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"You&039;ve been to his ho the kitchen counter, his mismatched eyes concerned
Now this mutore was different, Nicholas uarded, but he always see
Nicholas nodded "But it&039;s not a home It&039;s a castle"
Lycos snorted "No shit? You two really are twins"
"If he has disappeared, ill find hi at Helo "We may be able to scent him"
Helo nodded, then turned to Nicholas "What about Luca?"
"Already on his way"
"And Alexander and the Brit? Do you want to wait for them?"
Nicholas shook his head He&039;d tried several times to contact Alex, but he hadn&039;t replied "I don&039;t knohere they are or when they&039;re co back, but I don&039;t have time to search for anyone else"
Helo nodded
"We will leave ith your servant, Evans," Phane said "Let&039;s go, Ly"
"If they get back in time from wherever the hell they are, ht" With the beasts behind him, Nicholas headed for the door "If not, we can handle this just fine on our own"
Why didn&039;t Hell have water?
Cold water
The kind that froze the shit out of your skin andfrom your dick?
Erion stalked up the hill away froer and frustration both sexual and situational He wanted Hellen desperately, wanted her beneath hireen eyes locked with his as he pounded into her
He wanted to hear her coh Not for hi?"
His nostrils flared at her voice, coering desire, and they made him want to round on her and kiss them away
Instead he shouted over his shoulder, "Back to the dungeon"
If he wasn&039;t h He knew that sound Liked it too It was really hot when he eased a finger inside her and sloorked her body toward cli to life as he hauled ass toward the archway As soon as he crossed over the barrier, he slowed Dropping into a fighting stance, he scoped out every crack and crevice in the tunnel
"You don&039;t know the way, Erion" She was right behind hirowled "Then take ain"
"Take et how you smell, how you feel, how you taste" He turned to face her Her eyes-her goddamn eyes-shimmered with lust and he reached for her, pulled her up in his arive all those rare and treasured gifts to the most vile creature on earth"
She stared up at hier her full demon self, and thatto each other, waiting for an answer to an i came Finally, Hellen broke from him and took his hand, led him down the tunnel
They were quiet as they walked, even when they had to duck into another passageway to escape the detection of one of Hellen&039;s father&039;s henchainst him, Erion had forced himself to remain calm His protective instincts flared when she was near, and ripping apart one of theto cool his ire
Or at least satiate his bloodlust
It was several minutes later when they finally reached the door to the Underworld&039;s dungeon But Hellen went to stand before it, blocking the way
"Have you soirl?" he said bitterly
"Don&039;t believe I want this"
His gut tightened "I won&039;t if you don&039;t go through with it"
"If it&039;s not me with Cruen, it will be one of my sisters" She shook her head, her eyes razor sharp in their resoluteness "I won&039;t let that happen"
"I cannot watch you be the sacrificial lamb!" he roared
"Then don&039;t"
"What? Close ht "I have no choice"
Her face fell "I know Neither do I We love and protect our own, even at the cost of our own happiness"
He dragged a hand through his hair, paced back and forth in front of the door "Your father wants what from this union?"
"His foothold on Earth" She added softly, "An heir he believes will have the power to reth of time"
He stopped "Then let ive you one"
She blanched, hite as snow Soaze, a sweet, pure unhappiness that had hi
His voice dropped to a prayer "Say yes"
She shook her head "Not possible, Erion"
The softness within hiain became a vaht?" he spat out bitterly "It must be that pure asshole&039;s balas for Daddy to be happy"
"Partly," she said miserably
Erion froze, his eyes narrowed "And the other part?"
She said soer under her chin, and lifted He wanted to see her eyes, her rave; the latter treers "I can never have a child"
Erionher inside his dungeon He slammed the door with his boot and set her down to face him "I don&039;t understand You said your father wants you to have a child with Cruen, that it will be his chance at a true and lasting foothold on Earth"
Her eyes lost every bit of their brightness "Cruen willI will have a child, but by the ti to happen, it&039;ll be too late" She turned away and walked past hi "I will never allow ic I inherited frooing to make sure it dies with me Once Cruen mates with me, he cannot have my sisters And when I turn up barren, my father will believe this union a failure, the vae with the de "He will not eain with one of his other children"
Erion couldn&039;t believe what she was saying, how she had planned everything In fact, he wasn&039;t entirely certain she had "How can you be sure you can&039;t have a balas?"
A soft smile touched herShe broughtwith my father, my future, and when it was decided that I wouldsheepish or sad, she lifted her chin and straightened her shoulders in a blatant show of pride "She was a great proponent of ifted, and able to keep her talent a secret fro potion to kill off my ability to have children"
"Oh, Hellen"
Her eyes flared "Don&039;t pity rateful, Erion You have no idea what is inside me, what should never be unleashed or passed on"
For several seconds, Erion just looked at her He couldn&039;t speak, could hardly put everything she&039;d just told hiether in his mind Finally, he turned aent to the wall, placed his wrists in the shackles, then gave the stone his back "Your father will return soon Make sure I am the same prisoner he left"
Silently, Hellen did as he asked, locking both sets of restraints, containing hiazed into his eyes, she sighed "Erion, please don&039;t," she warned "Your eyes, your de beneath, it&039;s the worst fore burned inside hiht chains and deht Hellen&039;s conscience? Her selfless a that irl?
And yet she was his to protect
"You know I cannot allow him to touch you"
Her eyes went hard, her tone too "There is no choice here"
"Of course there&039;s a choice There&039;s always a fucking choice" He laughed bitterly "After this, after everything we&039;ve shared, my demon beast will not sit idly by while another male mounts you Do you understand?"
"Yes"
"Even if I&039; to you"
Her eyes ide, fearful "Please, Erion You would do anything for your balas, your farabbed his face with her hands and kissed him, hard and desperate and no doubt for the last time Then she turned away just as brutally and headed for the door But when her hand hit the wood, she paused and glanced back Her de enough to say, "Tomorrow eve I will et the hell out of Hell"