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More than aaccustoht&039;s fall
Phury&039;s hips were pushing at hers, his body nudging a rock-hard erection against her He was likely still asleep, and as she rolled over onto her sto what his response would be Yup, he was on her in a heartbeat, the blanket of his heavy weight war and¡ª
She moaned as he pushed inside
"M, shellan"
She so even deeper "Hellren roaned as he surged, the powerful stroke going right into the very soul of her As he rode her slow and sweet, nuzzling at her nape, nipping at her with his fangs, they held hands, their fingers intertwined
They hadn&039;t been officially mated yet, as there had been too much to do with the Chosen, anted to see what this world was like But they were together every ine how they had lived apart
Well there was one night a week that they were separated for a little while Phury went to his NAthe red smoke was hard on hiet tense or his eyes would lose focus or he would struggle not to snap at so in annoyance He&039;d had day sweats for the first teeks, and though they were lessening, his skin still went through periods when it was hypersensitive
He hadn&039;t had one single relapse, though No ot, he didn&039;t cave And there had been no alcohol for hi a lot of sex, however Which was fine with her
Phury pulled out and rolled her over on her back As he settled into place at her core again, he kissed her with urgency, his palht nipples Arching into him, she slipped her hands between them, took his arousal, and stroked it just as he liked it, from base to tip, base to tip
Over on the bureau, his cell phone went off with a beep, and they ignored it as she sain, the firestorent Holding on to her love&039;s surging shoulders andhis thrusts, she was carried away by him, with him
After the rush had passed and faded, she opened her eyes and was greeted by the warlow fro up," he said, kissing her on the mouth
"Me, too¡ª"
The stairwell fire alar that hed and rolled to the side, tucking her into his chest "Five four three two¡ª"
"Soooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyy!" Layla called out from the foot of the stairs
"What was it this tis," she yelled up
Phury shook his head and said softly to Corured it was the toast"
"Can&039;t be that She broke the toaster yesterday"
"She did?"
Cormia nodded "Tried to put a piece of pizza in it The cheese"
"Everywhere?"
"Everywhere"
Phury spoke up "That&039;s okay, Layla You can always clean the pan and try again"
"I don&039;t think the pan&039;s going to work anymore," came the reply
Phury&039;s voice dropped "I&039; to ask"
"Aren&039;t they metal?"
"Should be"
"I&039;d better go help" Cor down, ed her back to hio She had a quick shower, as in lightning quick, and ca loose blue jeans and one of Phury&039;s Gucci shirts
Maybe it caht clothes Which was fine with her hellren, because he liked her in his
"That color looks perfect on you," he drawled as he watched her plait her hair
"You like the lavender?" She did a little twirl for him and his stare flashed brilliant yellow
"Oh, yeah I like Come here, Chosen"
She put her hands on her hips as the piano started playing down below Scales Which o downstairs before Layla burns the house down"
Phury s her very, very naked "Coo and come back with food?"
Phury had the audacity to throw the tangled sheet away and put his hand on his hard, heavy sex "Only you have what I&039;ry for"
A vacuu from downstairs, so it was clear who else was up and about Aot to use the Dyson Didn&039;t reat caot vacuuot within range of his hands, they were going to be all over each other again "Then I&039;ll come back and you can feed my mouth, how about that"
Phury&039;sback into his skull "Oh, yeah That&039;s Oh, yeah, that&039;s a very good plan"
His phone let out a reroan "Okay, go on now, before I don&039;t let you out of here for another hour Or four"
She laughed and turned for the door
"Dear God"
Cormia turned around "What is it?"
Phury sat up slowly, his hands holding the phone as if it orth more than the four hundred dollars he&039;d paid for it the week before
"Phury?"
He held it out to her screen-first
The text was froood Z
She bit her lip and then gently put her hand on his shoulder "You should go back to the house You should see him See them"
Phury sed hard "Yeah I don&039;t know Not going back there I think it&039;sWrath and I can do e need to over the phone and Yeah Better not to"
"Are you going to return the text?"
"I am" He covered his hips with the sheet and just stared at the phone
After a moment, she said, "Would you like me to do it for you?"
He nodded "Please Make it from both of us, &039;kay?"
She kissed the top of his head and then texted, Blessings upon you and your shellan and your young We are with you in spirit, love, Phury and Cor, Phury was te Very teo Didn&039;t kno he did it
All he wanted was to light up so he didn&039;t have to feel the pain But how ? The fact that his twin&039;s young had come into the world healthy, that Z was now a father, that Bella had lived through it, that the young was all right you would figure he&039;d be thrilled and relieved It hat he and everyone else had been praying for
No doubt he was the only one as fucked in the head over it all The rest of the Brothers would be busy toasting Z and his new daughter and pa on for weeks, and Fritz would be ecstatic with all the special meals and cererand entrance of the reen, the color of Z&039;s bloodline, and purple, the color of Bella&039;s Wreaths of floould be hung on every single door in the house, even the closets and cabinets, to syh to this side The fireplaces would stay lit for days with sweet logs, those slow-burning, treated pieces of hose fla one
At the start of the twenty-fourth hour following her birth, every person in the house would bring unto the proud parents a tremendous ribbon booven of their family colors The boould be tied on the spindles of Nalla&039;s crib, as pledges to oversee her through her life By the end of the hour, the place where she laid her precious head would be covered with a cascade of satin bows, their long ends reaching the floor in a river of love
Nalla would be gifted with priceless jewelry and draped in velvet and held in gentle arms She would be cherished for the miracle she was, and ever would her birth be rejoiced in the hearts of those who had waited with hope and fear to greet her
Yeah Phury didn&039;t knohat got him to the coh that door and into that basement And he didn&039;t knohat made him stay
He did know that when he returned to Rehvenge&039;s house, he couldn&039;t go inside
Instead he sat on the back terrace, in a woven wicker chair, under the stars There was nothing on his
Cormia came out at some point and put her hand on his shoulder, as she always did when she sensed he was deep in his head He kissed her palm, and then she kissed his et back to work on the plans for Rehv&039;s new club
The night was quiet and downright cold Every once in a while the ould coh the treetops, the autu sound like they enjoyed the attention
Behind him in the house, he could hear the future The Chosen were stretching their ars about themselves and this side He was so proud of them, and he supposed he was the Primale of old tradition in that he would kill to protect his fe for any of them
But it was a fatherly love His mated love was for Cormia and her alone
Phury rubbed the center of his chest and let the hours pass as they would, at their own speed, while the wind gusted as it did, at its own strength The an its descent Soed it to hip-hop, thank God Soain
Life In all its mundane e of it if you were sitting on your ass in the shadohether that was in actuality, or metaphorically because you were trapped in an addict&039;s darkness
Phury reached down and touched the calf of his prosthesis He&039;d h the rest of his life without his twin and without his brothers he would do that, too He had rateful for, and that would make up for a lot
He wouldn&039;t always feel this empty
Someone in the house went back to the opera
Oh, shit Puccini this time
"Che Gelida Manina"
Of all the choices they had, why pick the one solo guaranteed to make him feel worse? God, he hadn&039;t listened to La Boh¨¨me since well, forever, it seemed And the sound of what he had loved so htly, he couldn&039;t breathe
Phury gripped the arms of the chair and started to stand He just couldn&039;t listen to that tenor&039;s voice That glorious, soaring tenor reminded hie of the forest Singing
He was singing It was his tenor in Phury&039;s ear, not some CD from inside the house
Z&039;s voice surfed the aria&039;s peaks and valleys as he ca closer with each perfectly pitched, resonant word The wind beca the spectacular sounds that breached his mouth out over the lawn and the trees and up into the mountains, up into the heavens, where only such a talent could have been born
Phury got to his feet as if his twin&039;s voice, not his own legs, had lifted him from the chair This was the thanks that had not been spoken This was the gratitude for the rescue and the appreciation for the life that was lived This was the wide-open throat of an astounded father, as lacking the words to express what he felt to his brother and who needed theof all he wished he could say
"Ah, hell Z," Phury whispered in the lory
As the solo reached its zenith, as the tenor of emotions was struck most powerfully, the Brotherhood appeared one by one froe Butch Vishous They were all dressed in the white cere they would have worn to honor the twenty-fourth hour of Nalla&039;s birth
Zsadist sang the last delicate note of the piece right in front of Phury
As the final line, "Vi piaccia dir!" drifted into the infinite, Z held up his hand
Waving in the night as a treold satin
Corht time As she put her arm around Phury&039;s waist, she was all that kept hie, Zsadist said, "Wouldst both thou honor es and the love of thy hearts?"