Chapter 65: Anger

Asmodeus’s POV

“Now brother, why would you go and do a thing like that?” Lucifer taunted.

“I won’t allow you to hurt Rose, she’s innocent in all this.” I gritted out through the pain.

“Tsk, tsk, if I didn’t know better I’d say you’ve fallen in love with the girl.” He said.

I stayed silent, not wanting to answer him.

“Oh goody! That’s it! Isn’t it? You’ve fallen in love with her. Ha! A prince of Hell in love with a fallen. Are you an idiot? She’s the one thing that can destroy us all and here you are trying to play happy family. It doesn’t matter where you snap her off to, I can still find her.” Lucifer said while walking towards me. He gripped my chin and looked into my eyes.

“You’re pathetic!” He spat out. He started to walk away right when Levi walked in.

“Brother! It’s not nice to see you!” Levi said jovially before he continued, “where are the ladies?” He looked around dramatically before turning on Lucifer, “what did you do with them?

“I did nothing, brother dearest snapped them away because I was going to take care of the fallen, like he should’ve when he first found out what she was.” Lucifer said.

Levi looked at me with eyes wide open, “she was a fallen? Is that why you wanted to get her pregnant? Make some super babies?”

Lucifer turned back towards me and laughed, “I should’ve known you had some stupid idea like that.” As he walked away I made one last ditch effort to subdue him. I snapped my fingers and trapped him in a magic cage.

“You son of a bitch!” He roared. “What the fuck did you do? Over a fallen? When I get out, I’m going to kill her and you!” He spat.

Levi rushed to my side and helped me up from the ground.

“You really fucked up, you know that, right?” He asked me.

I sighed and nodded my head, “yeah.”

I leaned on Levi and he helped towards the dining room and sat me at the table. I removed my shirt the best I could and Levi clucked his tongue. “Why did you do this for her, brother?”

“Levi, I think I love her. Or maybe I’m in love with her innocence, I don’t know.” I started, “you should’ve seen her face on our travels, it was glorious. I constantly had to keep my dick in check so I didn’t take her.”

“Maybe you’re just in lust with her, I don’t know if we are even capable of love.” He said.

I sighed, “maybe you’re right. But if I were to fall in love with someone, it would probably be her. I just couldn’t stand the idea of her no longer existing in this world. After getting to know her, I know she wouldn’t ever hurt someone, not on purpose. She doesn’t have an evil bone in her body.”

Levi sighed, “you can never be too careful. I see where Lucy is coming from but I also see where you are coming from. What are you going to do now? Are you going to get her back?”

“I don’t know. Maybe give it a little bit of time. For now I have to figure out what to do with Lucifer. He’s not going to be happy when he eventually gets out.” I shook my head. I need a plan for when that happens.

Rose’s POV

I opened my eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling. I tried to sit up but I was held down by a heavy arm with tingles. Wait, tingles? Tears filled my eyes when I looked over and saw Joel.

“Joel!” I cried out. He sat up suddenly, “what’s wrong, are you okay?!”

“I’m so much better now! I missed you so much, all of you!” I started bawling and he scooted closer to pat my back.

“Oh my god, where’s Sophie!” I tried to loosen myself but he gripped me tighter, “she’s fine, she’s currently with Sebastian.” Oh thank the gods. I can’t believe after everything Asmodeus is the one who saved us.

Remembering recent events, I started to cry some more, “I did some bad things, Joel. I don’t know if you guys can forgive me.” He patted my back and shhh’d me, “it’s alright, all that matters is you’re safe and with us. There’s nothing that happened that we can’t work through.” I nodded into his chest. Thankful to have such wonderful mates.

“Let’s get up and meet with the others, we have a lot to talk about.” He said.

He got up off the bed and helped me up. I looked up into his eyes and he pressed his lips to mine. I sighed, leaning into him. After a few minutes of tasting each other, we pulled away, panting.

“Let’s go, my love.” He grabbed my hand and led me to the common area of what looked like a hotel suite. The others were already in there, sitting around. As soon as we entered I was bombarded by several males, checking me out and touching me.

“I’m fine guys, really!” I started to brush them off, overwhelmed by all of them crowding me.

“Give her some breathing room.” I hear Garrett say.

I gasped, “Garrett? What are you doing here?” I asked. He gave me a small smile and walked towards me. He grabbed my hands and rubbed small circles with his thumbs, “I needed to make sure you were ok, Rose. I missed you.” He grabbed the back of my head and left a kiss on my forehead.” I heard a room full of growls and threats but Garrett ignored them and sighed. “Are you ok?” He asked.

I nodded my head. “I’m better now but I have to tell you guys about everything that happened. Some of it is going to be very difficult for me but I think the truth is important.” I felt tears welling up in my eyes again, “please don’t hate me when I’m done.” I sobbed then and Garrett pulled me into a hug. “Shh, no one could ever hate you, Rose.”

He pulled me towards a couch and sat me down next to him. I looked up at my men. I took a deep breath and began to recount everything that happened, leaving absolutely nothing out.

By the time I finished, there was a mixture of emotions in the room. Brent stood up and punched a hole in the wall before walking off and slamming a door behind him, Damien looked shocked and like he didn’t know what to say, Joel seemed tense and pissed off, Colten gave me a pitying look and Garrett kept rubbing my back.

“Where’s Max?” I finally asked. I noticed earlier he wasn’t here but I had to get everything off my chest first.

“We don’t know,” Colten said, “he disappeared in Vegas when we were looking for you.”

I heard stomping before a door swung open and Brent came back in the room.

“How dare you!” He shouted at me. Shocked I just sat there with my mouth agape.

“You got pissed off at us for being in a strip club and you were practically sleeping with the enemy? You couldn’t have said no? I can’t believe you.” He scoffed before he walked out of the hotel suite.

“Give him time,” Damien said, “he was the one who was the most worried. We don’t even know what he gave Lucifer in exchange for saving you. I can’t believe though that he reneged on his side of the deal so I guess what he gave up doesn’t matter anymore.”

I couldn’t help but continue crying. I knew I fucked up and I shouldn’t expect all of them to forgive me right away.

“You still have us, baby. Things will work out, I promise.” Colten said before he approached me and gave me a peck on the lips.

“Let’s go home and from there we can try to figure out what happened to Max.” Joel said.

He squeezed my hand reassuringly but I still couldn’t shake the feeling that things were only going to get worse.

Maximus’s POV

Monica has been up my ass constantly and I’m going nuts in this small apartment.

“Drink your tea, dear.” She beckoned me. I sighed, I don’t want any fucking tea, I want to leave this place.

“Let me leave Monica. I just need to go for a walk or something.”

“It’s not safe for you yet,” she whined. Ugh this woman is so frustrating.

“Let me out of this fucking apartment!” I roared at her. She looked at me, unmoved by my outburst.

“No.” This petite woman dared say to me. I went up to the door and tried to pull the knob but was hit with an electric shock that threw me back. What the fuck?

“What the fuck was that?” I yelled at her.

She sighed, seemingly pissed off, “I’m a witch and that door is bewitched so you may as well stop trying.” She then turned and left the room, leaving me dumbfounded. A witch? What the hell did I get myself into?

Brent’s POV

I stormed out of the hotel suite and pounded the button on the elevator until it’s finally opened up. Pissed off, I pushed the button for the lobby and impatiently waited for it to go down. When it opened, I trudged towards the automatic doors out front and went out onto the street. I could feel people watching me but I didn’t care. I was looking for the closest forest. I hailed a taxi and told him to take me to the nearest forest. After a short drive we arrived at a national forest and I got out after paying. As soon as I hit the tree line I burst out of my clothes and into my wolf.

Running, I took off as fast as I could to relieve the excess anger. I just couldn’t believe what Rose did. I gave away my soul and she gave away her body. How could she? I picked up smells of possums, deer and coyotes but I needed something bigger, faster, to tear up. Finally I caught scent of a mountain lion and veered towards it. I leaped towards it and tumbled into it. Rolling, it tried to scratch and bite at me while I aimed to bite it’s neck. I hit my head on a rock and lost focus for it minute and it bit me in the leg. I yelped before regaining my focus, then I grabbed ahold of it’s front leg and pulled hard. I grabbed ahold of his neck and began to shake furiously until it finally stilled. I used my teeth to tear it apart until I was covered in blood and guts. I finally started to calm down a little so I trotted around until I found a stream of water. I shifted back into human form and jumped in to wash off.

“What’s a naked guy like you, doing in a place like this?” I heard a feminine voice say.

I turned around, startled and saw a busty woman with brown hair and blue eyes staring at me, making me a little uncomfortable. I turned the lower part of my torso to the side to hide my package.

“None of your business.” I tell her. She slowly waded my direction until she was a few inches away, then she trailed her fingers down my bicep. “How about I make it my business?”