Divinity: The Gathering: Book One (60 page)

Her incredibly sexy, toned legs and a nice, firm ass to match were going to be dangerous a
ssets for her in addition to her beauty here tonight, with all the other beings slinking around. Fuck all the rules though, I would leave all advances up to her, and nothing was going to keep me off of her tonight.

I meant what I said when I said I would not take my eyes off of her or leave her side in lieu of the beasts of darkness gathering tonight. I had a chance to look around before she had called me. The v
icinity was crawling with angels in position, shadows and dark fallen…the dark fallen of the mysterious Toraen legion to be exact. I wouldn’t have even been surprised if Morning Star made an appearance…in fact, I anticipated it, but knowing him he probably wouldn’t. He kept a constant endless supply and overabundance of slaves and lackeys to do it all for him.

I didn’t see Drakael anywhere
, but he had spoken truth about there being divine warriors in the mix, and I even spied a few of what I believed to be Morning Star’s dark divine warriors scattered about, but they didn’t seem much of a threat to me or the divine warriors for that matter. The portal was beneath the stage, but it hadn’t been fully opened yet.

I still didn’t get why I was su
pposed to bring Star here, it made no sense even if the request came from Elohim. Edanai didn’t completely make me feel any better about it regardless of her hunch, even though she was pretty good at predicting those things. Though I knew there was a method to his madness and purpose, and Elohim always knew what he was doing, I still felt apprehensive about it.

I nearly had a fit of rage when her friend Joel leaned over to kiss her in the car
, so I did the only thing I could do without seeming too obvious or being visible. Their bumping heads I found quite comical, though I didn’t mean for it to happen, I was glad she wasn’t hurt by my actions. I don’t do jealousy well and hearing her tell him she would give him her virginity made me lose my mind— looking to do something with an inanimate object in order to forego ripping off his cock, so it could never happen. The last thing anyone wanted was a vindictive or jealous demon on their asses, being that we could manipulate anyone or anything or scare the hell out of you — all in our favor.

For his sake, I counted on him not trying that again let alone taking her up on her offer. A little impotency, even demon induced, never hurt anyone.

Had she meant that? Though I wanted to claim hers badly, I couldn’t… I wouldn’t
, at least not unless she was offering it to me willingly, then again it wouldn’t have mattered since she wouldn’t remember it or me anyway. If she really meant to just simply lose her virginity, I sincerely hoped she wouldn’t discount me even though we just met. It would be a new experience for us both, because I regarded her as more than just a female, and it would not have been about siphoning pleasure from within her body as an entity, the way I normally did with mortal women.

I ran the high risk of impregnating her too
, but she was going to die anyway, so that wouldn’t have been an obstacle for either one of us except for me. If we shared that level of intimacy, I wouldn’t be able to carry out my plan of killing her. I’d have to suffer with the sweet memory of being with her, and what it meant to me, while she would both hate and hunt me with no memory of it at all. Or Elohim could smite me for deflowering her too, which would have been an ideal and merciful resolution.

              As expected, her friend China had no clue what I was, and had no memory of me having taken possession of her. The manipulation of her memory of the events that night had worked well, but I knew there was always a price a mortal had to pay after being infiltrated by one of us. They were definitely never the same afterwards, some went into a deep suicidal depressions, others began to see things of this plane and then there were those that completely shut down and went either insane or embraced the evil that had resided within, and carried out those dark and evil thoughts and desires on their own. It was mostly predictable, but I believed it depended on who the person was, and how strong their will had been before being possessed.

There had been something about her friend Joel that struck me as peculiar
, and I noticed it the first time I saw him a few days ago, but I wasn’t sure what it was. He was apparently unaware of it too, naturally. He didn’t have a recognizable aura — at least one that I could detect, which was odd in itself. All spirit beings could see the auras of all living creatures on the face of the Earth.

I eyed him when he introduced himself
, and as I predicted he automatically didn’t like me at all, and I don’t think it was just because of what I was. I couldn’t read his aura, but his lust and feelings for Star were more than evident in just his attitude towards me. If Edanai had been with me here right now, she could read both his and her friend China’s aura, and tell me what was going on with what I was picking up on. I’ll have to ask her about it when I got the chance.

              I debated on getting involved in the clash initially, but I knew if I hadn’t at that exact moment, they would have moved in to come after Star, and she would have seen more than she needed to right now, which was apparently what their goal had been in the first place. Though not the usual act on my part, it looked as if the divine warriors could use my help. I didn’t wait for a request, and they were surely not expecting it in the least.

             
There had been five powerful dark fallen…a female with four males and three dark divine ones, all male. They blended in well, resembling the gothic and rock punk young crowd that made up ninety percent of the audience tonight. A confrontation and physical fight had sparked, and was then immediately thrust back into the spirit realm — where it caught my attention. I saw fit to join and help just as they had all shifted out of the mortal realm. I couldn’t believe that they were being so conspicuous and cavalier, but I knew that with all the angels around right now, one of them would work to do a time freeze and reverse events as if it had never happened for any lingering eyes. I hadn’t expected them to jump in and assist with the fight, they weren’t supposed to in this case.

I had summoned Ryziel, Rahab, Macai and Atiro to assist; figuring it would be perfect to establish a neutral a
lliance, so that they would know that we were also on the side of the divine ones…for now, and to prevent any accidental killings or mistaken identities (meaning us) for the dark fallen of Morning Star’s or the Toraen legion.

I hated having to leave Star alone, even in the car she wouldn’t have been safe
, but when I saw several angels staggered all around, as well as Durien and dozens of other divine warriors manning the parking lot where she was, I knew she’d be okay for the moment.

Durien was a young, long time d
ivine warrior and actually one of my favorites. He fully understood the necessity to establish and keep a so called ‘alliance’ between them and those in my legion, unlike many other divine warriors and I appreciated the shared logic and trust. The fact that he as a divine warrior, approved of my protecting Star, spoke a great deal towards Elohim’s wishes since Elohim no longer spoke to me directly himself.

There was no time for them to di
splay their initial confusion, but it worked well and smoothly in the end once they realized that we had come to help them. I didn’t expect to gain their kinship or trust fully.  The fight had been difficult, because of the power that each of the dark fallen possessed, but we were more powerful and it ended quickly.

Apparently the divine warriors had shared the same sentiment and respectful gratitude by parting ways without any incident between me and the others that I had summoned.

I reiterated to them all before we ourselves had parted ways once again, that this was just a taste of what would be happening tonight, and to not let any guards down even around the divine warriors regardless of this brief alliance and what had just taken place.

While I was still cloaked in the mortal plane, Durien as a divine warrior could see me as plain as day and he gave me a nod of acknowledgement in letting me know Star was safe before he moved on, I was appreciative. I could tell right away that Star didn’t stay in the car as I had told her to. I could hear her heart still pounding hard in her chest and a thin sheen of perspiration she probably wasn’t even aware of, remained evident on her skin.

I figured she would fib about it when I asked
, and I purposefully didn’t pursue the truth, instead I put in an opera CD to help calm the both of us down, but I wasn’t prepared for the conversation taking the turn that it did. I could tell she had something on her mind, and I wondered what that was seeing that she was constantly texting on her phone initially instead of speaking to me.

She knew something, she knew that this event was littered with shadows
, but that didn’t surprise me at all. She wanted to get to know me and ask me the questions this time, fishing for something, answers, clues whatever, and I played along without giving any clues or hints…she was brilliant enough to figure it out herself and that’s what I was hoping and waiting for.

Impressing her with my full array of all languages was an added extra. The languages of mankind ended up becoming their own creations
, and I along with all the other dark ones including angels had all the time in the world to observe, listen and learn it all. It had been easy enough, none of it compared to the original Angelic and the current demonic language we tended to speak every now and then.

In the meantime, the smell of her
, and looking at her lips, her legs and her body…I don’t know how much longer I’d be able to hold back. There were going to be some conditions broken this evening without a doubt, so I started with what I knew how to do best…romance and flirting.

             
Privacy, dinner with wine, and the stars forming hearts had all been my own personal idea. I played the angel this time, the desire she was feeling had been all her own, and I waited for that to build before finally acting. I was unable to contain my own maddening lust for her anymore once I held her body pressed against mine.

Her hair was so soft and silky, her scent was delicious
, and the heat of her mounting desire fed into my own, symbiotically. The feel of her delicate fingertips gliding along my skin…along my brandings was nearly orgasmic for me, and I wanted her to feel my arousal on purpose, to let her know what she was doing to me by her mere touch alone.

Suddenly, I was no longer in control of the darkness or the lust that was seeking som
ewhere and someplace to be released and to penetrate. I slipped a little into her when I picked her up and sat her on the rail of the balcony, forcing her legs apart and pulling her to me forcefully, feeling her firm nipples and breasts graze my own flesh beneath my shirt, as I buried a hand in the warmth of her silken curls, cradling the back of her head to tilt her face up to mine. Her full delicious lips parted slightly…welcoming to mine.

              At that point my mouth watered, and all I wanted was to taste her…not just her lips and her mouth, but to actually bury my face between her soft, creamy thighs to devour and savor every bit of her sweetness, her essence and the flavor of her passion and arousal. To feel her orgasm and her supple body shuddering in my hands over and over again before I partook in that tidal wave of pleasure from the inside of her…physically.

The passionate wail that escaped her throat only spurred my arousal
, and in that moment I didn’t give a damn about any rules, conditions or promises made. I leaned in to nibble on her ear, to kiss and suck on the tender flesh of her throat before kissing her deeply. Forgive me Elohim but if I’m kissing her…then I’m not killing her…do not take this from me, please. I prayed silently anyway, just in case Drakael decided to show up in the moment. I’d kick the holy hell out of his ass if he did.

I wanted her an
d I wanted her now — right here and I was just about to give in and kiss her first — that is until she spoke the words.

“You’re doing that aren’t you?” She whispered, breathless.
             

I struggled to control my own ragged breathing from the fire in me that raged and begged for me to take her
, regardless of the consequences.

It took much concentration to keep my eyes from initiating their usual glow in response to my lust
, and to keep my wings from spontaneously sprouting and turning out into full view and display in front of her.

“Doing what?” I played dumb with my mouth barely
an inch from hers purposefully…hoping she would go for it and kiss me first, so I wouldn’t have to break my word to Elohim.

“The stars…I know you’re doing it.” She then said.

I grinned and pulled back a bit. She was beginning to piece it all together, and now that I knew more questions would be coming, I thought it best to maybe get our food to go.

“What makes you think that?” I asked anyway.

              She studied my face, her body heat and arousal still strong, but it was dissolving. I stepped back to let her down slowly, my hands lingering on her slender hips beneath her coat.

“Because this was the second time I’ve seen a r
eally quick unnatural glow in your eyes.” She then said.