Fallen Angels 3
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ALISA WOODS
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READING ORDER
Shifters in Seattle
True Alpha (Book 1)
Dark Alpha (Book 2)
A True Alpha Christmas (Book 3)
Fallen Immortals
Kiss of a Dragon (Book 1)
Heart of a Dragon (Book 2)
Fire of a Dragon (Book 3)
Chosen by a Dragon (Book 4)
Seduced by a Dragon (Book 5)
Touched by a Dragon (Book 6)
Loved by a Dragon (Book 7)
Marked by a Dragon (Book 8)
Claimed by a Dragon (Book 9)
Of Bards and Witches: Leonidas’s Story (Book 10)
Fallen Angels
Tajael (Book 1)
Oriel (Book 2)
Asa (Book 3)
Razael (Book 4)
Micah (Book 5)
Tempted (Book 6): A Fallen Angels Story
Kiss of an Angel (Book 7): A Fallen Angels Story
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Asa (Fallen Angels 3)
Copyright © 2018 by Alisa Woods
May 2018 Edition
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ASA
I am an angeling in shadow—and Wrath is the Sin that broke me.
The shadow realm has entered the war, and I am here for it. A decade ago, an angeling from Elyon’s
Regiment savaged the woman I loved, getting her with child and breaking her soul. She took her own
life, but I know who’s responsible—and I live to see Elyon die. I have a plan, but when I stumble upon
his nursery of pregnant humans and angeling children, it’s a strike against my long-dead heart. I cannot
just leave them to suffer in Elyon’s chamber of horrors...
MOLLY
I’m an ordinary girl who met a hot guy. . .and ended up in Hell.
Lady Bad Luck has haunted me my whole life. My first boyfriend committed suicide. My awesome
parents were killed when I was in college. And then I got laid off from the prestigious accounting job I
worked so hard to land. A hot guy in a Starbucks convinced me my luck was turning around—but after
one wild night, I ended up pregnant, a prisoner, and apparently a baby-machine for demons. Yeah, my
luck is just that good. But I’m not a quitter. I’ll find a way out—for me, my sisters-in-Hell, and my
baby.
In a war that threatens mortals and immortals alike, those in shadow have the most to lose—if the
Warrior Angels awaken, it will spell their doom. But when the path to victory leads straight
through the Valley of Temptation. . .can a dark angeling resist the sweet promise of Love?
FALLEN ANGELS is a follow-on series from the bestselling FALLEN IMMORTALS series. It contains
sexy hot angels of light—and shadow.
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Chapter Ten
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Chapter Eleven
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Chapter Twelve
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Chapter Thirteen
A SA STRODE INTO R AZAEL ’ S THRONE ROOM , BUT THE ANGEL WASN ’ T THERE .
Razael kept a cell—really a suite of rooms behind the throne room—but
that was empty. Asa grimaced. Had this all gone down while Razael was
away… Asa quickly twisted and traveled to the balcony, the other spot
commonly used for meetings of the Regiment and was relieved to see Razael
there.
Less so when he heard Razael speak. “I know the humans are enticing.
But you’ve been out in the human realm enough. You can resist the
temptation here as well.”
The grumbling that went round chilled Asa.
Holy magic, the women had only been on the premises mere minutes. And
he’d already locked all three away, not including the angeling Ariel, who he’d
had to bind with magical restraints to keep her from fleeing. Fuck.
“Asa,” Razael beckoned him.
“Yes, my lord?” The gathered angelings parted between them, and Asa
stepped forward.
“Am I to surmise your mission has been a success?” Razael arched an
eyebrow, inviting him to explain. He had already given Asa extraordinary
leeway, has he popped in with humans and an angeling in tow without
explanation—and Razael was, unasked, counseling his Regiment in restraint.
Asa tried to repay that with an answer that would play well to the
Regiment. “Yes, my lord, in part, but… there have been a few complications.”
Razael chuckled. “Rather beautiful ones at that.”
Murmurs of appreciation rippled through the crowd, but Razael’s eyes
were sharp on him. He expected more, of course.
“My lord…” Asa could hear the strain in his own voice. “Might we
discuss this in private?”
A flicker of concern crossed Razael’s face, but then he waved at the
assembled troops. “All right, we still have a war to fight. I want rotations for
patrols of the city to be kept, but during the off-times, you have my leave to
engage in festivities.” He smirked. “To relieve a little of the tension caused by
our new guests.”
A cheer went up. Festivities were the orgies. As much as Asa disliked
them and Razael didn’t engage in them, they were a way to keep his troops
engaged in each other and not drawn in by the allure of the humans living in
the palace. The shadowlings could fuck each other any time they wanted, but
a certain liberation came with the orgies—jealousies were expected to be
forgotten; whatever tenuous love pairings existed were erased for the moment
then resumed without rancor after the festivities ended.
Razael beckoned him to follow as he strode into the main chamber off the
balcony.
Asa caught up with him inside. “Thank you, my lord.”
“I assume you have more explanation for me.” Razael kept striding into
the hallway, heading for his throne room.
“Yes, of course.” But Asa wanted to wait until they had reached the throne
room, and he was assured they were alone. “How goes the war?”
“Badly,” Razael said, his voice gruff. “The body count keeps rising. I’ve
got a third of my Regiment out, requiring extensive healing and life kisses.
Another third barely keeping those alive. And that’s not counting the ones
we’ve already lost.”
“So the Summer Court has not been of help?” Asa frowned—Micah had
said the summer forces were giving them a run.
“Without them, we would be lost already.” They had reached the throne
room. It was empty. Razael pulled to a stop and turned to face him, his face
more drawn than had been evident on the balcony. Angels control every
aspect of their manifestation, so Asa took that for what it was—an
encouragement to speak up quickly.
“I may have turned Micah,” Asa said.
Razael’s eyebrows lifted. “And what is uncertain about that?”
“The extent of his love for one of the women?” Asa lifted his hands in a
helpless gesture. “The quality of his bravery? Whether he will be discovered?
A lot remains to be seen.”
Razael’s expression had fallen into a frown. He took a seat on his throne.
“One of the women you brought to the palace?”
“She’s carrying his child.”
Razael’s eyebrows lifted again. “And his love of her is True?”
“I believe so, but…” Asa grimaced, not sure how to accurately frame
Micah’s situation. “He is definitely lost in love. Yet, Elyon has tormented him
with previous loves—destroying them to destroy Micah’s ability to hold onto
it. Believe in it, perhaps. It is vile, but Micah is… damaged. I don’t know the
extent of it, but that’s just his soul—I also used a blade on him before I sent
him back to Elyon, and well… he’s definitely in a weakened physical state.”
Razael rose up from his throne. “Killing our mole would not be very
effective, Asa.”
“Understood.” He wished there had been a better option—that part had
taken him by surprise.
“And we’ll know if he’s with us… how?”
“Unknown at this point.” Asa sighed. “We have his lover and child, my
lord. If that’s not sufficient motivation for him to bring down his father, I
doubt anything will accomplish it.”
Razael nodded and eased back to sitting on his throne. “And the others
you brought?”
“I couldn’t just leave them, but…” Asa grimaced again. “I’m sure Elyon
will want them back. He may even come for them.”
Razael tapped a finger to his lips. “Elyon does not suffer things stolen
from him—”
“It’s worse than that,” Asa said. “The blonde one with the face of an
angeling? She’s carrying his child.”
Razael gave him a long, hard look.
Asa shifted from one foot to the other. “I couldn’t just—”
Razael cut him off with a raised hand. “He will come for her.”
Asa cringed. “I’m afraid so.”
Razael let out a long sigh. “Does he know of your involvement?”
“I’m certain Micah will let me take the blame—it is his cover story. We
should warn Zuriel.”
Razael nodded. “He will make war on her.”
“She need only tell him that it was truly us—”
Razael shook his head. “It would not matter.”
He was probably right. The angel drew in a deep breath. “And the third
one? Is there something I need to know about her?”
“She is innocent of any of this,” Asa rushed out. “Merely entangled. I had
to bring her because…” He stumbled. Because what reason was there, really?
“Because Elyon would have gone after her, too. She was part of his nursery.”
But Razael caught his hesitation. “So why not leave her?”
“In fact, the women orchestrated their own escape—”
“And yet you brought her here,” Razael pressed.
“She was in danger—”
“Only of being returned to where she started.” Razael lifted one eyebrow.
Asa stalled out. He couldn’t leave her. It was preposterous—
Razael tilted his head. “Do you have love of her?”
Asa’s struggled for words. Did he? How else to describe his driving need
to keep her safe? “It’s not like that. She’s innocent in this. Her child, too. I
couldn’t just leave…” He trailed off with Razael’s sympathetic look—too
much understanding lay behind the angel’s eyes. Asa’s face grew hot, and he
dropped his gaze, scouring his memories. Did he endanger the mission? Make
the wrong choice? Just because he found her pleasant to look upon… or was
it more than that?
“It’s all right, Asa,” Razael said gently. “Love doesn’t always announce
itself with a clarion call and a surge of Lust.”
Asa looked up sharply. “She is very desirable.” Why was he defending
that?
“Of course she is.” Razael tipped his head. “Which is why I’ve forbidden
anyone from touching her. Or the other two.”
Asa swallowed. “You knew…” How could he have known? Angels can
peer into one’s soul, but they can’t read minds.
Razael smiled gently. “I knew you, Asa. If you were bringing humans to
my Regiment, it wouldn’t be as highlights for the festivities.”
Molly was safe here. Asa knew that intuitively, but it was reassuring to
hear it from the angel’s mouth. “There remains the girl angeling,” he said,
hoping they were moving on from his highly ambiguous feelings for Molly.
“She was their escape from the nursery, barely more than a child. I’ve bound
her, and she doesn’t yet bear Razael’s mark, but she’s also none too pleased to
be here.”
“There’s no path for her to go back.” Razael frowned.
“I know that. And you know that,” Asa countered. “But she…”
“Bring her to me.”
Asa tipped his head and twisted away to the small cell where he had
stashed the girl. It was one of the magically-bound cells that Razael kept for
the rare, occasional prisoner the Regiment might take in. Mostly, angelings
either fought-and-escaped or fought-and-died or, in rare circumstances,
fought-and-converted—prisoners were not a thing most angels kept. But then
Razael was far different from most angels.
“Razael has summoned you,” Asa said to her as he wiped away the magic
bindings he’d hastily conjured on top of the boundary restraints of the cell. He
kept his hand tight on her arm lest she twist and run. “He is the lord of this
Regiment, so I suggest you listen to what he has to say.”
The girl simply glared at him.
He twisted and dragged her back to the throne room, but when they
arrived, Razael was not alone.
Laylah. And she was covered in blood.
“What happened?” Asa demanded of her. He would go to her, but he
couldn’t let go of the girl without her flitting away.
“Oh, just fighting the war while you were playing.” She wiped some of
the blood from her face—it appeared not to be entirely hers, so his panic
ratcheted down. “What happened to you?” she snapped. “I hear you’re
back… and with humans?” But she gave an askance look to the girl whose
arm he clutched. She was holding stock-still now that she was in Razael’s
presence.
“Release her,” the angel commanded.
Asa gave him a pinched look but let go of the girl.
She stumbled toward him, definitely not under her own power. But then
she found her footing again and stood tall and proud in spite of whatever hold
Razael had placed on her to keep her from fleeing.
“What’s your name, child?” Razael asked.
She lifted her chin. “Ariel.”
Laylah edged over to Asa. “Okay, where’d you get the kid?” she
whispered.
“Elyon’s nursery.” Asa visually swept her wounds. They didn’t seem dire.
Laylah’s eyebrows hiked up, and she fell silent.
“You cannot return to Elyon.” Razael was speaking to the girl—Ariel—
and not unkindly.
“Release me,” she said, her voice strong. “You have no claim on me.”
“And neither does he.” The air hummed with the power emanating from
Razael. The girl was brave to talk back to an angel, Asa would give her that.
Laylah looked impressed as well.
“You do not bear his mark,” Razael continued. “You are welcome to make
your vows here, child. We’ll protect you should he come seeking the
mothers.”
“I won’t have sex with the likes of you!” Ariel announced.
Asa choked on his surprise. Laylah flicked a look at him like Where did
you find this one? With disgust, Asa realized that must be what vow-making
was like in Elyon’s Regiment. Even for those fresh out of the nursery. Micah
spoke of a night-long orgy… Holy angels of light…
Razael was nodding solemnly. “Elyon requires this of you?”
The girl hesitated, flicking a look at Asa and then Laylah. “He… he
chooses a Master, and then…” She stood straighter and faced Razael again.
“You should slay me now. I will not submit.”
Sweet magic… Asa held his tongue. He could see Razael choosing his
words carefully.
“We have no Masters here, Ariel,” Razael said, gently. “Our Regiment is a
family. We pledge our blood to our brothers and sisters, to protect one
another, to defend what’s ours, to fight those who would visit evil on the
world.”
Ariel’s eyes were wide, but she seemed more lost than amazed. “You do
not have sex?”
A smile twitched on Razael’s face. “It is voluntary. For those who wish it.
But you are barely more than a child. I would recommend you wait.”
Her expression transformed to amazement.
“And as a child, I would normally not offer a vow-making.” Razael
frowned. “But you are Fallen, are you not? Show me your wings, child.” It
wasn’t a command, but Ariel readily obeyed, unfurling them wide. Asa could
have told him—he’d seen them back at the apartment. Razael sighed. “If you
were younger, and still full of Virtues, I’d send you to the angels of light.”
“But they would kill me!” she protested.
Asa smirked. Never mind she had offered herself up for slaying moments
before.
“Well, they might,” Razael said. “Regardless, you’re better suited here.
And, as I said, we can protect you. Should Elyon want to come and claim
you.”
“What is… what do I have to do?” she asked, voice softer now.
“Make the vow. Bear my mark.” Razael leaned forward on his throne. “It
is painful, Ariel. The marking itself.”
“I am not afraid of pain.” That defiant chin lift again.
“No, I imagine not,” Razael said with a small smile.
Asa flicked a look at Laylah. She was fighting a grin just like he was.
“I’ll need to make arrangements for our other guests,” Asa said,
interrupting—but he was eager to get back to Molly and explain how
everything was cleared. They had Razael’s blessing. Ariel was making her
vows. This would all work out.
Razael gave him a nod. “I’ll pull some of the Regiment back from the
streets. Make sure we have round-the-clock reinforcements here. And we’ll
need to meet with the light forces, update them on the news.”
“Understood.”
Laylah tagged behind Asa as he strode from the throne room. “You have a
lot of explaining to do.”
“Later.” He strode ahead then pulled to a stop once they were outside the
throne room. “Wait… are you all right? I’m pretty sure I owe you a life kiss.”
“Is that an offer I shouldn’t turn down?” Her eyes lit up.
But that wasn’t what he meant. At all. “Laylah…”
She waved him off. “I’m fine. Can’t blame me for trying.”
He needed to say it plainly. “It’s not going to work between us.”
Especially now that Molly… well, she had roused certain parts of him that
were long dead. If there were anyone he might want in his bed… which was
actually where she might be at this moment… Something stirred below his
waist with that thought…
Laylah was giving him a very odd look. “Okay, then, Hot Stuff. Thanks
for making that clear. Go take care of your humans.” She turned her back on
him and strode away, boots striking harder than he thought necessary with
each step.
He sighed. Laylah wanted him. He wanted Molly. Molly wanted nothing
to do with any of them. It was the insanity that Sin produced.
Still… he couldn’t help the quick and eager steps that carried him back to
his cell.
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Chapter Fourteen
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Chapter Fifteen
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Chapter Sixteen
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Chapter Seventeen
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Chapter Eighteen
A SA JUST … DISAPPEARED .
Wait for me, he said. As if she could do anything else, locked away in his
cell. But then, when he didn’t return, for an hour and then two… she tried the
door. There was no door handle or obvious way to open it, but when she
pushed on it, it easily slid open.
She jumped back.
Wide-eyed, she peered into the hallway. There was no one there. Then she
crept out and tip-toed on her bare feet down the hall. Maybe she could find
Laylah. Or Ariel. Or get someone else to whisk her away. She knew better
than to think she could simply walk out of hell and into downtown Seattle—it
took magic to get there.
Then an angeling strode into the hallway… and stopped short. He stared
at her and her at him—then he disappeared. He didn’t even turn around and
go back the way he came—he did the magic traveling thing to get out of there
as fast as he could.
She skittered back to Asa’s cell and closed the door.
And waited.
He’d left the door open for her—why? Did he just forget?
And that story he told her… her heart broke for him. She understood now
why he couldn’t let her go. He was haunted by this woman he had loved. Just
thinking about the story was making her pace again in Asa’s tiny cell. Eden
was broken like Ellie—more so, actually, because it hadn’t just happened
once. But Molly wasn’t like that—sure, she carried the baby of an angeling
who she’d known for about twelve hours and whose conversation consisted
mostly of grunts and ecstatic cursing. But that was a mistake, not a trauma.
She wasn’t going to take her life over it. It was being caged like an animal—a
pampered animal, a delicate pet, but still a thing—that was slowly eating her
from the inside out. She hadn’t realized how much it had affected her until
she’d had those hours of freedom in her apartment—her and Eden and Ren,
and even Ariel and the babies, all imagining a future for themselves.
Suddenly, she had a family and a life—even better than her endless days
scrabbling on the corporate ladder at her old job with few friends and nothing
close to family.
And then it had been ripped away. Again.
Back to the box for her.
Just when she had something good happen in her life, Lady Bad Luck had
struck again.
Molly had blamed Asa for that. And while he was keeping her locked up
in Razael’s Regiment, she could see now that he really couldn’t help it—he
was heart-broken and keeping her safe was somehow like saving the woman
he couldn’t save before. A woman he loved. The way he talked about her…
that had been the hardest to listen to. That kind of love. She’d never had
anything like it. Watching his lips speak those love-filled words, seeing it in
his eyes, she felt burning-hot jealousy of a woman she’d never known and
who was already dead.
It would be crazy if it hadn’t left her so shaken.
Like she’d just discovered a hole inside herself.
And that hole just grew bigger the longer Asa was gone.
Their time together had been short and insane… but it had been real.
More real than any of the flit-in, flit-out boyfriends she’d had. The angeling
who got her pregnant was a substantially better lover than those guys, but he
wasn’t much different otherwise—just another superficial good time, then he
quickly moved on. They all did, although not always in a single night. If she
were honest, there was a reason for it. She used to think maybe her hair was
too red or her thighs too plump, or maybe her humor was just a little off.
Maybe she was too boring—she did have an extensive collection of cat
figurines—but in the end, it was really just one thing. They ended it because
she’d never let it start. If she did, then maybe Lady Bad Luck would take
them, just like everyone she’d ever loved.
Whenever Asa finally came back—he had to come back, right?—she’d
tell him the truth. That she understood why he was keeping her locked up for
safekeeping. That she got it—she’d locked away a part of herself years ago
and never let it go free again. That was why she was so desperate to leave this
insane magical place, no matter how pretty he made it—because this literal
cage was far too close to the one she’d built for herself long ago.
And that wasn’t his fault.
She didn’t know if it would make a difference—but she wanted him to
know. He’d bared his heart to her, and it only seemed fair to do the same. She
wanted to—as if telling him would fill up a bit of that hole she’d just
discovered. And maybe it would help him, somehow, to know that, in a way,
he’d already set her free.
So she waited.
And waited.
She was actually getting hungry and was almost tempted to venture out in
search of food, but she didn’t want to miss him when he came back. So,
instead, she lay down on the thin cot that comprised his bed and stared at the
ceiling—like she’d done those endless days in Elyon’s nursery. Only this
time, she had something good to daydream about. Something to look forward
to, even if it was only Asa returning so she could tell him she understood.
After a while, she closed her eyes.
She pictured him coming to her with a chocolate croissant and that earnest
look—like he hoped she would like it. She would tell him it was delicious and
lick her lips and probably think naughty thoughts about him. In her fantasy,
she could even tell him how delicious he was, with those deep brown eyes
and smoldering hot muscles. Then he’d look at her like he did when she wore
the green dress, all heat and fire and want. He’d touch her cheek, and she’d
tell him then—that maybe it wasn’t a cage if he was in it with her—and the
soft stroke of his fingers against her skin wouldn’t stop at her chin. He’d trace
a slow, sensual line down her body, making her melt into a puddle of
throbbing, needy womanhood. And then he’d—
“Molly.”
She gasped in air, her body still heavy with sleep or she probably would
have screamed.
“Are you all right?” He hovered over her, peering down with such
concern that all she could do was nod, vigorously.
She swallowed down the dryness in her mouth—God, was she drooling in
her sleep??—and croaked out, “I’m fine.”
He eased back and beckoned her to sit up. “Are you ready?”
She frowned. “Ready for what?”
He gave her a smile, but it was a sad one. And he didn’t explain, just
offered his hand to her. So, they were going back to the nursery, then. But she
didn’t want to go just yet—she wanted to tell him! That she understood!
“Wait.” She swung her legs off the bed so she could face him more easily.
He was down on one knee to check on her. “I want to tell you something.”
He offered his hand again. “Let me show you something first.” And he
had that hopeful look again. It was literally impossible for her to say no. So
she put her hand in his warm, soft one—and suddenly, they were whisked
away from his cell…
…and into darkness. And she was busy falling backward given the cot
she’d been sitting on had just disappeared, but Asa’s strong hold on her hand
and his other hand suddenly at her back lifted her to standing. Then she was
pressed up against him, in the dark, her baby bump leaned against the hard
muscles of his stomach. His chest labored as he seemed to breathe harder than
necessary.
He eased back and released her. She missed his touch immediately.
Then the lights came on.
It took a moment for her eyes to adjust. Asa had moved away and was
whispering something nearby. She blinked, and the room came into focus.
They were in a cozy but elegant living room with a high ceiling—a stone
fireplace against one wall, a white faux-fur rug on the wooden floor in front,
and a cream-colored couch facing it. The rest of the room held a pair of
chairs, a small table, a TV screen against one wall, and… a whole collection
of cat figurines on the bookcase? That was strange.
Asa was making bizarre gestures at the door and speaking in a language
she didn’t understand. What in the world?
But as she glanced around the rest of the apartment—a tiny kitchen
peeked from one end and at the other was a darkened hallway leading away to
what was probably the bedroom—she realized… this looked just like the
human world.
“What’s going on?” she breathed, half amazement, half actual question.
Asa finished whatever he was doing at the door and returned to her, eyes
alight. “Do you like it?”
This was for her. He conjured an entire apartment. She let out a small
laugh then clapped her hands over her mouth. “You did this for me?” She ran
her gaze over everything again, and it snagged on a picture. Of her parents.
“How did you do this?” She strode over to pick it up. It was an exact replica
of the one from her apartment. And the cat figures… they were hers. She held
the picture frame to her chest and turned to him—he had followed her over,
that hopeful look in his eyes tinged with worry. “Did you go to my
apartment?” she asked.
“Is that all right?” The worry quickly took over.
All right? It was so thoughtful… Tears were stinging the back of her eyes.
She nodded quickly.
“I can… I can take them back…” He looked alarmed and confused.
She laughed—just a small snort—then ducked her head to wipe her eyes.
“No, it’s perfect.” Then she sniffed. She should tell him. Right now. But then
something else caught her eye—a window to the side of the fireplace. The
blinds were mostly closed, but sunlight was sneaking through.
Sunlight.
She set down the frame and dashed over to it. The blind mechanism was a
mystery, so she just pulled the blinds apart. Bustling downtown Seattle
winked sunlight at her—off cars and windows and the water in the distance.
Holy shit.
She turned back to Asa, letting the blinds fall closed. “We’re on earth.”
He smiled. “I thought you’d figure that out right away.” Her mouth was
hanging open as he closed the distance between them. “You couldn’t stay at
your place, but the light angelings helped me find another one for you, not too
far away. I’ve conjured wards around the walls—no angeling can pass
through them, not even the baby, so you’ll need to lower and raise them
whenever you want to go out.”
The tears were nearly bursting from her eyes. “You’re letting me go.”
His expression twisted with a kind of pain. “I had no right to keep you,
Molly.”
Her breath hitched, and she wanted to say something, but it was all she
could do to keep the tears in.
Then sadness stole onto his face. “You won’t be rid of me entirely. I just
can’t…” He swallowed. “I can’t let anything happen to you. I hope you can
understand, I’m just not capable of… of leaving you.”
He grimaced as he said it, but her heart was soaring.
Then he rushed out, “But you needn’t even know I’m here. I’ll be your
Guardian. A dark guardian, granted, riddled with Sin and living in shadow,
but I will watch over and protect you and make sure no harm comes to you or
the baby. I promise, I will always be nearby if you need anything. But you
won’t have to see me, and maybe, in time, you can even forget I’m here. I’ll
be cloaked, so… you’ll be free to live as you please.”
Then he disappeared.
She jolted. “Asa!” she called out in a panic, flinging her hands out where
he had been a second ago. They met the solid form of his body—she couldn’t
see him, but she could feel him. “Asa.” Her hands flattened against his chest
—she could feel him flinch under it, hear him gasp—and then her hands
suddenly had minds of their own, feeling his body, her fingers gently seeking
his face. “You’re invisible,” she gasped.
“Cloaked.” His voice was so strained. He reappeared under her fingertips,
and she was so close to him…
She reflexively dropped her hands and stepped back.
His face was writ with torment. “You won’t have to see me, but you and
the baby will be safe—I’ll make sure of it. You will be free, Molly. To come
and go, as you like. You won’t even know I’m here…” His face was twisting
even more.
It was drawing her closer. “But that’s like… like a cage for you.”
He laughed, but it seemed pained. “It would only be fair if it were.” His
smile dimmed. “One less angeling in the war won’t make a difference. And
Razael’s given his leave. But staying here isn’t the hard part.”
“No?” She eased closer still. Her hands wanted to be back on his body,
her fingers exploring his face. “What’s the hard part?”
Then that look was back. The one the green dress blazed onto his face.
“Looking but not touching,” he breathed.
Her heart leaped. She reached a trembling hand to his face. His skin was
hot under her fingertips. “Then maybe you should touch,” she whispered.
His eyes half closed, and she was close enough to feel the shudder that
went through him. “That’s not what you want.”
“I think I’m the one to decide that.” Then she lifted up on her toes, her
baby bump pressing into his belly as her lips sought his, her hands pulling his
cheeks down. He melted into her, his hands already on her body—one around
the small of her back, one in her hair—but his lips stopped just before
meeting hers.
“Are you sure?” he breathed against her.
She was sure she’d combust if he didn’t. “Kiss me, dammit.” She tried to
reach up further, but she couldn’t reach him if he didn’t want to be reached.
Then it was like a dam broke. His lips crashed down onto hers, his hand in
her hair fisting and tilting her head, angling it so he could possess her mouth
like he was starving for it. She opened automatically for him, and he kissed
her, groaning in such a deeply animalistic way that every nerve ending in her
body lit up. He pressed into her, curving his body around her firm belly
between them, and she could feel his even more firm cock rising. His tongue
entered her mouth like it belonged to him, tangling with hers, devouring her,
touching every part of her inside, as if this were his one and only chance to
taste her, and he wasn’t leaving a single inch untouched. With her mouth
thoroughly claimed, he moved to touch her face, first with his lips on hers
then on her cheeks and her eyelids, then his hands followed, cupping her face,
holding her chin, tilting it to consume her jawline one devouring kiss at a
time.
She couldn’t breathe.
She couldn’t think.
She’d never felt so desired in her entire life.
“Oh, God, Asa.” Wetness was pooling between her legs as fast as the heat
was setting her panties on fire. She’d never wanted a man like she wanted this
man—this impossible, gentle, sexy man who had given up everything to give
her the one thing she needed.
Then suddenly, he pulled back, breath ragged against her face. “Molly.”
There was such ache in his voice. “I’ve never…” He panted and pulled back,
searched her eyes.
She shook like she might come apart if he didn’t keep going. “What is it?”
she gasped.
“I have such need.” His face was tortured. “And you are so… delicate and
beautiful and…” His hand dropped to caress her belly, and it was such a
gentle thing, it nearly made her cry. “I’ve never done this,” he whispered then
looked into her eyes.
Oh, God. An angeling virgin? “Then let me help you with that.” Oh dear
God in heaven, she would explode with the sexiness of this man.
“I fear I might hurt you.” His eyes were a little wild.
And if she had any fear, any tiny trace, it would have shown itself in that
moment. But she knew without question that Asa would be the most gentle,
loving, and insanely sexy man she’d ever had. And a hard door closed in her
mind, saying, This is it. This is what you’ve been waiting for your entire life.
Grab hold of this Good Luck and don’t let go.
“You won’t hurt me.” She pressed his hand tighter to her belly and
grabbed his other hand in hers, walking backward toward the couch. “But if
you don’t make love to me this instant, I might have to hurt you.”
A tiny laugh escaped him, then it faded as she led him to the couch.
“Clothes first,” she breathed. She thrummed with excitement. Not just the
burning hot desire to have him between her legs, but the idea of it—that she
would be his first. That he’d been so broken all this time, and she was the one
to bring him to life again. And with the bulge in his rough leather pants, he
was definitely full of life—and she wanted him to fill her with it. With him.
With love. She wanted everything—all of it—all he had to give her.
She lifted her blouse over her head and dropped it to the floor. Her chest
was all pinked up like she was on fire, but she didn’t care in the slightest.
With a flick of his fingers… his clothes disappeared.
Holy mother of God. She just gaped at him. If there was ever a body that
was male perfection, it was Asa. Rippling muscles, hard cut from his
shoulders to the V that slashed across his belly and pointed to his insanely
well-endowed cock. Like… she literally had never been with someone that
big. She wanted to touch it so badly her mouth ached.
But before she could, Asa was on her.
His mouth clamped hard onto one of her nipples, and she nearly cried out,
the spike of pleasure was so hard. His hand grasped her other breast, rough
and needy, and that pulsed straight to the heat between her legs. Then he
stopped that exquisite torture to kneel down and lavish soft kisses and tender
caresses on her belly. Oh God, he was killing her with that.
“Asa, please,” she begged, already out of her mind with want for him.
He peered up at her with those fierce brown eyes. “Tell me what to do.”
His voice was rough.
“Take off…” She sucked in air. “…my clothes.” Lord, she was going to
hyperventilate through this.
His eyes feasted on her flesh as his fingers quickly undid the buttons on
her shorts and slid them down. She was bare underneath … and soaking wet.
He looked at her with lost eyes, like he didn’t know what to do next.
She would teach him later—she would teach him all the things, every way
to pleasure her—but right now, she just needed to have him. To possess him.
As if he might run away and be a figment of her imagination if she didn’t
climb aboard that impressive cock right this moment and ride him until they
both exploded.
“On the couch,” she gasped. “Sit.”
He blinked then climbed on the couch beside them. His eyes were hooded,
that burning lust transforming his face into pure carnality, and she could not
wait to have him inside her. His eyes went wide as she climbed on top of him,
straddling him, her knees pressing into the couch as she hovered over the
towering erection in his lap.
She grabbed hold, sliding her hand quickly down the shaft, just one quick
stroke.
“Agh!” he croaked out, his eyes falling shut, his mouth falling open. Then
he sucked in air and opened his eyes to blaze them at her. “Holy fuck, Molly.”
She grinned. “Yes. That’s exactly what it’s going to be.”
He was shuddering again, his fists clenched at his sides on the couch. She
stroked him again—so silky yet so hard, holy God—and he groaned through
gritted teeth.
“Put your hands on me,” she panted.
He fluttered them around her shoulders, then her breasts, not seeming to
know what to do with them. Then she angled herself and his enormous cock,
so he was just grazing her entrance. She was poised above him, dripping wet,
so, so ready for him. His eyes were wide and fixed on where they were nearly
joined. She wished she could see it like he could, but she could only feel him
there, nudging, promising—her baby bump blocked her view. So she watched
his eyes instead as she slowly lowered herself down, impaling her body on the
massiveness that was him. The way his eyes widened, the gasping of his
mouth, the near choking sound he made as she took him inside her—he was
so fucking big!—was the most erotic thing she’d ever seen in her life. She
took it slow—painfully slow, deliciously slow—watching the full evolution of
shock, pleasure, more shock and inexpressible lust dance across his face. And
when she was fully seated, she had to grasp onto his shoulders and just hold
for a moment, adjusting to the size of him so fully inside her.
His eyes sought hers, and they were so filled with love she thought she
might break.
His hands stopped their fluttering and finally found a home, cupping both
her cheeks. “Thank you,” he whispered.
She chirped a laugh, but already the pressure was building. She needed to
move. To ride him. To give this gorgeous angeling the first fuck of his life—
only for her, it would be the first real lovemaking of hers. Because she would
love the hell straight out of this man if he would let her.
“Don’t thank me yet,” she breathed.
But before she could start, he pulled her down for a kiss—a sweet and
tender one that filled her with light—and she nearly cried then, too. But when
he finally released her from that kiss… she lifted up and slid sharply back
down on his cock.
“Fuck!” he cried out. And his hands were instantly on her hips.
She rose again and stroked down—holy fuck, she was so full with him—
and then again and again. Then she was riding him and tipping her head back,
and the gasps and cursing were coming from her mouth now, not just his. He
grasped harder onto her hips, bucking up into her, making the contact slam
harder, and oh God oh God oh God… she was going to come.
She was going to come so hard she thought it might pull her apart. And
when it rose and rose and finally crested, she screamed out and shook, and the
pleasure jolted through her like nothing she’d ever felt before. Asa groaned
and gripped her, bucking his hips and surging up into her as she came, pulsing
fresh pleasure with each stroke. And when she finally slowed her pace
because she just couldn’t… suddenly he was lifting her into the air, holding
them still joined, him still buried deep inside her, but he was now standing
and holding her by the bottom as if she weighed no more than a feather. Then
he slid his hands to cradle her back and her neck, turning her and laying her
back down on the couch. He was on top of her now, deep inside her and
looming over her and blazing those lust-filled eyes at her.
“Did you like that?” his voice was deeply husky.
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
“No.” But a trembling smile snuck onto his lips. “But I’m not done
fucking you, either.”
Oh god. She nearly came again just with the pulse of pleasure that sent
through her. “Well, get busy then.”
He grinned then pulled back and stroked into her.
“Oh, God.” She was nearly out of air, so it was just a squeak. But holy
fuck, somehow it was even better with him on top, driving into her.
“Is this all right?” he asked as he stroked into her again, harder. “And
this.” Another thrust. “And this.” Another. Harder.
“Fuck. Asa. Yes!” She clung to his shoulders, arching into him, and
crying out his name.
He growled and thrust more, and suddenly he was beset with some kind of
frenzy of thrusting, banging into her already swollen flesh, zinging insane
pleasure through her with each stroke. She was building again, and this time
to a peak soaring so high she couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, could do
nothing but hold on to his ever-more-vigorous thrusts… and then she came,
and the world exploded. Pleasure wracked her, and she convulsed with it,
feeling it from her toes to her fingers to every shaking, shuddering part
between.
Asa cried out and thrust deep, and she could feel him twitching inside her.
His groan was deep and guttural and long, and the sound of it—knowing she
had pleasured him, his first time, and knowing he was lost in the throes of it
so thoroughly—gave her such a feeling of satisfaction it was almost more
potent than the orgasm’s rosy, electric glow.
He sighed, deeply, and stilled.
She wrapped everything around him—hands, feet, arms and legs—and
cradled his head where it was buried, panting into the side of her neck. It
wasn’t just the sex that had her floating in heaven and firmly down to earth,
wrapped up in Asa on her couch. It was the simple fact that he was here,
loving her. Vowing to protect her and the baby. They were a family—a new
family—and it seemed her luck had finally turned good.
“Holy angels of light,” he whispered against her skin.
She wasn’t sure what that meant, but she agreed 100%.
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