by KA Young
“He wants me. I could feel it. The draw coming from him was almost as strong as the one that comes from you. It frightens me.” I shivered, remembering how it felt when he touched me.
Eli’s hold on me tightened. “He will never get you! I promise you that.” He repositioned us from sitting to lying and pulled the covers over us. “You’re tired. Rest, things will be clearer in the morning.”
This was becoming too comfortable too quickly and I wanted to know how that was possible. “Eli, how are we this comfortable with each other? It confuses me.”
“Nephilim are drawn to one another. We need this kind of connection to be healthy, to be whole.” He changed the subject. “You said Nyoka provoked you, how?”
“He said he killed Joe.”
I could feel him nod. “What else did he tell you?”
I thought about it for a minute. “He said he could tell I hadn’t given myself to him yet. Did he mean you?” I held my breath, awaiting his response.
“I suppose he meant your future mate,” he replied calmly. “All of us are fated to one mate. It is the way of our people.”
I felt him pull me to him more. I looked up into his face and his eyes were glowing again as he changed the subject once more.
“You will go nowhere alone,” he commanded. “You will be with me or another warrior at all times.”
I sat up. Talk about mood swings. PMS had nothing on this guy.
“I’m not going to be a prisoner here, Eli. I will come and go as I please. I will learn to defend myself, not rely on someone else. I thought that’s why I was training with Torch in the first place.”
“It is, but you are nowhere near ready to protect yourself. Look what happened tonight. I can’t keep myself focused if I am constantly worrying about you.”
“Who the hell do you think you are? I should have never allowed you to talk me into coming here. You think you control everyone and everything. Well, I got news for you. I’m out of here!”
I threw the covers back and started to get out of bed, but Eli grabbed me and pulled me on top of him, my legs straddling his torso. I felt him hard underneath me.
Great! A man turned on by a strong woman. He licked his lips. Dammit, why did I have to find this man so sexy? I was trying to make a point. Apparently, he was, too.
His massive hands went to either side of my head, pulling my face to his. His tongue was in my mouth and my hips were involuntarily grinding down on him. God, he felt good. I could think of nothing, but wanting him, needing him. I was an addict and he was my drug. He put his hands down the waistband of my shorts, palming my ass, speeding up our rhythm as I rode him. I ripped my shirt over my head, tearing it a little.
My nipples were erect and flushed, begging for attention. I clutched his head to my chest. He groaned, taking one ripe bud into his mouth. Something was happening… I felt needs like I never had before. I ached so deeply, it pained me.
“Eli, please…” he flipped me over, yanking off my shorts. He kissed his way down my body, teasing me. I whimpered, I couldn’t take much more. I needed release. Eli sensed the urgency that was building in me and buried his face in the apex of my thighs. I tore at the sheets with my hands. He was devouring me with every lick of his tongue and every suck of his mouth. I was getting so close to orgasm. I grabbed his head and ground my flesh harder against his tongue. His eyes were filled with lust as he watched me. I exploded, climaxing harder than I ever thought possible. He did it to me again and again until I lost count of how many times I came.
Eli came up beside me tugging me to him, our bodies’ slick with sweat. I ran my hand down and rubbed his dick on top of his pants. He thrust himself twice into my hand then reached down and dragged my hand up to his lips, kissing my palm.
“That’s enough for tonight, love. You’re exhausted; you needed to come. Your body is changing. You are becoming one with your inner warrior; it makes you crazed with lust. We all go through it, but yours is a little more intense because you’re changing a little later than most. If you push yourself, it will make the transition harder.”
I didn’t argue. He was right. I was more than a little tired and he had given me just what I needed. I threw my leg over him and relaxed in his embrace.
“Sleep, my love. You are safe, I vow it to you. No harm will come to you this night or any other. Nyoka will pay for the pain he caused you."
Chapter 7
True to his word, Eli kept me shadowed by someone at all times. For the past few weeks, the only time I had to myself was in the bathroom. I couldn’t even sneak away and talk with Elise.
Eli was busy most of the day, every day. I knew it had to do with Nyoka, though everyone was hush-hush about the whole thing. I knew he warned them not to talk about it around me which pissed me off. At night, Eli would come to my bed where he tried to reassure me that all was well. Then he would distract me from my questions with sexual favors. I’m ashamed to say it worked most nights. He never entered me, although we came close many times. I knew he was being careful. He was as worried about the mating bond as I was.
I trained hard, working with Torch seven to eight hours a day. I found a place within myself that already knew how to fight and learned to lose myself in the flame. Every hurt, every sorrow, and every bit of guilt that I felt for what I was doing with Eli, I fed into my flame. That caused my flame to burn hotter and last longer. I was getting stronger and faster every day. My body was leaner and I had developed muscle tone, something I never had before. I forgot about everyone and everything, but the battle that was coming for me. I planned to kill Nyoka and every yetzer hara I came across.
After weeks of constant training, I walked into the gym, full of confidence and ready to test my limits.
“Let’s spar, Torch.” I faced him with determination.
He threw his head back and laughed. “You think you’re strong enough to take me on now, do you?”
I knew I wasn’t stronger than he, but in learning to control my flame, I had gained the knowledge that I was faster. The warrior inside the flame gave me confidence as she became one with me.
“You’re not afraid, are you?” I winked at him and then walked over to the wall, taking two sparring sticks off the rack, and tossed one to Torch. I sauntered back over to him, swaying my hips.
I was becoming a confident woman and a force to be reckoned with. Before he could respond, I attacked, setting up high before striking low with my rod. This was my first mistake. I should have waited for him to advance first, since he was bigger and stronger. He deflected, attempting to take my legs out from under me, so I jumped high, my feet almost reaching the top of his head before he landed a blow to my back. Pain radiated down my spine, but I took it in; it was fuel to my fire.
I kept in mind the three basic rules of fighting: release energy, reserve energy, and regenerate energy. I roundhouse kicked and he stumbled backwards. I smiled. We fought for what felt like half an hour before he finally pinned me to the mat. I promptly pushed my breasts into his chest and moaned. As he pulled back, looking startled, I slowly reached down and unsheathed the dagger that I had strapped to the inside of my thigh then ran the hilt of the dagger across his neck.
“Dead,” I laughed as he rose off me. “Never underestimate the power of boobs, Torch.” I heard the sound of laughter and looked around, unaware that we had an audience. There was a group of warriors standing in the corner, waiting for their turn in the gym.
I stood, smiled, and took a little bow in their direction. Torch scoffed, lifted both his hands, shot them all a double bird, and walked out the door. The warriors howled with laughter while shouting smack as he continued down the hall without looking back. It was the most fun I had been able to have since arriving here. I was starting to understand these guys.
Later that night, when I got out of the shower, I didn’t get dressed. Instead, I just wrapped a towel around myself. I had been waiting all week for Van to be on guard duty, but I needed to make sure there wasn’t
a change in schedule so I opened my door. There he was, right on time. I put on the sexiest smile I could muster. I had sent word to Elise to meet me in my room after she was finished with dinner. I was going to need both Elise and him to execute my plan to get out of here tonight.
I was starting to feel like a prisoner. I knew that my sister along with Dan must think something awful had happened to me and, as much as I believed that Eli was right about not drawing attention to Jules or her family, I still owed it to her to let her know I was alive. I felt confident I could defend myself and her against a threat, if need be. I intended to be careful so I wouldn’t have to, though. Elise came walking up and I waved at her while I leaned against the doorway.
“Hey, Anna, Van, how are you guys tonight?” Elise’s face was full of suspicion.
Van’s eyes were glued to me in my towel. I let it drop just a little in the front, and then pulled it back up.
I shielded my thoughts. Since Van was Eli’s cousin, I wasn’t sure if he could hear my thoughts like Eli could. “Van, Elise and I are going to need a few minutes.”
He stood up straight, assuming his warrior stance. “I’m sorry, Anna, but orders are that you must remain in my sight at all times except when showering or changing.”
I yawned and stretched, arching my back theatrically in the process. “Right, and as you can see, I just got out of the shower. I’m about to be in the process of changing. Elise is going to come in and talk to me while I get dressed.” Elise followed me into the room as Van licked his lips; the guy was such a pervert.
“I’ll be right outside the door, should you ladies need any assistance.” Van winked and closed the door.
“What’s up with you? You’re being all flirty with Van,” Elise asked. I put my finger to my lips and pulled her into the bathroom with me.
“Elise, can Van hear my thoughts like Eli can?”
She shook her head. “No, his mother wasn’t of the same bloodline as his father.”
Good, at least I didn’t have to worry anymore about Van eavesdropping on my motives for tonight’s events.
“Take your clothes off; you can leave your bra and panties on if they’re sexy.”
“Uh, Anna, I like you and all, but this is NOT going to happen.” She giggled, not believing for a second that I was really after her body.
“I need your help to get out of here tonight because this whole situation is starting to get to me. That man is such a pervert that he can be led around by his dick and we are going to take advantage of that. We’re going to convince Van that we want a threesome with him.”
Elise burst out laughing and started taking her clothes off. I went back into the bedroom, threw on the white lace bra and panties I had arrived here in, and grabbed my half-packed bag from under the bed. I threw in my usual attire along with a pair of combat boots and quickly piled on some makeup, going heavy with the lip gloss.
“Anna, Eli is going to shit a chicken when this gets back to him,” she whispered as she followed me into the room. Leave it to Elise to paint that kind of picture. Yet, as I tossed her the lip gloss, she put it on, no questions asked. She was the best.
“Look, all you have to do is help me get to my car.” I was planning to dump it and “borrow” a new one at my first opportunity. “Although, I was also hoping that you could perform a cloaking spell so I could leave unnoticed.”
“Sure, I could perform that easily, but I can only keep it in place if I am with you. I won’t be able to hold it otherwise.”
“I’m not so sure that is a terrific idea. It could get you into serious trouble and…”
“Hell to the yes, I’m going with you.” Elise tucked the towel into her bra and placed her hands on her hips. “I don’t need your permission. Besides it’s going to take a lot more than a cloaking spell to get out of here undetected. They’ve trained me on wards; how to put them up, how to keep them in place, and how to remove them. My job is to assist warriors; you, my friend, are a warrior.” She was right, I would need her. Moreover, she had information about what was going on that I really wanted to know. Maybe I could get it out of her once we were away from here.
“Agreed.” I scooped her clothes up off the floor and pushed them under the bed.
Van knocked on the door. “You should be more than dressed by now, Anna. I need to keep a visual on you.”
“Just follow my lead, okay?” She nodded. “Go and lie down on the bed, Elise … and try to look sexy.”
“Try to look sexy? Who do you think you’re talking to? I don’t have to try; I am the essence of sexy.” Elise piled the pillows at the head of the bed, sprawled herself on top of them, and then she started twirling a strand of her dark hair as I went to open the door.
“Wait.” She pushed her boobs higher up in her bra. “Okay, now I’m ready.”
I slowly opened the door, allowing it to rest between my thighs. “Sorry it took so long, Van.” The words were barely out of my mouth before his eyes were bugging out of his head at the sight of me in my underwear. I ran a finger down his arm and when I reached his wrist, I took ahold of it and pulled him inside, closing the door behind us. When I leaned against the shut door as Elise waved at him from the bed, Van gaped from me to Elise and back to me again. I pushed off the door then leaned into his side, pressing my breasts against him as I nudged him over to the bed.
“Van, Elise and I have this fantasy we thought you could help us out with.” He stopped, resisting further nudges from me, a few inches from the bed.
“Ladies.” A seductive, smug smile played across his lips. “I am more than flattered, and as extremely hot as the situation is, Anna, babe, you are totally off limits.” I walked around him and crawled across the bed, being sure to stick my ass high in his face.
“You’re killin’ me, babe.” His hand went to his crotch as he adjusted himself. Elise, realizing that we were making progress, jumped right in.
“Oh come on, Van.” She went to her knees. Letting the towel fall, she walked across the bed to him on her knees and began rubbing up against his chest.
“Eli is tied up in meetings till midnight tonight. No one has to know.” When she pulled his head down and kissed him passionately, he finally relented. She released his head and pulled his shirt over his head. His hands went to her ass, groping her, but she removed them.
“Now, now, Van, this is our fantasy, remember?”
He smiled. “Use me for your pleasure.” I moved over to them and we positioned him at the top of the bed.
I whispered into Elise’s ear, explaining that it would be helpful if he were restrained. “You’re not opposed to bondage, are you, Van?”
I bit my bottom lip for effect as his lips parted while he pondered it for about two seconds. “Baby, with two of you, I’m not opposed to anything.”
Elise worked her magic and forced his arms open wide on the bed, rendering him utterly immobile. I began unbuckling his belt and, as my arm grazed the bulge in his pants, his hips launched off the bed.
“Elise, I think Van needs a little attention, don’t you?” I winked at her.
“I certainly do.” She straddled his stomach and began kissing his neck. When I made quick work of his pants, he was commando, of course; I felt Elise putting the restraints on his legs. Eli would be extremely pissed when he found Van totally naked and mystically tied to my bed.
“Van, what we are about to do to you next could cause you to get extremely loud. I’m going to have to put a magical gag ball in your mouth, so we don’t attract attention.” She was rubbing his face as she spoke to him. When he nodded with his eyes full of excitement, she magically placed it in and kissed him on the forehead.
“You’ve been great.” We both hopped off the bed. I pulled my backpack out from under the bed, grabbed my clothes and shoes, and tossed Elise hers. We dressed quickly with Van starring at us in shock then we walked out of the room.
“Oh my God, that was the most fun I’ve had since I got here! Did you see the look on
Van’s face?” Elise said, still laughing.
“Yeah, that was priceless.” I laughed along with her as we continued down the hall, carefully avoiding any warriors. We reached the wall exit where Eli brought me through over a month ago and I examined the key pad for a moment before Elise tapped me on the shoulder.
“Step aside, my friend. I totally got this.” Elise closed her eyes for about thirty seconds, punched a few numbers, and we were out.
“That’s it? No weird chants or potions?”
“Of course not, now make sure you stay right behind me. It’ll make it easier for me to cloak us both.”
When we reached the garage, my car was gone. “Shit!” I whispered. They got rid of my car. “Okay, okay, plan B. Just get us outside so I can figure out where we are.” Elise grabbed my hand, but nothing happened.
“Hold on, I remember now; they added extra wards. I’m going to have to close my eyes again. My concentration is a little off tonight. Don’t worry, though, I got it.” Elise closed her eyes once more, walking us right out into the night. I quickly scanned the area, immediately recognizing the area. Son of a bitch, Eli must have driven us around for a while to throw me off, which would’ve been an easy task since I was totally out of it the day he brought me here. We were two blocks from Joe’s office where they had a couple of company cars they kept for out-of-town clients and such. I would just have to break in and borrow a set of keys from Alana’s desk.
“Come on, stay close to me and let me know if you see anything strange.” I took off, jogging. God, it felt fantastic to be out in the night air. I hadn’t realized how much I missed it.
We made it to the square and Joe’s office with no problems. I took us around back where the attorneys came and went when they didn’t want to be seen. Now we just needed to get in and get the hell out without setting off any alarms.
“Elise, are we still cloaked?”
“Of course, we are. Well, pretty sure anyway. I’ll do it again for good measure.” She nodded at me. “We’re good!”