Page 85 of The Devil's Dilemma
“It’s all so sudden. One minute I’m normal Austin, albeit lucky, and the next I’m the son of an angel, destined to bring light to the devil so he doesn’t destroy the earth. In addition, I’m also being hunted to stop that from happening. It’s been an overwhelming few days, so yeah, I guess I’m resigned to the fact that this is my life now.”
“It doesn’t have to be a bad one.”
“I know. I just don’t know what happens from here on out.”
“One step at a time. We’ll figure it out. At least let’s get showered. Maybe we can go longer than ten minutes this time.”
He smiled. “It’s good sex, though.”
“You’ll get no complaints from me.”
I turned on the shower, and we stepped under the spray, and as much as I wanted to go again, I refrained. Instead, I washed his hair, soaped him down, and let him do the same to me. Not going to lie and say I wasn’t tempted, but we both restrained ourselves.
Finally dressed, we went to the lounge. The food I’d ordered much earlier sat on the table, and even though it had gone cold, we tucked in, ravenous from our earlier exploits.
A loud rap on the door disturbed us.
“Yep, come in.”
Conrad strode in, a serious look on his face.
“We’ve got trouble.”
I jumped up.
“What do you mean? Trouble?”
“Hordes of them, outside the casino.”
“Hordes of what? For fuck’s sake, Conrad. Be specific.”
I instantly regretted my tone, closed my eyes, and took a deep breath.
“Demons, mercenaries. You name it, we got them. As a precaution, I’ve closed the casino and ushered the patrons into the main room. Used some bullshit excuse to get them in there.”
“Thank you. I’m coming right down. Give me a minute to get ready.”
“I’m coming with you.” Austin slipped on his shoes and went to follow Conrad.
“You’re staying here. I’ll not risk your life.”
“And how far do you think you’ll get without me?”
Fuck. I’d forgotten all about that.
“What’s going on? Anything I need to be aware of?”
It was only fair to let Conrad know.
“We completed the bonding, and because it’s so new, we can’t be any farther than a few feet away from each other without being in agony.”
“Oh, well, that’s just fucking dandy.”
“Do you think we planned it that way?” I glared at him. When had he become insubordinate?
“I’m sorry, boss. I wasn’t thinking.”
“What I want to know is why now? Why have they congregated now?” I deliberated on the question as we went downstairs, Austin sticking close to my side.