body again, but she needed to know about Nate.
“He’s here. He’s in the kitchen making breakfast for you.
We intended on serving you breakfast in bed, but didn’t realize that you’d set your alarm or we would have turned it off before you woke. Now you’ve ruined our surprise.”
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When she caught movement out of the corner of her eye and saw Nate standing in the doorway wearing nothing but a pair of faded jeans and a naughty smile. With a twinkle in her eye, she looked from one male to the other. Licking her bottom lip, she lowered her lids and whispered, “So, what can I do to make it up to you?”
When both males growled low in their throats, her wolf bristled inside, desperate with need for them to take her again, this time in the light of day. As though reading her mind, Ned took a step forward and tossed her back onto the bed, and both her men quickly shucked their jeans, their thick cocks standing erect and begging for attention.
Smiling, Sandi raised her arms, beckoning her mates to her, knowing from this day forward, she’d never have to rely on her dreams to find fulfillment. The three of them were now one and she couldn’t wait to start their lives together. They could discuss the particulars of living arrangements later. Much later.
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This coming of age story takes place between Captive Angels: Archangel Series Book Two and Rogue Angel: Archangel Series Book Three.
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ase blamed the damn matchstick for this.
C If not for that damn sulfur emitting piece of crap that had been smaller than the others, then Joe would be here instead of him. But no, Case had to be the one to draw the short stick so now he was the one sitting on his butt, in his car, outside some black market arms dealer’s headquarters.
Meanwhile, his twin was staking out the neutral bar. The neutral bar was nice and warm and probably had some pretty succubus slinking around in it.
He felt his cell phone vibrating in his front pants pocket so he pulled it out and flipped it open. He groaned when he saw it was a text message from his baby brother, Bear. What in the heck did that punk ass, Goth freak want now?
Wacha doing?
Case blinked at the words in disbelief several times. Was he frigging serious? He was on an important stakeout, trying to track down Aris, one of the most dangerous rogues that the angel enforcers had encountered in years and little Bear was playing texty messy? Even as he continued to glare at the offending screen, his phone started to buzz again.
R U there?
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Case threw his arm back, preparing to throw the thing out the window when a sudden thought occurred to him. He really did need his cell phone and, even if he did get rid of it, he would still be stuck with Bear. So it wasn’t really fair to punish the phone when it was Bear that he wanted to chuck. He started to send a message back. He’d watched Bear text a million times and it looked easy enough. Case found out quickly though his thumbs seemed too big for the job and trying to figure out in the dark which letters corresponded with which letter was hard. He was determined so he finally did manage. Go Away.
No sooner had he sent the message, then another one came bouncing back at him. How in the hell did Bear manage to write so fast? Crap that kid had way too much time on his hands.
Is tht n e way 2 treat ur bro?
“What the heck?” Case exclaimed out loud. His lips moved as he tried to sound out what the gibberish was supposed to say. It was useless though as he didn’t understand half of it. It was times like these that he really wished he were an only child.
He tackled the keypad again in order to get out Screw you.
No sooner had he sent the message, than Bear flashed into the seat next to him. Case jumped a mile at his sudden appearance. As his heart pounded, he cursed the fact that while angels really didn’t have wings, they did have the ability to transport themselves from place to place, simply by willing it.
Case took in Bear’s appearance and rolled his eyes in disgust. All eight of the Lehor brothers, yes folks eight, had the same blond hair and baby blue eyes. Bear chose to express his individuality by dying his a different color for each day of the week. Today, the spikes were tipped in green. Completing his look was a black My Chemical Romance shirt and battered jeans.
“You’re supposed to use the letter U,” Bear said by way of greeting.
Case gave a slight shake of his head, “What?”
“When texting you use abbreviations. It takes too long if you type out the whole word. Plus, it makes you look like a 303
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dork.”
Case ran his hand through his hair in frustration. While he always kept the back cut regulation length, he let the front grow a bit longer so it tended to fall in his face. He gestured at Bear’s Goth attire. “You’re the dork. Do I even want to know why you’re here?”
Bear gave a half shrug. “I was thinking—”
“That’s dangerous,” Case cut in sarcastically.
Bear went on as if he didn’t hear him, “—that you must be lonely and needed some company.”
Case got a real suspicious feeling. “How did you know where to find me?”
“Joe told me.” Bear’s grin showed that he knew just how much that little nugget was going to piss off Case.
Case gave a strained laugh as he gripped the steering wheel tight, imagining it was his twin’s neck that he was squeezing.
“Joe’s at the bar with some succubus on his lap and I get stuck with your scrawny hide?”
Bear looked down at his small frame, clearly offended.
“Hey, we all can’t be built like you big, bad archangels. I didn’t ask to be born an empath. Besides, you guys would be lost without us. How else would you sniff out the demons?”
Bear did have a point. Empaths picked up on the evil vibes demons gave off so they were able to detect if any were nearby.
That still didn’t mean Case was happy to have this empath along side for the ride. “Go home,” he ordered. “I’m working and it might get dangerous.”
Bear pulled out a small dagger and waved it dramatically.
“As Mr. AP said, danger is my middle name.”
Case had the sudden desire to start pounding his head on the dash. “I don’t need your help, Bear Danger.”
“Oh really?” Bear cocked a brow. “Then you probably don’t need me to tell you there’s a demon in that alley over there.”
Case muttered a curse under his breath as he scrambled to get out of the car. He paused long enough to point a finger at the Goth. “You. Stay. Here.”
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Bear held up his hands and gave a look of innocence he couldn’t pull off even on his best days. “Hey, don’t worry about me. I’ll just stay here and diddle with myself.”
“Don’t be a smartass.”
Bear’s eyes grew flat and a grave look came over his face.
“I’m serious, I really am going to whack off. Right here, in your nice clean car.”
Case grabbed his long sword and was tempted. No, must not smite own brother. He gave one last warning jab of his finger instead. Bear gave him a sarcastic salute before he gave him the finger. Case turned away from him, taking great care not to slam the car door, then made his way toward the alley.
He took exactly three steps before a horror filled him so deep his stomach dropped a couple of feet. Surely Bear wouldn’t really jack off in the car. That would be messy and well…gross. Case spun back around to check.
Bear flashed that mischievous grin of his and waved.
Well at least one of his hands isn’t busy. A look of shock suddenly came over the empath’s face before he started to point and wave more franticly. His eyes were huge and his mouth started to flap like he was yelling something. Case shrugged. “What?”
No sooner had the word come out, than he was tackled from behind and taken to the wet concrete. Oh, that’s what.
Whatever was on his back grabbed two fistfuls of his hair and pounded his face into the pavement two or three times. Truth was, he really wasn’t sure how many times his kisser met with the ground. He kind of lost count after his ears started to ring and his vision became hazy. He shook it off and used his hands to propel himself off the ground at the same time he brought back his elbow. He heard a small feminine grunt as he made contact with a warm soft body.
He shot to his feet to face his opponent. She was across the alley doing the same thing. Case stopped dead as he gaped, actually gaped at the female who had attacked him. She had a mane of dark red hair that reminded him of flames. It was long and so soft looking his fingers itched to bury themselves in it 305
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and hold on. Her eyes were an eerie amber color and the pupils were elongated, reminding him of a jungle cat. She had on red leather from head to toe. The bustier top cupped her full breasts just right while the tight pants highlighted her curves.
The look was complete with a pair of high-heeled spiked boots, one of which was heading right his way.
He rolled away from her kick and sized her up again. She pulled back her full strawberry kissed lips into a sly smile, showing off fangs while she ruffled her black bat-like wings a bit before she tucked them into her back. Fangs? Cat eyes?
Wings? This little lady here was a succubus. In the time it took him to formulate that information, she had brought her foot around again. This time he didn’t have time to dodge and she caught him right in the face, cutting his lip.
He jacked his leg out as he went down, taking her feet out from under her. She let out a surprised gasp as she landed heavily onto the street. He crawled over the hard ground until he was on top of her. Once he was there, two things occurred to him. One, her curves felt damn good under him, especially when she wriggled. Two, all of sudden he did not feel like fighting her anymore.
“Let me up,” she demanded in voice thick and husky enough to make a phone sex operator jealous. “I’m not the one you’re looking for.”
“You attacked me first,” Case reminded her. Her hips brushed up against his cock and it came to attention like the good little soldier it was.
“I need to get out of here fast and you’re in my way.”
Case couldn’t help but smile at her, even though the movement made his already injured lip split open and bleed even more. “Have you ever heard of saying excuse me?”
Her eyes seemed fixated on his injury. “My mother was a demon so teaching me manners wasn’t top on her list.”
Case bent down so he could drink in her scent. Patchouli.
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snagged him one hot demon, pun intended.
“You’re bleeding,” she breathed. Her pink tongue darted out to lick her lips.
Case grew even harder at those words. It was no secret succubi liked angel’s blood, hence their fangs. But it wasn’t just any blood that she was yearning for, it was his. He dipped his head down and she met him halfway. He expected a kiss, but that wasn’t what he got, instead she did something more carnal and taboo. She took his injured bottom lip into her mouth and sucked it, drinking his blood like it was a vintage wine.
Even though he didn’t think it was possible, he became more aroused. Grabbing one of her legs, he hooked it around his waist so her apex was grinding harder against his throbbing cock. She didn’t fight him or withdraw. If anything, her sucking grew more frantic and urgent. Her long fingers splayed out to grab his biceps in an almost painful grip as she raised her hips up to thrust against him even harder. She pulled her mouth back and alternated licks with nibbles and he groaned low in his throat. Hell, if they weren’t in the middle of the street, he would have been tempted to strip off her clothes and devour every inch of her succulent skin.
The sounds of pounding footsteps and snarls drew him out of his sex stupor. Oh yeah, she is running from something and that something is obviously here. He looked up and saw two huge demon assassins. Bright green in appearance, they looked more snakelike than anything. They had deep-set red eyes above twin slits that served as nostrils. Their forked tongues continuously darted out to sample the air around them. Each one was armed with a whip. Case looked for his sword and saw it a couple of feet over on the ground. Crap, he’d been thinking with his cock and he’d made a rookie mistake. No archangel of worth would lose his sword.
Could this day get any worse?
Bear’s voice sounded from the left. “Don’t worry, Case.
I’ve got your back.”
Why yes, it could get worse.
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off her and rolled to the side. He grabbed his sword and came to a crouching position, preparing himself for the coming battle. The assassin struck out with his whip and Case rolled to avoid getting hit by it.
Scooping up his sword and swinging with one long sweep, he cut the demon’s feet out from under it. The monster let out a shriek of pain as it collapsed to the ground. Case sprang to his feet and went over to it. Using both hands, he gripped the hilt of his sword and brought it down, right into the bastard’s heart. The demon disappeared as it flashed back to Hell.
He turned, frantic to help Bear. His brother may have a mouth as big as a Winnebago, but he was small compared to these demons. There was no way he could handle himself in a fight with one. He was just in time to catch the other demon flashing out. Damned if he hadn’t underestimated his brother.
Bear was bent over catching his breath, but was otherwise unhurt from his tussle with the demon. Case was further stunned to see his brother had a pair of retractable blades on his wrists and they were covered with demon’s blood. Bear gave him a wolfish smile. Case tried to return it, but couldn’t.
He never realized his little brother was this deadly in the field.
“Why are you looking at me that way?” Bear’s grin disappeared, replaced by a scowl.
“Like what?”
“Like you can’t believe that I can actually handle myself in a fight. I may be a puny empath, but I’ve had a gazillion years in warrior training.”
Case instantly felt guilty. He’d been treating Bear like he was a teen still in training instead of the adult he now was. It was so easy for him to forget the empath was a highly trained warrior because Bear was the baby in the family and the fact Bear acted like he was an idiot most of the time.
Bear pulled a cloth out of his back pocket and started to clean his blades. “By the way, your girlfriend rabbited while the fight was going on.”
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through him. Things had just started to get fun with her, too.
“I wonder what she was even doing here in the first place?” he mumbled more to himself than to Bear.
The empath still answered, “I think she’s connected somehow to the rogue you’re hunting. Same goes for those demon assassins.”
“You’re probably right,” Case conceded, impressed at how quickly Bear put that together.
“Aris has been spotted at the neutral bar Joe’s at. They want you to go to his house and search it.”
“How do you know that?” Case asked, confused.
“Joe called while you were playing with the succubus.” Bear held up Case’s cell phone. “You left this in the car.”
Case closed his eyes and groaned. He could just imagine how that conversation went. Bear had probably given Joe blow-by-blow details of his whole make-out session. He was never going to live this down.
Bear smirked. “You’ve been losing a lot of things tonight—
your phone, your sword, your succubus. You’re not doing too well. No wonder Joe sent me to watch over you.”
Case clenched his teeth together so hard they probably heard it all the way to Heaven. “I have to go search that house now. I don’t suppose I could convince you to go home?”
Bear flashed a wicked grin, displaying his one dimple. “Hell no. I’m having too much fun.”
Of course he was.
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“Fighting makes me so hungry,” Bear mumbled around a mouthful of food. “By the way you’re eating, you must a fought an entire demon battalion,” Case retorted as he looked out of the corner of his eye at Sir Pigs A Lot. “What is that, your third burger?”
Bear shrugged. “I lost count.” He then changed subjects so quick it almost confused Case. “So is the reason why you’re in such a bad mood tonight because you’re stuck with me or 309
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because this is your first mission without Joe by your side?”
In truth, Case did feel off balance without Joe. They always did everything together since the day they were born. The whole reason why they had become enforcers instead of angel warriors was so they could stay together. It hadn’t been an easy decision either. Angel warriors, who fought Lucifer and his demons, were considered the most elite of Heaven and everybody looked up to them. Enforcers, on the other hand, just fought rogue angels and were looked at as nothing more than glorified police officers.
