“I tried that once. He ignored me.”
Play upon the demon’s pride. He won’t be able to ignore the insult. Just be prepared for him not to fight fair.
“All right. I have Kenna here with me, is there anything you can do to protect her from the demon?”
I know she’s there. I can also feel her fear. There’s no need to be afraid, Kenna. Tor needs you in his life to make it complete. He loves you just as much as you love him, though you can’t see past your fear to believe that you still do. I’ll fix that. Anubis fell silent, and Kenna stiffened beside Tor. It only lasted a matter of seconds, then the god spoke again. As for your request to protect Kenna from the demon, I can use a spell that will shield her against an attack from demon-kind, but it won’t extend to others with evil intent. As you know, my abilities aren’t as powerful as some of the other gods.
“It’ll be enough,” Tor said. “I just want her protected from the demon.”
It’s done. Anubis’ presence faded away.
Tor turned to Kenna, expecting to see her fear still visible on her face. What he wasn’t prepared for was for her to throw herself into his arms and cling to him. He closed his eyes and tucked her head under his chin and returned her embrace. He felt as if he could finally take a deep breath since Kenna had seen him in his half-human and half-jackal form.
Kenna clung tightly to Tor. Her fear of him was gone, taken away by Anubis. Without it threatening to take her over, she was able to think clearly again. The god had also shown her how Tor had lived his life all these millennia, starting with the day he’d taken his vow to become one of Anubis’ warriors. That had been particularly hard to see. Tor had been so close to death. Seeing him bloody, barely clinging to life, had been gut-wrenching.
And Tor had been alone for so very long. Living among mortals, keeping his distance since their lifespans were short compared to his. Not once had he tried to form any attachments. That is until he’d stumbled across her. She’d seen the night in the Luxor parking lot through his eyes. Had seen how taken he’d been with her, and how he hadn’t wanted to wipe her memory, but had known he hadn’t any choice. And also how Tor hadn’t been able to stay away from her in the end.
The love she felt for him was as strong as ever now that her fear no longer clouded it. She loved this ancient immortal warrior with all her heart. Walking away from him wasn’t an option. Kenna also wanted the brief flash of her future with Tor that Anubis had given her.
She pulled back in Tor’s arms and stared at him. “I can accept all of this now.”
“You can?”
“As Anubis said, he fixed me. He took my fear away. If he hadn’t, I don’t know if I would have been able to get past it.” She met his gaze. “Then I would have missed out on the best thing that has ever happened to me—you. I love you as much as I did before I found out what you were.”
Tor crushed her in his embrace and kissed her as if there was no tomorrow. She returned it, pouring all the love she had for him into it. He pulled away once he had her pussy wet and aching for him to fill it. His cock was hard, pressed against her stomach.
“I need you again,” Tor said huskily. “And I promise you I’ll do everything in my power to keep you happy. I’ll always love you. You do make me complete.”
“And I want you. Make love to me.”
He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. He took his time taking her clothes off, kissing every inch of skin he bared. By the time he’d finished and stood as naked as she, Kenna was almost desperate for him, but she stopped him when he would have lifted her onto the bed.
With gentle lips, she kissed where each of the wounds he’d received on that battlefield had been. Last, she explored his chest, especially where Anubis had placed his mark on Tor. Without it and all it stood for, Kenna would never have met the man who now owned her heart.
“Let me love you,” she said as she took a step back.
In answer, Tor claimed her lips in a searing kiss before he climbed onto the bed, then lay on his back in the center of it. Kenna followed him and straddled his thighs. She lovingly ran her hands along his chest and down to his six-pack abs. Once she reached his cock, she wrapped her hand around it and pumped. Tor lifted his hips off the bed, pressing himself tighter into her hold.
Kenna bent her head and licked off the bead of pre-cum that appeared on the very tip of Tor’s cock. She moaned at the salty taste of him. Looking and seeing him watching her, she opened her mouth and took him inside. She sucked on him, taking him almost to the back of her throat. His shaft grew harder and he groaned, his gaze intently following her movements. In and out she took him, increasing the suction as he rocked against her.
“I love how you suck,” Tor said on a moan. “You’ll make me come, but I want to be inside you when I do that.”
And she wanted him deep inside her. Kenna released his cock, then shifted up his body until her pussy hovered over his erection. She lowered herself onto him. He easily slipped inside her wet pussy. He stretched and filled her. She panted as she took all of him, sheathing him to the base.
Placing her hands on his chest, Kenna rode Tor’s cock. She squeezed her inner muscles around him as he slid in and out of her. She took him so deep she couldn’t tell where she ended and he began. They fit each other perfectly. And Tor was all hers for eternity. Her eternal warrior. Her mate.
Tor lifted his head and sucked a nipple into his mouth. With each pull on the taut bud, Kenna’s body coiled tighter. She increased the pace she set, taking him harder and faster, moaning his name.
Her movements became jerky just as she fell over the edge. Her climax tore through her, intense and seeming to go on forever. Once it was over, Tor took hold of her hips and lifted her on and off him, arching up as he surged into her. His face was set in a mask of male need as he strained for his own release. When he came, he growled and thrust so hard into her, he lifted her knees off the bed.
Out of breath, feeling delicious aftershocks, Kenna collapsed onto Tor’s chest. His heart thundered under her ear. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.
Once she could breathe normally again, Kenna lifted her head and kissed Tor’s chin. “It’s a good thing we have an eternity together, because I don’t think I’ll ever get my fill of you.”
He chuckled and tucked her hair behind her ear. “I won’t complain about that, considering I feel the same way when it comes to you.” Tor sobered. “Are you really sure you’re okay with all this?”
She nodded. “I know you didn’t have any control. That you tried to fight the demon but lost. Anubis showed me.”
“What else did he show you?”
“Your life from the day you gave him your vow to the present. I now feel as if I’ve known you forever. And probably better than if I’d learned about you in the regular way.”
Tor ran the backs of his fingers along her cheek. “Then I guess I’d better thank Anubis the next time I talk to him.”
“So are you really going to try to take on the demon tonight?”
“Yes. The more time that goes by the more of a threat he’ll become. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if something happened to you.”
“Just promise me you’ll be careful. I don’t want to see you hurt, even though you are immortal and heal really fast.”
He smiled. “I’ll do my best. Don’t worry, tonight I’ll send the demon back to the underworld to face Anubis. And I promise I’ll be careful.” Tor rolled and took Kenna to her back with him on top of her. “Enough talk about the demon. It’s my turn to love my mate.”
Feeling Tor’s cock harden inside her pussy, Kenna gave herself over to him and the pleasure she knew he’d give her.
Chapter Eight
Kenna checked the pots she had cooking on the stove. After their last bout of lovemaking, Tor and she had come downstairs to see what was in the fridge and pantry. As promised, Kenna was going to cook dinner for Tor.
She soon discovered that a tri
p to the grocery store wouldn’t be needed since Tor had picked up a lot of the ingredients she’d used earlier that day. She’d decided to make spaghetti. The sauce came out of a jar, but Kenna added sausage and mushrooms to it.
The pasta done cooking, she drained it and put some on two plates before topping it with sauce. Tor already sat at the island, drinking a beer. She also had one. Kenna had liked the idea that she could drink as much as she wanted and never get drunk. And really liked it that she could eat whatever she wanted and not have to worry about getting as big as a house. Immortality did have its advantages.
She placed a plate of spaghetti in front of Tor before she set hers next to him, then came around the island to sit on the stool beside his. “I know it isn’t as fancy or exotic like what you made yesterday, but it should taste good. At least I think it does.”
Tor picked up his fork, twirled some pasta on it, then put it in his mouth. He chewed and swallowed. “It’s good. I like pasta.”
While they ate they talked about moving her things out of her apartment to the house. Then the topic of her working at the Luxor came up.
“I’m going to have to quit, aren’t I?” she asked, not sure how she felt about that.
“Not right now if you don’t wish to, though I’d prefer you did. It’s your choice, but keep in mind you will have to eventually. You’re immortal now. You won’t ever age. At some point one of your coworkers will notice. It depends on whether or not you want to make the break now or wait until more years have gone by.”
Tor did have a point. And if she continued to work during the day, and Tor still had to go out hunting evildoers by night, they wouldn’t see each other all that much. And after her recent night shift at the hotel, Kenna knew she didn’t want to work those hours again.
“All right,” she said. “I’ll give them my two weeks notice. I’m not going to leave them in the lurch. The only person I can see who would be upset by it will be my good friend, Nick. He’s a blackjack dealer. And I can’t see how I’ll be able to cut him out of my life so abruptly without him thinking something is going on. I usually tell him everything.”
“Well, you can’t tell him about this. If you do Anubis wouldn’t like it at all. He wants mortals to have no knowledge of his warriors’ existence.”
“I know. I’ll just have to think of something when it comes to Nick. I want to keep him as a friend for as long as I can, which means I want to introduce you to him.”
Tor nodded. “I’d be more than happy to meet this friend of yours. I don’t expect you to cut all ties you have in your life. You do realize you’ll eventually have to make a break from your family as well.”
Kenna shrugged. “That’s not a biggie. My mom died when I was about ten. My dad remarried a few years after that and started a new family. We weren’t really close so he was more than happy when I was old enough to move out on my own. I talk to him about once a month and see him only on birthdays and Christmas. I doubt he’d care all that much if I just didn’t bother after a while.”
“I’m sorry to hear you’re not that close.”
“Don’t be. It doesn’t bother me, really. What about your parents? Do you remember them?”
“Of course. I may have been alive for thousands of years, but I remember what it was like growing up in Egypt. My parents were farmers. My brothers and I used to help with the land. I knew farming wasn’t going to be for me, so I took up the sword and joined the pharaoh’s army.”
“You never went back to see them after you became immortal. I saw that.”
“No, I didn’t. I thought it best if I stayed away, let them go on with the rest of their lives, let them believe I died on that battlefield.”
“Do you miss Egypt?”
“Sometimes, but I’m happy here. This is where Anubis wants me so this is where I’ll stay. I have no knowledge of the other warriors. He keeps us apart. We each live in different cities from one another. We all work alone.”
“That must suck.”
Tor chuckled. “I don’t mind.” He turned his head and looked out the window. “It’s starting to get dark. It’s almost time.”
Kenna knew what he meant. It was almost time for Tor to see if he could lure the demon here to fight him. She wasn’t thrilled with the whole idea, but Tor knew what he was doing. He was a skilled warrior and wasn’t exactly helpless. Tor also figured he’d shift into his other form at some point once the demon showed up. If evil forced the change on Tor then the demon would for sure have it happening. There was nothing more evil than that creature.
“I’m coming outside with you,” she said as she gathered up their plates and brought them to the counter.
“No, you’ll stay inside.”
Kenna turned to face Tor. “Who is to say I’ll be any safer in the house? Besides, Anubis used that spell on me that should protect me from any demon attack. So he shouldn’t be able to hurt me. I’m going to watch your back.”
“I’d feel better knowing you were out of the thick of things.”
“And I’d feel better if I was in it. I have to help protect you as much as you want to protect me. Our life forces are tied together. You go, I go. So I kind of have a vested interest in how well you do.”
“I don’t plan on losing to the demon.”
“Then my being outside with you shouldn’t be a problem.”
Tor stood and walked around the island to stand in front of Kenna. He cupped her face in his hands and brushed her lips with his. “Fine. You win. But you will do what I tell you. I don’t need to be distracted by worrying about you doing something you shouldn’t.”
“I promise.”
He nodded, then helped her wash up the dirty dishes and load the dishwasher. By the time they were finished it was full dark and Kenna was getting nervous. She just wanted this over and done with so Tor and she could move on with their new life together.
She followed Tor out to the backyard and stayed on the edge of the patio while he picked the ground he wanted to confront the demon on—the nice wide-open space of the expansive lawn away from the in-ground pool, which was as far as Tor allowed Kenna to stand.
Tor lifted his hand and a sword appeared in it. He then shouted, “Demon, show yourself.” Nothing happened. “What did you think sending an evildoer to my home would accomplish? If you thought it would throw me off my game, well, you’ll have to do better than that. Are you so weak that you must use mortals to do your dirty work?”
Still nothing. Kenna wondered if the demon had actually heard Tor and would show up. The minutes ticked by and she figured the creature was going to be a no-show. She stepped off the patio and walked toward Tor. She had a feeling they’d be going back inside the house.
“I don’t think the—” she started to say.
Kenna didn’t get a chance to finish her sentence when two men suddenly appeared out of thin air directly across from Tor. The one who held the man who struggled, trying to free himself, had eyes that glowed red. She came to a sudden standstill, knowing full well that had to be the demon. He shoved the man he held into Tor who grimaced.
Tor looked at her, and yelled, “Go inside the house! He brought an evildoer.”
She knew what that meant. Tor would be forced to deal with his prey first before he could think about taking out the demon. He wouldn’t be able to help himself. Even as Kenna spun around to run, Tor’s body took on the change to his other form.
She didn’t get very far before the demon appeared right in her path. Kenna came to a halt. Except for his glowing-red eyes, the creature would have passed as a normal, not-bad-looking man.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked as he sidled closer. Kenna took a step back for every one of his forward ones. “I’m going to have some fun with you while your mate is busy.”
So that had been the demon’s plan. Use the evildoer to distract Tor while the creature went for her. Kenna only had a few seconds to hope like hell Anubis’ spell worked. A sword appeared in the d
emon’s hand and he rushed her, moving faster than any mortal could.
The sword swung toward her. Instead of making contact with her, it bounced off some kind of invisible shield that surrounded her. No matter where the demon tried to strike, his blade couldn’t get through. He bellowed in outrage, attacking over and over again.
A streak of black slammed into the demon, pushing him away from Kenna. Tor, still in his half-human and half-jackal form, had come to her rescue. With the evildoer nowhere in sight, obviously taken care of, that left Tor able to focus solely on the demon.
Their swords met with a loud clang. Kenna kept her distance as Tor and the demon hacked at each other, looking for a way to land a strike. Tor handled his sword as if it was an extension of himself. And sadly, she had to admit the demon’s skill was pretty damn close to Tor’s.
The longer the sword fight dragged on the more Kenna felt her nerves trying to get the best of her. Both Tor and the demon had managed to get in a few good strikes, slicing into skin, but they healed very quickly, not slowing either one down.
Tor growled as he barely avoided a vicious cut that would have landed across his throat. Kenna’s heart threatened to beat out of her chest. Tor was immortal, but if he literally lost his head it was game over. For both of them.
With a bellow of his own, Tor launched a counterattack on the demon, hitting him faster and harder. The creature lost ground until one of Tor’s strikes landed true. His blade sliced across the demon’s stomach. It was deep enough to have him leaking like a sieve. The creature yelled in pain, his guard appearing to drop as he lowered his sword. Tor moved in and grabbed him by the throat, looking intently into the demon’s eyes. Kenna knew Tor would be pushing inside his mind.
The demon smiled. “That’s it, look into my eyes.” He then spoke under his breath in a language Kenna didn’t understand.
Tor stiffened before he let go of the demon to grab his head. He growled, the sound full of pain. He panted as he swung around in her direction, his sword raised.
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