Downs, Jana - Angel Bound [His Guardian Angels 1] (Siren Publishing LoveXtreme Forever ManLove - Serialized) (11 page)

Dex nodded to him without comment.

“You have news for us?” Cross interrupted Madigan’s forty  million questions. Yuri was actually a little disappointed by it. He had  been enjoying educating the inquisitive halfling.

“Yes. I have some crazy news.” He sighed. This had been the part  he’d been dreading the entire flight over. Angels were not exactly  known for their open-mindedness, and with the exception of Bren and  himself, they hadn’t been out of the divine realms all that often to get  acquainted with the wilder side of humanity. He sagged deeper into  the recliner. He might as well just get it over with. It was almost like  ripping off a Band-Aid. Sometimes the best thing to do was just jerk it  off quickly.

“What color are your wings?” Madigan interrupted. It seemed like  the kid was just bursting with questions.

Yuri chuckled. “They’re the same color as my eyes.” They were  the color of champagne. He’d always thought they were kind of  boring himself. They weren’t fantastic shades of crimson like Cross’s  or even the deep midnight of Bren’s. Hell, even Michel had wings the  perfect shades of white and gold. His were just plain in comparison.

“Can I see?” Madigan asked. Yuri blinked. Was he serious? Right  now?

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“Madigan, why don’t you let Yuri breathe for a minute, baby?  He’s exhausted from the flight, and I think he’s having trouble  keeping up with two lines of questioning.” Cross’s voice was a gentle  rebuke when he spoke. Madigan blushed lightly. How frigging cute  was that?

“Sorry,” the nephilim muttered. He looked embarrassed, and Yuri  found himself wanting to ease that awkwardness.

“It’s not a problem really,” he offered. Madigan smiled at him and  his heart did a somersault.
 
Holy crap
. No wonder the kid had the  angels already begging for his favor. His instincts clamored for him to  cater to Madigan’s every need and smallest want. It had to be a  mating instinct. One Yuri had never felt before. It was then he noticed  that the room had gone quiet waiting for his answer and he was  staring at Madigan. He cleared his throat.

“I consulted the ancient texts over the subject going back to  Sodom and Gomorrah. It was a solution but one that is a little

extreme. However, as far as I can tell, it is the only solution known to  have any effect.” He hesitated. “It’s…unconventional.”

Cross put a hand on Madigan’s shoulder. “What is the solution?”

Yuri cleared his throat. “He has to, uh, mate with his guardians.”  He looked at each angel in turn. “All of us.”

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Chapter Twelve

“No way. No friggin’ way. I don’t even know you!” Madigan  protested. He leaned against Bren, seeking comfort. Cross wrapped  his hands around his shoulders and squeezed.

“It’ll be for your protection, Madigan,” Yuri said reasonably. “I  wouldn’t suggest it unless there was some other way.”

“I don’t know you!” he repeated. Yuri raised his golden eyebrow  at him. It was a curious color, the same as his hair. It wasn’t brown,

and it wasn’t blond. It was some curious shade in between. Not that

that mattered. He shook his head to clear it.

“So it’s just me then?” Yuri smirked. “You’d mate with the others  but not with me? What’s one more dick in the dog pile?” Madigan  blushed crimson. He knew it sounded stupid, but he felt like he’d  gotten to know the others a little. Yuri just sort of walked through the  door.

“One more comment like that and I’m going to bust your fucking  mouth!” Bren snapped, holding Madigan tightly.

“Be respectful, Yuri!” Cross growled at the same time. “This is a  lot for Madigan to handle.”

Madigan swallowed hard. They were protecting him again. “I just  don’t see how sleeping with five other men is going to keep me safe.”  He shifted as his body started to stir with interest at the thought. He  wanted to scream. Angelic puberty was a bitch. At least now he knew  why he was so freaking horny all the time. Of course, knowing why  did not help him control his urge to rub up against every man in this

room.

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“Your father had to perform a special ceremony to grant you us as  guardian angels. He had to take a piece of himself, which was  connected to you, and share it between all of us. It’s a really  complicated process,” Yuri explained. “However, the bond is  incomplete unless we take you as our lover. We’re angels. We have a  forever kind of love when we mate. It doesn’t require anything of you  but to pledge to be ours for the rest of your life, and we do the same.  Of course, we have to consummate the bond within two days of  making the pledge. So basically, we promise to be your devoted  lovers and those words act as a covenant between us. Then we have to

consummate the joining.”

“You’re talking marriage,” Madigan accused in a strangled voice.

Yuri nodded. “Essentially, yes, except there doesn’t have to be  any lavish ceremony. We just make a verbal pledge.” He paused. “I  don’t think you understand that your life is in great danger, Madigan.  If one of us for even a second falters, you’re dead. Period. End game.  No reset. No recall. Dead. Do you understand?” Madigan nodded.  “Then you should understand why we need to do everything we can  to make sure we’re not leaving them an opportunity to get to you. The  hunters won’t give up. Yes, this house is sanctuary, and they can’t  enter it. However, you also can’t go outside. You’re trapped in this  place. It only takes one smart hunter to realize that a sniper’s bullet  can go through windows. Then what? Are you going to live in the  basement until you’re of age?”

“Don’t talk to me like I’m a kid that you’ve got to chastise!”  Madigan snapped. He felt like he couldn’t breathe. The walls he’d  thought were a comfort suddenly felt suppressing. He’d never leave  this house. He started to shake.

“Dammit, Yuri! You scared him. He’s going to hyperventilate.”  Bren’s hands started smoothing down Madigan’s back in gentle,  soothing motions. He kissed the side of Madigan’s cheek and neck.  “Shh, baby. It’s okay. We’re going to take care of you. Don’t worry.  Yuri is being a dick.”

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“What happens if we mate him?” Michel asked from behind them.  He’d been curiously quiet throughout the conversation. Madigan  turned to look at him. He looked stern and aloof. Something he never  seemed. That was more Dex’s personality.

“He has a temporary cease fire placed on him for a year. I’m not  sure of the specific ins and outs of that, but the ancient scrolls read  that he will be untouchable so long as he’s within those years with his  consorts. That should be just enough time to see him through his  transition period and take the petition to Raphael for a permanent  ban,” Yuri said. His eyes lit on Madigan, and Madigan deliberately  looked away. He knew it wasn’t fair to blame the bearer of weird  news, but he resented the hell out of the clinical way he was  addressing what should be the most romantic moment of his life.

“Why all of us?” Michel wondered. “Why not just two of us?  Most humans only have two guardians. Why can’t we just use that  model?”

Yuri sighed. “It has to be every angel that he’s been angelbound with. Trust me, I’ve checked and rechecked. If Raphael hadn’t already bound us, it wouldn’t be an issue, but since we’re bound to Madigan, all of us must take him as a consort.”

Madigan started to tremble, but he didn’t know if it was from the lust pulsing through his veins or the fear that was racing through in equal measure. He wanted a shower, and he wanted to think. He knew he still smelled like the angels. He’d used a wet washcloth to mop up most of the sticky mess, but the scent had lingered on his skin, clouding his mind. Part of him wasn’t exactly opposed to being married to them, but what would happen when he finally got over the angelic puberty thing and his libido returned to normal? Would they still want him if he couldn’t keep up with their demands?

“It might be easier to think of this as a business partnership than a marriage,” Yuri began. Madigan swallowed hard.
 
Right. Business partnership.
 
“There is no need to get emotionally entangled. We could all use one another for our mutual satiation.”

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“Use one another?” Bren asked. “Wait a minute. I thought we all  just had to bond to Madigan.”

Yuri sighed. “That was the other part I didn’t want to tell you.  We’ll all feel compelled to bond with one another as well. You see, in  order to complete the circle, we all must bound to each other. Think  of Madigan as the clasp and us as the links in a bracelet or necklace.  We’re all held together by Madigan, but we would also be connected  to one another. There isn’t a time limit on the angels bonding with  one another but it will make the connection stronger the closer we are.  Trust me when I say that the ancient texts said that it will painful to  remain unbound over a long period of time. We’re going to
 
want
 
to  bond with one another.”

Cross and Bren looked at one another. “No friggin’ way.” Bren echoed Madigan’s earlier protest. “I’m not binding myself to Red for all eternity. Not goin’ to happen.”

“I feel the same way. Bren and I don’t even really like one another.” Cross glared. Madigan sighed. He wished those two would just get along. They would be beautiful together. He pictured the two of them touching and kissing, grinding while Michel sucked Madigan and Dex slid into him from behind…

He groaned as his dick instantly filled, pressing against the seam of his pants in insistent greeting. Every angel in the room looked at him. Madigan put an arm over his lap to hide the bulge, but he was pretty sure they knew exactly what that sound had been about. He blushed lightly and cleared his throat.

“You’re lovely,” Yuri spoke, and Madigan’s blush deepened. He pictured the other angel joining them. His gorgeous, golden self claiming Madigan’s mouth in a kiss before pushing his head down so that he could lap at his hard length…

Shit
. He arched his back without thought, grinding against the air as the urge to fuck hit him hard. It was hard to imagine that he’d just gotten off a few minutes ago. It had felt so good to be surrounded by them. Felt so good to be touched and wanted and watched.

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“Christ.” Yuri’s soft exclamation reminded him that he was in a

pretty serious conversation. He forced his rioting body to calm down

a little.

“I–I’m sorry,” he stammered. The scales had tipped. He was  definitely trembling from arousal now. Yuri’s eyes literally started to  glow. He’d never seen any of the other angel’s eyes do that before.

“No need to be sorry, Madigan.” Yuri sat back in his chair,  uncaring that he was exposing his hard cock as it pressed against the  seam of his own pants. The angel sighed. “He smells fantastic.”

“Like home,” Dex echoed.

“Like ours,” Michel added. They all sounded a little dreamy like  Madigan was casting a spell on them. They were the ones who  smelled like something he wanted to roll in. He ached to have those  scents on his skin. His shaking increased. He wanted to know what  Yuri smelled like.

“You need us to give you a minute?” Cross’s voice was laced with  concern. He didn’t understand that it was the image of all of them  together that affected Madigan like this. His angelic side apparently  had no problem with the prospect of having five strong angels to seek  and be sought out for pleasure for the rest of eternity.

“I
 
need
, Cross. All of you together is scary, but there is a piece of  me…” He trailed off, unable to finish the sentence. He wanted them.

He wanted them all so damn bad. He needed to get a grip. He took a deep breath and looked at Yuri. “What are the chances of success if we don’t do the binding?”

Yuri’s eyes clouded, and a sad smile passed over his face. “About four million to one. We have five full-time warriors. They have hundreds. There is a likely chance at some point during the next year that we will fuck up and one of us will be banished.”

“Banished?” Madigan asked.

“When an angel is banished, he is tossed out of heaven and thrown into the pits of Hell. The hunters have that ability. If one of our physical bodies should die by the hands of the hunters, they will

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take our souls and toss them into the pit for defending an

‘abomination.’” Yuri’s explanation chilled him.

“You didn’t have to tell him that,” Cross rumbled. “He’s scared

enough as is.”

Yuri glared. “He needs to know the extent of the danger that is  involved in this for all of us. Raphael gave him one guardian from  each choir to give him a better chance at survival, but the odds are  still against him. With this we have a fighting chance. I’m not keen on  confronting any of the damned down in the pit. Are you?”

“My lord gave me a pass on that. A resurrection potion that will  bring back an angel,” Bren said suddenly.

Yuri snorted. “So if only one of us die, we can bring him back.  That gives me comfort. What happens when Michel and I both kick  it? How are you going to chose who to bring back and who to damn?”