The ursa trembled, though I was sure it was from pleasure rather than fear, and I confirmed that suspicion when I reached between his thighs and found his thick cock hard as a rock and weeping at the tip.
I gripped him firmly and stroked while Rohan trailed his tongue between his cheeks, tickling his opening with both forked tips until Keagan groaned, then penetrating him briefly and leaving behind a glistening pool of dragon saliva.
“He is ready for you,” Rohan rumbled, his golden eyes fixed on Keagan’s ass. “I’d like to see this,” he added. He responded to Deva’s whimpers by speeding up, but kept his gaze on us.
I grabbed both Keagan’s muscular ass cheeks in my hands and swept a thumb along the slippery cleft. The dragon’s saliva had done its job, lubricating Keagan well, and I easily slid two fingers into him, my pulse spiking at the gasp he let out against Deva’s throat.
“Just fuck me,” he said, glaring at me over his shoulder as he clung to her.
My cock throbbed at the tight hold he had on my fingers, and when I pulled out, I positioned my cock at his opening and slammed in fast. Brilliant stars exploded behind my eyes with the pleasure of that first thrust, and though he and I hadn’t melded in a while, my own ass tingled as though I were experiencing the pleasure from his side too.
Was this what sharing Deva’s soul was like? If so, sex going to be an adventure from now on.
I held still for a second, regaining my bearings before grabbing Keagan’s shoulders for leverage to begin moving again. He groaned against Deva’s neck, and she echoed the sound as Rohan began fucking her hard once again.
“Holy fuck, that’s good,” Keagan said, looking over his shoulder at me as I pulled out and slammed back in. His ass flexed around me, pulling me deep and squeezing me before loosening as I slid back out.
The tight squeeze of his ass sent me spinning, pleasure building fast and hot. He pushed back against me, meeting each thrust and still somehow managing to slide his hand between Deva’s thighs to toy with her clit. Her gorgeous, writhing body was a feast for the eyes, especially the sight of Rohan’s enormous cock sliding in and out. He seemed too big for comfort, yet her beautiful pussy took every inch, squeezing him and coating him with her juices.
While Keagan teased her clit, Bodhi moved up to her other side and wrapped his hand around the dragon’s dick, his gaze fixed on where the enormous shaft penetrated her. He held on for a moment before releasing Rohan and turning his gaze to Deva’s face. He cupped her cheek with one hand and pressed his mouth to her ear.
I realized with a jolt that he was singing to her, and somehow the music encouraged her to stop fighting her bonds. She smiled back at him, a languid, lazy look in her eyes as she joined her voice with his. The song carried a rhythm not too different from the resonant grunts of the dragon, or me and the ursa as we all fucked. She only faltered to cry out as she climaxed yet again, taking Rohan over the edge with her.
Rohan slipped out of her, shrinking to his human form and falling back into the water, a bloody hand held over his throat. “You’re up,” he said, looking at Bodhi as he tried to staunch the red tide seeping from his wound.
“My pleasure,” Bodhi said.
He hooked one hand beneath her knee, sliding it down her calf to test the vines around her ankle. The tattoos on his chest shimmered in the dappled sunlight, and the vines seemed to respond to some unspoken command, loosening and lengthening enough for him to reposition her leg and push her onto her side, facing Keagan. Then he slipped in behind her and slid his hard cock deep into her dripping pussy, groaning a curse as he began to fuck her.
It made me realize that this tag-team behavior must have been borne from necessity over the past two weeks of having to satisfy her. They were well-prepared for this already. The only thing we were missing was the chocolate, but we had no choice but to make do with music and fucking today. We could fill her up with chocolate later.
It was Rohan’s turn to sing, and he stood in the water for a few minutes doing just that, his voice hoarse from the roar he’d emitted when he came. Keagan joined in, my rhythmic fucking only serving as a beat to their song.
He kept it up until Bodhi reached across Deva’s stomach and took Keagan’s stiff cock in his hand. Keagan’s song trailed off into a curse, then a groan as he bucked back into me and came, white ribbons of semen shooting across Bodhi’s hand.
I gripped the back of his neck hard, holding him hostage for a few moments longer. Clutching his hip with my other hand, I slammed into him, gritting my teeth as my own climax barreled through me, my seed pumping into him in thick gouts.
I stumbled back, falling against the root of the tree and watching as Keagan lowered himself into the water between Deva’s legs to hungrily lap at her pussy as Bodhi fucked her. When they had enough breath for it, they sang to her, and I finally had the presence of mind to regain my human form and join in, relaxing when she seemed to respond to our serenade.
With Keagan’s tongue between her thighs, she came again. This time when the tremors of her climax rippled through her body, she shifted, her skin regaining its warm brown tone and her enormous antlers receding. The vines slipped away from her limbs on their own, leaving behind a wet and exhausted-looking young woman tangled between two lovers.
Her eyelids fluttered open and she found me instantly. “I’m sorry,” she said with a chagrined look. “But I have a feeling you knew that would happen.”
I took a step toward her. “Don’t apologize. You were beautiful. And that is probably not the last time that will happen. These three clearly knew what to do.”
Keagan propped himself on one elbow and swiped a hand over his jaw, flexing it as if it were sore. “It’s worth it to feel that much fucking power. Holy shit, I feel like I could move mountains now, even if I can’t feel my tongue.”
Deva winced and reached for him. “You know I don’t want to hurt you guys.”
“It’s all right, angel,” Bodhi said. “We’ve got him to help now.”
“Yeah, but you’ve also got to deal with that creature I can turn into now.” She pushed up into a seated position and beckoned to Rohan. “Baby, come here and let me heal you.”
“It’s nothing I can’t handle,” he insisted, but came toward her anyway and dropped his hand at her urging. I hissed at the deep gouge that ran the length of his neck, and Deva looked like she might cry. Rohan took her shaking hand in his and kissed it.
“It was worth it. Remember, I’m yours. I’m marked by you, so the only way to kill me is with your fire. Just don’t channel your dragon when you’re in that state and we’ll be fine.”
He pulled her into his arms and she went, sighing against him and exhaling healing smoke at the same time. The wound closed easily and she relaxed, slipping naked into the water and looking around at us.
“I’m honestly not even sure what we did worked,” she said.
“You have my soul,” I told her. “I’m sure of that.”
“That wasn’t our only goal, though.” She tilted her head up to the sky and closed her eyes, as though listening to the distant music from the revelry going on throughout the Haven. A moment later, four purple blurs appeared, shimmering into being at the water’s edge. The hounds looked around at us, tails wagging and tongues lolling the way they did when they had completed their tasks.
“Well, I’d say that was all pretty damn chaotic. Do you think it worked?” Keagan asked.
Deva smiled and hopped out of the water. The hounds darted off and she fell into step on the path behind them, my beautiful nymph trotting along naked through the trees.
“They’ve definitely found a trail,” she said. “Let’s see where it takes us!”
27
Llyr
We followed the hounds through the Haven’s winding trails, past grottos filled with writhing bodies and sheltered bungalows with food and revelers. Music filled the air, and when we traipsed past one house crafted from the trunks of several trees, we discovered a pair
of female turul singing while a gathering of nymphs played flutes.
With them were three familiar males who called out my name as we passed by. I glanced over my shoulder as I ran, not wanting to fall behind Deva and the hounds.
“Kyril, brother,” I said when the three fell into step behind me. “No time to chat right now.” I nodded at Theo and Dorian who flanked him. All three were drenched in the aroma of sex, and it wasn’t only nymphs I scented on them, either.
“We heard a rumor and hoped you’d confirm it for us,” Theo said. “Is it true your chimera is finding soul mates for the higher races now? Has she taken over for Fate?”
“Not just the higher races!” Deva called back. She’d paused on the path, the hounds gathered around her. She looked up at me, her brows raised. “I don’t think they’re leading us out of the Haven. Not that I’d expect to find Chaos a mate in the human world, but I think we’re going deeper in. There isn’t an exit this way, is there?” she asked, glancing at my fellow Thiasoi with a smile.
Kyril’s mouth dropped open and his eyes widened. “Did you just say what I think you said? You’re finding Chaos a mate?”
“Yes. Though I haven’t taken over for Fate by any means. We have an agreement.”
“Well, if part of your agreement is taking you this direction, you’re going to be disappointed. The only thing up this path is the Diviner’s cave, and she doesn’t exactly see eye to eye with Fate. I didn’t think Chaos did, either.”
Dread sank into my gut as I realized Kyril was right about the direction we were headed. Deva frowned and stared farther up the path. The hounds had moved ahead and looked back impatiently.
“This doesn’t have anything to do with Fate,” she said. “Kind of the opposite.”
She turned toward the hounds, more subdued now, and our deeper bond gave me a clear sense of her apprehension.
“You’ve never visited the Diviner before, have you?” I asked, closing the distance between us.
“No, but I need to see this through. Maybe she knows how to find what we’re looking for. That must be it, if the hounds are leading us this way.”
My Thiasoi brothers all shared dubious looks. Ahead of us, Bodhi asked, “Who is this Diviner person, anyway? Should we be worried?”
“That depends on her mood, really,” I said. “Last time I visited her, she was practically cuddly, but normally she’s the creature who metes out justice among our race. I’ve experienced that side of her too, and it isn’t exactly pleasant.”
Rohan shot Bodhi a grim look. “Sex torture, as I understand it. Not that different from what the Dragon Council does to dragons who break our laws. You’d enjoy it, but you’d also be damn glad when it was over and think twice about repeating whatever you did wrong.”
“That isn’t all she does,” Deva said. “She’s like an Oracle. She knows things.” She sounded worried now, moving forward at a less enthusiastic pace.
“Yeah, but she makes you pay for the information with orgasms, whether you like it or not,” Dorian said without a hint of amusement. “She’s part dragon, part nymphaea, and always hungry for energy. You don’t go in there without being willing to pay the price for whatever answers you seek.”
“You guys don’t have to go in,” Deva said. “This is my mission.”
“If you’re going in, I’m going in,” I said, giving the other men a challenging stare.
“We can all go,” Kyril said. “If there are enough of us, maybe it won’t be so bad for Deva. I just want to know why we’re doing it. What’s this about finding Chaos a mate?”
Deva sighed and fell into step at the front of the group again, walking more slowly now with the hounds gathered ahead of her.
“We made a deal with Chaos when he learned I’m capable of doing Fate’s job. Fate won’t find him a mate, so he asked me to in exchange for making sure Fate doesn’t harass me or the bloodline anymore.”
“Fate already agreed to leave the bloodline alone,” Keagan said. “You don’t have to do this.”
“Do I have a choice?” she asked. “I’m pretty sure I don’t want to piss Chaos off, even if I don’t need his help. And I don’t think I can count on Fate not to change the rules. I’d rather stay in both their good graces. There’s also the little matter of the promise I made to Fate. I need to get Chaos to help with that if I can, and that won’t happen if I don’t follow through with this.”
I grimaced at the reminder, shaking my head at Kyril’s questioning look. “You really don’t want to know.”
“What I want is to make sure your girl can do her job. I’ve got a vested interest.”
I arched a brow. “What the fuck do you mean?”
“He means we want her to find us mates,” Dorian said. “We tried Fate, and the bitter asshole basically told us to fuck off. It seems we’re tainted by our link to her.”
He pointed at Deva, his gaze melting a little as he took in her warm brown skin and shining black hair falling in damp ropes down her back. It only served to accent the gorgeous globes of her ass as she trotted ahead with her hounds. I couldn’t begrudge him the moment to admire her, especially because I knew she was mine now.
“Do you remember the story about Ouranos and Fate?” I asked, shooting my brothers a sidelong glance. Ahead of me, Keagan, Rohan, and Bodhi looked back, each of them sharing the same grim expression. They’d heard the story already, and from Fate itself.
Kyril winced. “Yeah, and so the turul are cursed . . . ”
“Were cursed!” Deva shot back at us. “We tricked Fate into breaking the curse. I agreed to ask Chaos to help us get even with Ouranos for what he did to Fate. We’re trying to restore the cosmic balance.”
“But you need to hook the fella up with a mate before you can ask for a favor, huh?” Theo asked.
“Yes. And I will happily help you guys, if you help me out here.”
She had to raise her voice over the roar of the enormous waterfall we arrived at that concealed the entrance to the Diviner’s lair. She stared up at the water, then turned to face the rest of us.
My entire body heated at the sight of her standing on the wet rock jutting out over the pool at the base of the falls. The faint, misty spray coated her skin, making it glisten like sun-kissed bronze.
“You’re one lucky bastard, you know that?” Kyril said under his breath. “Even though you have to share her with them.” He stepped forward and added in a louder voice, “Whatever you need, sweetness.”
I smacked him on the shoulder. “Don’t call her that.”
He grinned at me. “I guess you’re the one who would know how sweet she is, huh?”
“What the fuck is up with them?” Keagan asked, forestalling my urge to punch my brother in the face. I turned in the direction the ursa was pointing. One of the hounds was spinning in circles, chasing its tail.
“Up with who?” Theo asked.
“The fate hounds. You can’t see them, but we can,” I said absently. I was too perplexed by the four creatures’ behavior to detail their existence. I was also at a complete loss to explain their strange actions, even to myself.
Blaze was busy trying to catch his tail. Boots had apparently sniffed out something very interesting in the dirt beside the path and was frantically digging. Jimi had parked himself on the rock at Deva’s feet, licking himself like there was no tomorrow. And Jewel was howling into the sky. They’d apparently forgotten their mission, which was entirely unlike them.
“Deva?” I asked, looking at her. She shook her head and stared back at me.
“I don’t know. They’re not responding to me at all right now.”
A beam of sunlight shot through the canopy above. Particles of mist hung motionless in the air, refracting a million rainbows. The sound of the water didn’t exactly stop so much as it became fragmented. I could suddenly hear every molecule hitting the rocks underneath the falls, and somewhere deep inside that cave, I heard a woman’s voice singing a song so beautiful it hurt my ears.
“You may want to plug your ears, boys. That song is for me,” Chaos said.
28
Deva
“Mr. Chase?”
I scrambled down from the wet rock, irritated when Llyr blocked my path, the other three Thiasoi closing ranks beside him.
“What are you doing here?” Llyr asked. “Deva’s making good on her promise to you. You don’t need to be here.”
“On the contrary, this is exactly where I need to be, because Deva did make good on her promise. I won’t apologize for keeping tabs on your progress, but you’ve done well.”
Heat prickled in my cheeks, and for the first time since leaving the Source, I was overcome with self-consciousness. I exhaled a quick breath to wrap myself in a sarong and pushed between Llyr and Kyril, staring up into the eyes of Chaos himself.
“I think you’re interfering with their magic,” I said, glancing around at the misbehaving hounds. “You really shouldn’t be here right now. We need to talk to the Diviner to find out where to go next, so if you want me to find you a mate, please just go.”
He held up a hand, shushing me, and tilted his head toward the waterfall. I frowned, but could easily make out the music coming from beyond the water. It seemed to be harmonizing with the strange rhythm of the waterfall itself and the rustling of the breeze through the trees. I looked at Chaos expectantly, and he closed his eyes and sighed.
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