by Azure Boone
It was Dorn's turn to laugh. "And will you?"
"Would you?"
"If it made Sally happy, yes."
Kassern gave a casual shrug and nod. "Same here."
Dorn realized it was quiet and turned to find eleven pairs of eyes staring in shocked horror at the abstract species carrying a human disease that would soon take over their bodies. It was the worst form of demotion ever, and seeing it up close in two elite warriors clearly made it a harrowing reality.
"Back to business at hand." Uriel was one shade short of sounding depressed. "What about this news of…a girl having bugs for babies and Toren's…" Uriel, flicked his eyes at the mercury angel as though uncomfortable with having to say it. "Adopted offspring becoming their mother."
Kassern and Dorn looked at Toren then Dorn suggested, "Perhaps you would ask Toren that sir. I have no knowledge of what actually took place in that respect." Dorn regarded Toren, not wanting to offer more than the angel was prepared to give.
Uriel turned to the mercury angel. "Well?"
"I reckon I'd like to be the next angel to go sir."
Uriel stared at him a moment, concern creeping into his perfect face. "I figured as much, considering you've left your adoptive offspring there. Tell me what happened."
"I got a few glimpses of things through Peggy."
Dorn still couldn't get over that name, Peggy. Another Earth name. One more link in the Archangels' chain of suspicion that at one point in time, their creatures had somehow been connected to the planet. The mystery was still being solved, but Dorn's hunch was demon trafficking, plain and simple. Some demons were notorious for stealing beings from their home worlds, moving them to another to serve as slave labor.
The creatures were stripped of their bodies, and the angels were able to house them in their own in order to rescue them from the planet Sahhker of the Third Universe before it was destroyed by the Over Lords.
“Peggy?” Uriel asked, perturbed.
Toren kept his mercury gaze locked on the onyx table, not offering more. His pet was a sensitive subject. While all their creature's spirits inherited their angels' gems' properties, allowing them to take on their choice of forms, Toren also absorbed some of his creature’s spirit due to his mercury characteristics. But the most Dorn got out of Toren concerning their beings origin was I’m not sure. I only know bad things happened. Judging by the pain Dorn could only sense buried deep in Max's spirit, the guilty needed to be brought to justice.
"Okay. Then what did you glimpse through Peggy.” Uriel’s tone turned patient, no doubt remembering Toren’s situation.
"Seems as though the critters Peggy has adopted hold little tid-bits of information within their DNA that she picks up on. I reckon that's how I see things."
"And…what do you see." Uriel stated more than asked.
"The new pope is what I seen. 'Fraid somethin' ain't too right with him." Toren sucked his perfect teeth before drawling, "Reckon he's gonna play a role in the upcomin' shenanigans."
"Oh for Heaven's sake." Zool looked at Uriel, disgust twisting his perfect mouth. "Can you please tell him to stop speaking like a zoo keeper, at least for this meeting? I left my universal jargon translator back at the barnyard."
"What is wrong with the pope?" Uriel ignored Zool, deepening the onyx angel's disgust.
"My guess? Special breed of reanimation."
Salem stopped the droning rhythm he’d been tapping on the table with his green hiddenite nails. "This is not good."
"Pilfering dirty bastards." Azen didn't hide his disgust.
Uriel sighed, and pressed his thumb and middle finger to his eyeballs. "I suppose it's good you go then." He looked at each angel. "I want you to all step up your studies. I sense that our time restraints may become a little more stringent. I want you all prepared ahead, with your couples chosen and your wives selected. That means all of you need to know how to be the best human if you're going to convince a woman to marry you in less time." He looked at Dorn. "How did that go for you, by the way? Did your human accept you eagerly?"
Dorn recalled their dialogue before and after he'd come into his humanity and couldn't stop his grin. "I think she took it well considering. My biggest advantage with her I think was…how desperate for love she was."
"Ah yes." Uriel glanced at the mercury angel. "Toren, make a note of that. Find a desperate female human."
"I already have," he said.
"You have?"
The entire congregation turned to stare into the brooding eyes of the mercury angel. "The woman who delivered Soceris' offspring."
The sounds of disgust were poorly stifled and Toren's hard gaze lowered.
"But Brother, surely…"
"She kissed me." Toren cut off Lassin's gentle call for reason and eyed all of them boldly. "I'm hers," he said, quietly.
A few moments of quiet passed before Meron bravely but carefully said, "Such a thing does not—"
"It does and it has." Toren's quipped interruption followed with a slight shrug of his massive shoulders. "I'm hers." That fact reflected clearly in his mirror bright gaze. "And she is mine."
Dorn exchanged glances with Kassern and sighed inwardly at seeing it in his ruby gaze. Toren had wiped her mind of the entire demonic nightmare she’d endured. If the girl remembered him it would be a miracle.
~~ THE END ~~
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Safe Heart, by Kenra Daniels Paranormal Romance
Book 1 in the "Blood Dragon" series; If you like DRAGONshifters and vampires, this one's for you!
Assigned to rescue a vampire kidnapped by humans determined to exterminate them, a weredragon Enforcer falls in love. Will betrayal keep them apart?
Can the pursuit of true love overcome the fear of society’s rejection and exile? Vampire Jaden Beayer thinks so. When she is kidnapped and tortured by humans, her government sends weredragon Enforcer Kie
llen Henley to find her. After her recovery, Jaden convinces Kiellen to help her track down the humans responsible for her torture and exact revenge on them. The problem is, Jaden feels Kiellen is the missing ingredient for her complete recovery. Kiellen believes she has mistaken gratitude for attraction, and despite his overpowering need, he rejects her attempts at seduction.
As they face violence and betrayal from unexpected sources, Jaden’s quest for revenge becomes one for justice. Kiellen’s resistance evolves into acceptance and love. Jaden wants forever with Kiellen, but he’s realistic. They simply can’t be together because they are enemies. Weredragons and vampires have always been at war, and a relationship between Kiellen and Jaden could even endanger the fragile centuries-long truce.
When Jaden is finally safe and Kiellen’s name has been cleared, Kiellen says goodbye, leaving Jaden devastated and himself dangerously heart broken. Will Jaden ever be able to help Kiellen overcome his fears of prejudice and exile, and fulfill their love, making her his forever? Or will their love spark open warfare and send them both to the death penalty?
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Don't miss "Blood Dragon 2: Heart of Stone" coming early summer 2013!
The Weredragon Background:
Today's weredragons are the modern descendants of an alien species that arrived on Earth during the infancy of humankind. These highly intelligent reptiles, with their technological advances, considered themselves THE Apex predator. Humans weren't their preferred prey, being considered unpalatable and too much trouble for too little reward, even if they were the most intelligent, adaptable prey on the planet.
When dragons discovered vampires preying on humans, they couldn't allow the challenge to their superiority go unmet. A long and bloody war erupted between the two predator species, but the war only served to keep both populations under control.
Dragons adapted their chameleon-like ability to take the shapes of other life forms and learned to shape shift into human bodies. The skill allowed dragons to live secretly among humans like the vampires did, but didn't give them a real advantage in the war.
As human populations increased and became organized, they started to hunt dragons and vampires. Most dragons lived the majority of their lives in human form and eventually lost the ability to take on other forms. Around the same time, they began calling themselves 'weredragons' in an attempt to alleviate the brutal, predatory image humans held of them.
Today, vampires and weredragons are still enemies, but a long-term truce is in effect, enforced by the Inter Racial Council. Both continue to live secretly among humans, and only rarely cross paths.
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Under-Gods By Azure Boone Paranormal Romance
At twenty years old, Levi strikes a deal with God. In exchange for saving his mother's life, Levi commits to living celibate. Soon, supernatural events land him in Heaven in order to help a beautiful girl journey through Hell. They have two weeks to make it back to Earth to prevent an important and mysterious old man from dying. The demons of the dark realm are no match for the the Under-Gods that lead them on their perilous quest, until they discover Levi's secret: he has fallen in love. And that is one broken vow they will use to destroy them both.
The Devil Wants A China Doll By Azure Boone Paranormal Romance
If you're a lover of Paranormal Romance, written in a first person dark hero voice, check this one out!
Rone Kreed wants Sheeku in every way imaginable. Which is kind of impossible when possessed with a demon who devours souls with a kiss and spreads eternal damnation through his seed. But Sheeku has a power that protects her from the demon's sadistic intoxicant, tempting Rone to play ever closer to the fires of her innocent, yet demanding desires. When he learns that protecting her from her insane mafia family will require his hand in marriage, exorcism becomes imperative. Because he's one sweet beg away from surrendering to the woman he's fallen in love with, and giving the demon her angelic soul.
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Dark Rone 2: Married To The Devil By Azure Boone Paranormal Romance
Rone Kreed managed to keep Sheeku from a forced marriage to her abusive cousin by offering his own hand instead. The only problem is, he’s in love with her and can’t say no to her sweet demanding desires. Sheeku has a power that protects her from his demon's sadistic intoxicant, but his desire is the doorway his demon uses to possess women. If he gives in, it will ultimately bind her soul to Hell.
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Johnny Blue by Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
A beautiful Cajun woman seeking penance for her children’s death, steps out of her shell and helps a bum.
Jewel puts ten years of therapy to use by playing Good Samaritan one day. Overhearing the town boys talk about pulling a prank on the bum who pushes his shopping cart around town painting murals on the tired country stores, she decides to warn him.
At the rundown building where the bum seems to stay, she's shocked to be greeted with a clean shaven man wearing only jeans, a compelling smile, and endless sex appeal. Jewel is suddenly like a bumbling teenager with hormones she’d thought were destroyed by her abusive ex.
When Johnny meets Jewel and sees that her beauty is far more than skin deep, he can't resist answering the need so plain in her eyes. But surrendering to Johnny’s fiery love will mean releasing the guilt of her past sins that refuse to let her live.
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Tight Spaces by Kenra Daniels Erotic Romance Novella that is in the process of being re-written to become Erotic Paranormal Romance! Book 1 in the "Double Dare Club" series of Erotic Paranormal Romance Novellas
A lonely woman goes dancing with friends to kick the Bad Breakup Anniversary Blues. Her fantasy-man is willing to help, until her lowlife ex ambushes him.
With the first anniversary of the messy break up of a long-term relationship bearing down, Amy has the blues. When her friends suggest an evening at the Double Dare, she reluctantly agrees to go along. She doesn't do the casual sex thing, but it'll be good to spend time with her friends.
Seeing Jesse at the Double Dare immediately cheers her up. She's fantasized over him for months. The evening gets more pleasant as they heat up the dance floor. Things go from hot to sizzling, until her ex shows up and confronts Amy in a low blow. Will his interference deter Jesse from continuing what could be the start of something wonderful?
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Don't miss "Double Dare Club 2: Open Door" coming Summer 2013!
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Don't miss Azure's "Broken" series!
Broken Desires by Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
Sofia follows a dare and sets an appointment with the hot gynecologist she's crushing on. After an embarrassing series of events, she feigns a diabetes attack, leaves his office and prays she never sees him again. Two days later, she meets him in the supermarket and he asks her to dinner.
Daniel deals with his dark past by pleasuring women. Very selective with who he chooses for his erotic games, his next available choice, Sofia, doesn't measure up to the kind of woman he needs. But with his options near zero, he decides to take a chance, and soon discovers that pleasuring Sofia opens a door to a rewarding new desire.
Broken Lies By Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
Dr. Daniel Fletcher gives up his career as a gynecologist and goes into the cookie business with his beautiful fiance Sofia. But his dark past refuses to stay buried when his sweet Sofia reunites him with his long lost brother Seth who can't keep his eyes off of his soon to be bride. Daniel is sure Seth is a fraud and a con and plans to prove it then kick him out of their lives. But Daniel isn't the only one with a dark past, and Seth's threatens to crush what is already broken.
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Akira Tong For Christmas by Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
If you like funny heroines and sexy Asian men, check out Azure's Christmas novella! (I had a blast writing this one)
At twenty-four, Sarah Shelby twiddles her thumbs on a Mississippi farm while her identical twin, Anna, parades the world as a
prestigious Tour Guide. But when her sister falls ill and her job is on the line, Sarah sees an opportunity for an adventure she's often fantasized about. Ecstatic, she sets off for New York City where she'll impersonate her sister as a tour guide, and spend two weeks at an extravagant hotel at Christmas time!
Things quickly take a disastrous turn when Sarah learns she'll have to stay in the same suite with her assignment, Akira Tong. One of Japan's richest bachelors and heart throbs, the obnoxious scrooge has no respect for her or her carefully laid out itinerary. And without the cheat sheet, she's sure to blow her facade.
But that turns out to be the least of her problems. Akira strutting around half naked in his god-like body, lights Sarah's hormonal fuse. Soon she's a sexual time bomb, saying and doing scandalous things. Before long, having the sexy Akira Tong as her first is all she can think about. Only there's a lot more to Akira than Sarah perceives. And by the time she discovers the secret, it's a lot more than a job that's on the line.
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Meet Me By Azure Boone Erotic Romance Novella
Tasha feels safe in her online affair. Plus she’s broken no hard moral rules. But that all changes when her cyber lover types those two forbidden words: Meet Me.
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And you CAN'T miss Book 1 in the "Archangels Creed" series!
Summon Kassern by Azure Boone and Kenra Daniels Paranormal Romance. The first book in the incredible "Archangels Creed" series!
Twelve Archangels.
Twelve couples.
Twelve months.
Can they create the Holy Warriors needed to prevent the demon-spawned abominations from destroying the world?