Angelic Union (6 page)

“Harder, please, Marius, please.” He needed that hand that was playing with his balls to tighten just a bit. It would send him off the edge like nothing else. Erik’s hands went to Levi’s now sweat-slicked chest and ghosted across the pebbled nipples he found there. “Yes.

Yes, Erik.” The anticipation of what was to come made Levi just a little bit needier. Still, Erik and Marius continued to torment him, not letting him get the essential pressure he needed to orgasm.

“Now! Please, now!” he begged. He was almost to the point he’d start crying. He needed.
God
, he needed so much.

“Our baby needs us,” Marius said, his voice a guttural rumble of approval. He loved playing with him, the sadistic bastard.
My sadistic
bastard
.

Erik chuckled. “Looks that way.”

“Going to come for us, pretty baby?” Marius asked, squeezing the hand on his balls, increasing the pressure to just what he needed. Levi
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cried out, his cock swelling impossibly. Erik’s hands on his nipples twisted, instantly reddening the peaks. It was all it took to send Levi careening over the edge. He literally screamed then, mind blanking as he was thrown into a delicious abyss. Distantly he heard Marius’s shout of release, and then he was floating back down lazily into his body. He felt like pure liquid warmth.

His eyes were heavy as Marius withdrew from his body with a groan and Erik slid off the bed to no doubt fetch a towel in the bathroom.

“Love,” he said, unable to form any more coherent sentences than that.

Marius chuckled, his long hair forming a forest of white and green as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to Levi’s lips. “Love,” he returned, rubbing their noses together. “Sleep, baby. We’ll face things fresh in the morning.”

“You’ll try to like them?” he asked, already starting to doze.

“Yeah, baby, I’ll try.”

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None of them slept well that night. Keer opened his eyes and nearly groaned as his stiff muscles protested the waking. He’d listened intently as their mates had moved in their sleep, as restless as the Elites were in their tiny bedroom. Their presence really unnerved the three. Of course after they’d had sex loud enough that everyone in the room had a hard-on, it was no surprise that none of the Elites slept well. They had a damn good excuse. It was excessively hard to get some shut-eye when he had to listen to the men he wanted most having sex without him.

“We’ve got movement in the second bedroom,” Brax, also known as I.T. to those who knew him well, said from his place in the closet.

He had his iPhone out already, despite the obnoxiously early hour. He was probably Googling the nearest Starbucks. The man was addicted to coffee.

“Shut up, I.T.,” Keer groaned, rolling to his stomach.

“Just saying that we should get up and get moving if we plan to accompany the three of them to their home. They’ll probably try and book it while we sleep,” Brax said, fiddling with his phone some more.

“God, man, did you sleep at all?” Keer was the grouchiest out of the bunch, and he knew it.

“Angry Birds.”

“
What
?”

“I was up all night playing Angry Birds. It’s this free download game. Addicting as hell,” Brax said, not looking up. His dark-blue eyes were trained on the screen in his palm, his chocolate-brown hair
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falling into his face every time he dipped his chin too low. Brax was lucky that the Elites didn’t have a uniform code that dealt with hair.

“Angry Birds Space is pretty cool, too. I wanted it, but I didn’t know if it would be cool to purchase it.”
What the fuck ever. Weirdo.

“Axis, we’ve got movement. You want us to get up?” Keer asked, sitting up and nearly hitting his head on the desk he’d half laid under.

Damn. They really needed to get a bunk situation going when they got to their mates’ home. Jade and Axis stirred on the bed. Though Axis had offered to sleep on the floor, it was no place for their commander to rest nor his second, Jade. Keer had volunteered himself and Brax for floor duty.

“Yeah,” a groggy Axis said from the bed. He was not a morning person. Never had been. “Everyone get uniforms on and ready to—” A soft knock interrupted his sentence. Every Elite in the room inhaled sharply at the smell of nephilim and fallen on the other side of the door. Keer’s body gave a visceral reaction guaranteed to get him pummeled by the overprotective fallen if he saw it. Marius’s growling countenance was sexy.

It was Marius’s head that popped around the corner as the door was opened. “Hi,” he greeted. “Did I wake you guys?”

“We were just about to rise, Marius,” Axis rumbled, his black hair roughed up from a sleepless night. “Good morning.” Keer was surprised when Marius ducked through the door and his two lovers followed him. The smallest one, the pretty blond, Levi, closed the door behind them. Yesterday they’d been furious with them, treating them like plague. And today they were coming en masse into the room they’d stuck them in?

“Good morning,” Marius murmured. He still didn’t look thrilled, but at least he was tolerating the presence of the four of them. “I spoke with Uriel last night.” The mention of the archangel had Keer perking up. Heavenly interference was something that none of them had been expecting. They expected a much worse battle to their mating.

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“Oh? And what did Lord Uriel have to say?” Axis asked carefully.

Marius’s forest-green eyes were trained on Axis, but he shifted nervously. “That I can have redemption.”

Keer sucked in a breath. Redemption was excellent news for a fallen angel. It was an opportunity that was rarely granted to those who had fallen out of favor with the Archangels.

“That is wonderful news, Marius. I had hoped that the heavens would grant you that hope. You have watched your lovers diligently since the beginning of your journey together,” Axis said, the genuine warmth in his expression blazing like the sun.

Keer found it difficult to feel such happiness for the men who’d rejected them so thoroughly. His pride had been wounded by the scene at their wedding, especially since he hadn’t protested the wedding not including them to begin with. He’d supported his mates, been happy to stand by their side as they celebrated their love. Then they’d acted like they had viral plague when the angels had been assigned as their guardians. Marius had assumed their assignment to the threesome was only for the two nephilim. He’d been wrong.

Marius continued. “He said that I was supposed to join the Elites.”

“That is a matter for the seraphim,” Axis said. “Ours is not a volunteer order.”

“I am aware.” Marius sounded much surlier than he had the moment before.

Keer rolled to his feet and crossed his arms over his naked chest.

“If you’re aware, then you realize that what you’re saying sounds ridiculous.”

Keer blinked, and Archangel Uriel was standing in the middle of the room. Now that was unexpected.

“Not really. Considering that the seraphim sent me as a messenger.” Uriel inclined his head toward Marius. “So you’ve decided to join up with the Elites?”

Marius gave a curt nod.

“Good. And the rest?” Uriel asked.

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Marius nodded. “We’re considering it.”

“Ah. A proper courtship then? Excellent,” Uriel said cheerfully.

His eyes found Axis. “The rite is to be carried out upon arrival at Marius’s residence. I’m assuming you can perform it effectively?” Axis nodded. “Of course. If it is commanded, I can perform it.”

“I thought an Elite had to die and be resurrected?” Levi asked, fear in his voice.

Brax cut in from the closet. “It is typically how an Elite is chosen, but it is not the only way an Elite can be created. In theory there are other ways.”

“So you’re giving us permission to turn Marius? And this is an order from the seraphim?” Axis asked. Keer had known him long enough that it was obvious to him that Axis was tense despite his cool-as-a-cucumber demeanor. The addition of another Elite, when not done by a seraphim, was an extremely intimate event. To perform the ritual transformation with one’s mate was an intimacy that was unparalleled.

“Yes to both questions,” Uriel said with a smile. In a blink he was gone, no doubt returning to his noncorporeal form on the other side of existence.

“That’s wicked,” Levi said, the cutest expression of awe plastered over his face.

Keer longed to separate the distance between them and show him just how adorable he thought the other man was, but he knew that would only incite trouble. He hugged his chest tighter. He hated having a one-sided anything. No less a one-sided crush on his mate.

Fucking hormones.
Who said that knowing who one’s mates were was a blessing? It was more like a curse. To know something belonged to him and was denied him for no reason drove him absolutely mad.

He looked up to see the little nephilim regarding him with a knowing expression.
Christ
, he hadn’t meant to be so obvious.

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“We have a complimentary breakfast for the three of us downstairs,” Levi said, smiling softly. “Do you want to join us?” His eyes never left Keer’s. Keer was enchanted by the pretty nephilim.

“I’m afraid we’ll have to decline, little one. We don’t have any street clothes and do not wish to infringe upon you and your new husbands,” Axis said. Keer nearly snarled in his direction. Why was he allowing such distance between them?

“It’s really not an imposition,” Levi protested.

Well, at least one of my mates is fighting for it
. Keer’s perfectly manicured fingernails dug into the palms of his hands.
Come
on,
commander. Give us a chance to win them over
.

“Please, we want to get to know you better.” Erik’s voice joined Levi’s, and Keer couldn’t help but smirk at the torn look on his commander’s face.
Yes
. They were going to get their way.

* * * *

Levi shifted nervously as they all crowded into the elevator.

Despite the fact that it was of generous size, Levi felt the press of six other male bodies despite the fact that none of them were touching him. One of the Elites turned his head to the side and sniffed like a dog scenting the air for quarry. Levi tilted his head to the side and looked at the male closer. Did he really have red eyes? Red? They were a gorgeous crimson color to go along with his golden-blond hair.

It was downright exotic. Levi’s eyes traveled down his frame. He was lean and muscled. Beautiful.

Stop looking at him. He’s not your husband, and you’re getting
hard. Fuck. Stop it, Levi
. He wrapped his arms around his waist and tried to make himself as small as possible. Just because they were giving the men a chance didn’t mean that they were giving into them.

Just because they were courting didn’t mean that he could…
Bite into
that delicious ass in front of me. Rub against him while he kisses my
mouth, while Marius fucks me in that possessive way he does when he
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shares me with Erik. Oh, God, and Erik…Erik would get his own set
of sexy Elites.
No
. Stop it.
A low growl sounded from the man in front of him.

“Jade,” Axis rumbled in warning.

“Sorry, Commander.” The blond turned forward and concentrated his attention on the front of the elevator. The disappointment that went through Levi seemed entirely inappropriate. He reached down and tried to discreetly rearrange his half-hard cock through his blue jeans. Erik bumped into one of the Elites, the violet-eyed one, and nearly stumbled. The violet-eyed angel wrapped his arms around Erik to steady him.

“Watch your hands,” Erik hissed as the hands in question lingered on his hips. Levi’s arousal went from a simmer to an open boil. Oh he liked that. He liked seeing Erik being touched. Levi had always been a bit of a voyeur, but he’d never realized the depth of his enjoyment until finding his two husbands. The possibilities opened up with the addition of the four Elites posed so many temptations that Levi was quite sure he’d be panting if he spent another five seconds in this elevator.

“Sorry, gorgeous.” The violet-eyed angel grinned.

“Knock it off, Keer,” Axis commanded. Keer was very slow to obey, letting his touch linger long enough that Erik bristled visibly.

Levi’s eyes flicked to the elevator numbers as they flashed. One more floor.

“You can’t blame them, Axis,” one of the angels, who was operating some kind of technological device with his fingers, said without missing a beat. “He smells fantastic.” The elevator dinged.

They piled out of the elevator and onto the marble floor of the lobby. Marius and Erik automatically fell into step on either side of him, acting like some kind of bodyguards despite the angelic nature of their company. They were always so afraid that Levi was going to get overwhelmed. It didn’t matter to them that in the grand scheme of
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things Levi tended to cope better with new things than the both of them. He was smaller and therefore, in their minds, he needed protecting. It was almost sweet. He hid his smile with a quick glance to his feet.