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He looked down at the dead demon. The last one? He said master.
Henry leapt to his feet and grabbed Roy to his chest as he launched another spell around them. He poured his energy into the magic and clung to the man as the world exploded into chaos. The noise was intense, and he felt movement. When he opened his eyes again, his face was buried in Roy’s fur. He pulled back to glance around and saw they were outside with bits of burning building around them.
“I think ya can cancel the hamster ball spell,” Roy said with a smile in his voice.
Henry dropped the shield spell as they activated their glamors. They looked back at the devastation.
“That was quick thinking, son.”
Henry glanced at Roy and saw a proud smile on his face. A warmth spread through him as he nodded to the bigger man.
“Do demons typically run operations like this and work together?” Henry asked.
Roy frowned and shook his head. “No, this is a first and a dangerous precedent.”
“I don’t think the demon Sigrid fought was the master the demon I killed was talking about.”
Roy looked sharply to Henry. “It said it had a Master?”
Henry just nodded.
A group of black SUVs arrived, and Henry recognized Roy’s packmates pouring out. They had looks of horror on their faces until they spotted Roy waving to them. Their relief was clear as they came racing over to them.
“We saw the fireball rising into the sky,” one called out.
“Aye, but the lad got us out without trouble,” Roy said, and grateful eyes turned Henry’s way.
He looked up at Roy. “I want to go home and get cleaned up. I promised I’d help heal Kali.”
Roy pointed back at the burning wreckage of the collapsed mansion they’d been in. “No operational doors to use. Can we give you a lift?” Henry looked around in the firelit murk of the night. They were in a rundown neighborhood. No lights were showing on any of the buildings, and most were commercial properties. The mansion they’d been in seemed out of place but was probably the only house when the area was zoned for commercial use.
Henry smiled as he spotted something. The mansion’s front doors had blown off in the explosion and were likely protected by Henry’s hamster ball. They were still in their frame. He grinned at Roy. “Can you ask your men to stand that up?”
Roy chuckled and gestured for his group to help.
Once the doors were upright, Henry tested one, and it swung easily. “These are great doors!” he said with a smile.
He closed it and touched one as he linked it to his hall closet door. “See you guys on Monday. Good night, Roy.”
“Night, lad.”
He opened the door and stepped through, closing it behind him as he released the spell.
“Henry?” Tish called out nervously.
“Yes, it’s just me-STOP!” he barked at the twins charging excitedly at him. “I’m covered in demon blood, so I need a shower.” They pouted, but he shooed them away. Tish approached and looked at him cautiously. “Demon blood? I don’t see-eep!” she squeaked as he dropped his glamor, and the black blood covered his hands with streaks going up his arms, across his chest, and on his chin.
“You fought a demon?” she asked. “Where were you that you fought a demon?”
He walked into the guest bathroom and got the shower going. “Can you undo my kilt? Take my cell phone out and put it on the counter.” She nodded and helped him out of his kilt.
“I went to Mahati’s and used a spell to find Kali. She was a prisoner at a sex dungeon that specialized in torturing Hidden Races. It was run by demons.” He stepped into the shower and worked on washing the blood from his hands first. “I got Kali out first-Oh! Chuck Darnell, that news anchor on the morning show you watch, was dressed up in studded leather, mask and all, using a bullwhip on Kali. What a fucking creep! He won’t ever do that again!”
“What did you do?” Tish gasped.
He saw the shock on her face, and he shook his head. “I didn’t hurt him… much. A broken nose,” He recalled hearing a crack as he slammed him against the floor. “Maybe a rib or two. What I did do was use one of Baba’s compulsions on him to ensure he’d confess the evil he’d done. Should be interesting days ahead for him. I think he managed to escape the club.” He wondered if the demon got to him first.
“After I dropped Kali off at Mahati’s, I arranged for the Silver Soldiers to assist with raiding the club. Did you know General Crane has them sitting in a van someplace nearby? The congresspeople ordered it, I think. Anyway, during the raid, we discovered the club was run by a demon, so I called Sigrid to deal with it. I brought Roy in to collect the club’s data and work with General Crane to go after the other three clubs. After Sigrid and the soldiers left, I was jumped by another demon who’d been hiding in the walls. I killed that one… I punched it to death.” He shook his head and rolled the tension from his shoulders. “Someone triggered an explosion, but I had Roy inside my shield, and we were thrown from the building.” He looked to Tish, who was watching him wide-eyed. “Roy called the shield a hamster ball,” he said with a snort of amusement. “His fur does feel really soft like a hamster.”
“Are you clean yet?” she asked.
He blinked at her then looked down at himself. He was clean. “Yes.”
Tish dropped her glamor and stepped into the shower to push him against the wall as her lips found his. Her tongue thrust into his mouth, and she moaned as his hands landed on her back and ass. She ground her body against his, and he quickly reacted until his cock was trapped uncomfortably between them.
“Henry, take me!” Tish begged, and he lifted her against his chest with his hands on her ass. “Oh FUCK!” she cried.
He pressed her against the wall as he lined himself up against her opening and pushed forward to drive his hard cock into her. She felt so good! Again and again, he pulled out to slam forward, deeper each time. The connection of male to female Satyr was a kind of magic in itself. Neither of them could withstand the intensity of the pleasure, and the rightness of the fit, for long. Their bodies reacted without thought or reason. This was the purest form of physical unity, and it quickly reached a pinnacle and overwhelmed their senses.
As they remained under the hot spray, their bodies passed through cascades of bliss.
Finally, he kissed her tenderly, and she rubbed her face against his. “Fuck, you get me so hot!”
He smiled as he nibbled her ear.
“Ahh! Fuck!” she gasped and pushed back, which made him pull his softening erection from her. Her legs wobbled, and he braced her against his body as she trembled.
Tish got her legs under her and shook her finger at him for the ear nibbles. She rinsed quickly and stepped out to dry herself off. Henry spent a little more time under the hot spray and heard Tish leaving the bathroom.
His mind took him back to the sex club. The demon was going to kill him, but he hadn’t shied back in fear as he once would have. Instead, he’d felt his rage pushing him to do something. He had magic at his disposal, but he was nowhere near the level where he’d turn to it for some offensive attack. The shield was excellent for defense, so he was glad he had it.© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
He was a Satyr, and he remembered Sigrid telling him he was strong. When a Valkyrie tells you that, it means something! He remembered the demon struggling to block his punches. It was damn strong, but he’d just kept pounding until he’d broken past its defenses, then he just kept punching.
Again, inflicting that level of violence on someone would have sent his mind spinning once.
But bad shit happened to him-so much of it. He’d taken too much, and it was time for him to start fighting back.
“Henry?”
The voice was soft and tentative. He smiled as it was a soothing balm on his rattled nerves. “Yes?”
“I-I-I just wanted to express my deepest appreciation to you for rescuing Kali.”
Henry’s eyes opened as he suddenly realized the voice didn’t belong to Tish. He turned and saw Mahati standing in the middle of his washroom. She was staring at his naked Satyr body and focusing on one part in particular. He would have reacted, but she was also naked and in her natural form. She looked… exquisite! He felt himself staring, so he looked away.
“Am I hideous? Do you find my true form repulsive?”
The plaintive tone in her voice surprised him, and he turned to face her in shock. “Oh my god! No!” he gasped, then managed to turn his face slightly as he realized he was staring again. “I remember you said something on the first day we met. At the time, it seemed a little like bragging, but now, I-I think I understand one of the reasons why the Nāga are revered as gods.”
He glanced at her expression to see if she was offended, but she had a shy but stunningly white smile on her face as she allowed her eyes to roam down his body. All he could do was watch her as he was trapped by her smile.
“Kali is sleeping. I have healed her open wounds, but she is badly scarred,” Mahati said.
Henry nodded, “I can help with that. If I can get Eleanor King’s help, it will be even better.”
Mahati nodded distractedly. “Have I mentioned that Wild Magic isn’t toxic to me?” she said, her cheeks becoming a delightful shade of deep red.
She was so intensely lovely he was having trouble focusing on what she was saying. Then it clicked. “What? How?”
She flashed another smile as she inched closer. “It sounds like a boast when I say Nāga are magic, but there is a significant difference in how we channel magic through our bodies. It’s what makes our offensive capabilities so much stronger.” She slipped a little closer again.