Lexi’s monster could think for itself and it knew how to survive. That knowledge was simple, really - kill it before it killed you.
Lexi couldn't really argue that point. He was in danger and the monster could navigate them back to being safe. Achieving any amount of control in this circumstance was nearly impossible. Mostly Lexi didn't bother. By the time the monster inside of him was provoked, whoever was responsible probably deserved to be torn in two. He didn't really like killing, but he didn't have the skill set most demons did to control his monster form either.
In all his 600 years, the only thing he'd managed to actually master was his ability to see auras and that was only in the last few years. Thanks to something Hades had told him, Lexi discovered a way to tell the aura of someone special in his beserker mode and send a message to the instinctive part of his monster brain to protect them. Even Hades didn'
Hades rolled out of Lexi's grip and stood up. Maybe he wasn't in love with the demon but his heart twisted as he stared down at the mess the Senders had made of him. He watched as Jinx pet the unconscious demon,nudging him and sending out the tell-tale purrs of a tom soothing his partner. Hades had never seen his friend's aura so frazzled and bright. Jinx's eyes glowed in a new bronze fire. The Orangelo stood and raised his paw. His cards heeled immediately,flying to his hand from where they lay in the wreckage. They were suddenly being held out to the Black-fur. Hades's jaw dropped as Jinx demanded, "Lend me your power, pal. Hex them." If it wasn't for the fact he could read the deathly serious hum of Jinx's aura, Hades would have refused. The Orangelo tarot was a family heirloom and it would never be the same after being hit with Hades's hexing power. Truth be told, most Orangelo felines wouldn't try to work with anOrangelo spell-casting d
Guru looked back and forth from a stricken Hades to a very angry and shivery no-fur sitting on the ground. Not sure how or who to help, he took off his coat and tossed it on the mostly naked no-fur. He cleared his throat. "I don't understand. This was the only no-fur they were auctioning off. And as special as they kept saying this one was, not to mention the astronomical price, I assumed it was the one they stole from you. It was no wonder you wanted him back. But having never laid eyes on your Doll,I couldn't have known." Hades was barely keeping it together and when the Orangelo made his way down the hill the tom collapsed in his arms. Guru stood there,feeling helpless as Hades cried against Jinx's chest. "It's not him. He's not here, Jinxsy. He's somewhere else and it's too late to save him. And he's my purrs-on, Jinxsy, always has been, and I've let him down again. Doll was the no-fur from the alley that my sire hadpicked up the day we
Doll relived the night over and over in his head. He couldn't do much else while wrapped in the heavy bandages. For a while,he pretended someone had wrapped him up and put him in a safe warm room to heal. He knew better. He'd been told very clearly after his little stuntthathe'd been left to die. Little stunt didn't quite describe what had happened in the barn. Doll was just going to resolve himself to the truth of his new reality when he felt a power surge through his body. He became crazed with the need to get away and get back to Hades. And in the minutes the power surge had lasted, grass had stabbed through boots, moss had grown and tried to suffocate one of the toms. The available plants in the barn became weapons to help the no-fur escape, covered in a strange bubbly darkness Doll had never seen. But it was gone too soon, and while some of the rough toms ran away in fear, others stayed to put him in his place. The rest was a blur of pain and b
Hades watched Doll as the no-fur's heart brokein the most wondrous of ways, opening to the possibility of a love he could never have imagined. But the tom knew the healing required tonight was of a less than traditional romantic vein. "But none of that changes the fact that you need to be reminded what belonging to me means." Hades moved quickly,scooping Doll up. "And we need to clean you up. Because I can't stand to see you this much of a mess if it's not of my making. Don't worry, pretty baby, I know just what you need." Hades kept his resolve as Doll's arms fell trembling and tight around his body. He walked past Guru and Spitfire,who were still in an embrace.Hades barely slowed his pace as he spoke to Guru."If they don't come down soon, can you check on Jinx and Lexi for me?" Guru nodded and Hades heard him whisper something about Doll being alive to Spitfire. His destination was a pond they had found when they snuck
Doll took full advantage of the small window of opportunity Hades gave him to breatheevery time he was pulled to the surface. The no-fur didn't attempt to protest. Not that there was time. Hades was showing just how insatiable he could be as the no-fur's body was twisted and jostled in whatever way set him up to give the tom the most satisfaction. Caught in a moment of weakness, Doll had to tell the truth, if only to himself. What had happened to him tonight was fighting Hades for control of his mind and heart even now. The no-fur didn't want to die but he longed for everything to just fade to black for a while. It wasn't even rest or sleep he was seeking,but freedom from his recentmemory. And yet, Hades was drawing him further away from the pain. He was the only one that could. The no-fur reached out in an attempt to connect to the insane power swirling around them. It was a risk. It wasalsothe very definition of misbehaving. He
Jinx was doing his best not to freak out,mostly so Lexi wouldn't freak out. He wasn't an expert at demon physiology-that would be much more Hades's territory- but the Orangelo knew enough to be able to tell Lexi was becoming ill. He used the scarf that sometimes served as a secondary wrap for his cursed Tarot deckto blot the sweat from Lexi's face. It wasn't easy but he coaxed the demon to keep his feline glamour going so any demonic assassins might be fooled.Not that Jinx even knew that would work, but Lexi didn’t argue with his logic, so maybe it was sound. Knowing that wouldn't be enough, the card caster did what he could to reinforce the illusion. Drawing on what he knew Lexi's feline form looked like, Jinx was keeping the power of his Moon card steady,despite Lexi’s graveinjuries,to make it enough to fool anyonenot looking too hard. "It's okay, under-worlder. I got you. And as soon as Hades gets
"We need to stick together." Hades leaned heavily against the wall as he spoke to Guru outside of the adjoining rooms in the no-tell motel he'd driven them three hours south to find. He still had a few safe houses no one had burned and whatever enemies were on their tails, he was hoping they wouldn’tguess he was hiding everyone just twenty minutes from the city he called home. Hades was banking on that because they needed time. Jinx was out of commission until the six-hour hex wore off. They'd set him up in an armchair and once the glaring had stopped the Orangelo had dozed off. Lexi was laid out on the bed shivering.Hades'sheart twisted. He was at a loss. Taking the demon to the underworld was insanity. It was a very likely possibility assassins would be waiting the moment they crossed and there was no room for further injury. Lexi wouldn't die,exactly. Like all demons,he was immortal. No, death wasn't what assassination meant t
"Now. Isn't that better?" Hades taunted as he milked Doll's cock to orgasm. Doll wasn't sure if the question was an opening to speak. So he nodded,hoping the demanding tom noticed. His Soot-walkerwas in a mood and that meant the best kind of nothing good would come of this for Doll. "Put your arms back behind the chair and grab the rails. This will be your first test to see if you understand what I expect of you." Doll stared up into Hades's shadowed,lust-claimed eyes and rushed to do what he said. The no-fur could have bit his tongue off as the words "Like this?" passed his lips. He was in for it now and he hadn't meant to rile his lover up. Not yet. "Yes." Hades's smile would be Doll's undoing. "Just like that. Hold on tight for me." The lack of reprimand could only mean Hades was going to take it out on his flesh in some way. Doll's chair was dragged across the floor into the small bathroom. A picture was starting to form