Hades (7 page)

“Who are you going to send, Lu,” Doc asked
with a smile on her face. Hades fought with the ugly jealousy that
reared its head. If they were hot for each other, he knew they had
had the chance to explore it but they hadn’t. They were just
friends and he repeated that over and over in his head.

“You guys got lucky.”

“We did?” Doc looked confused.

“My very best demon volunteered to go to make
sure things don’t go to hell.” Lu chuckled at his own joke as did
most of the gods.

“I thought you were the very best demon?” Doc
joked.

“You are so smart. Are you sure you don’t
want to dump my brother and trade up?”

“You always make me laugh,” she answered.
Hades knew she didn’t take Lu seriously, but sometimes he wondered
if Lu was serious or not. He did notice that while Lu flirted
heavily with any female near him, he never seemed to take it
further. There were a few single females that he was around but
only when he wore his jumper which covered his tail and wings.
Those were the rules because the world may have accepted the gods,
well mostly, but they were no where near ready for the demons.

“Yeah, you’re so funny Lu!” Hades said with a
look on his face that was anything but amused.

“Someone needs to keep you mated males on
your toes so you remember what treasures you have,” Lu said with a
chuckle. He was probably the only one that didn’t seem to fear
Hades. That was probably because Lu was just a tiny bit nuts and as
lethal, if not more so, as Hades was.

Zeus gave Hercules the task of taking the
information gathered and recommending the top two choices. “I am
going to recommend Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it’s named,
because no one is guarding it. There seems to be a pattern to the
rotation they are using to try to catch us when we follow the list.
If the pattern holds, we won’t have any opposition if we raid this
facility now.”

“Easter Island, isn’t that famous for some
big ass statues?” Hermes asked.

“Big ass statues?” Cherish questioned with a
giggle. Hermes leaned in giving her a tender kiss.

“Yes, massive stone sculptures dot the beach
there. They are so massive that scientist question how the
primitives that lived there at the time were able to move them, but
we know they probably had help from some of our ancestors maybe
even our father,” Hercules answered ignoring the mushy couple. “The
other location I recommend is Ittoqqortoormitt, Greenland for
vastly different reasons.”

“That was a mouthful,” Lu said with a
chuckle. Hercules glared at him, he was serious about these
meetings because these missions could result in saving lives or
losing them. He probably thought Lu couldn’t take anything
seriously but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Lu was
simply tired of everything in life being so serious. He ached for
what he couldn’t have and he saw his brothers gaining one by one.
He wanted his own family, he wanted a mate so he could stop
searching through the females he found. He feared hurting them and
he feared being hurt by them. Humor was a defense so that he didn’t
dwell on all that was missing in his life now and all the pain he
had visited on him in the past.

“Like I said before I was rudely interrupted,
the reasons for this location are different. This one is being
guarded but not as well as others. That is probably because of its
distance from here but it could be that they have others residing
below in the facility itself. They may be trying to avoid calling
attention to it but afraid not to give it some extra protection in
case we show up.”

“You know what you’re suggesting?” Zeus
asked, his voice showing both excitement and worry.

“Yes, I believe they may be holding a large
number of our brothers. I’ve looked at the heat output, energy
usage, and supplies brought in. I would estimate there are around
one hundred and fifty people living there. Judging by Origin’s
actions in the past I would estimate a hundred of them are
imprisoned subjects. There’s only one way to be sure, but if I’m
right, this location has the largest number of our people we can
recover.”

Silence, no one knew what to say. Hades
spoke, “What the hell are we waiting for?”

Now everyone tried to speak at once. “Quiet!”
Zeus growled and everyone was quiet. “The choice is clear, prepare
for the mission to Greenland.”

Everyone broke into groups to plan their
parts and submit their recommendations. Transporting a hundred of
their males back here would be a daunting task. It would probably
take a few runs by copter since the airfield on location was
unusable most of the time due to the weather. Even taking copters
was a risk, but one they would take willingly.

“We’ll meet in two hours and I expect
everyone to have recommendations for me by then,” Zeus announced
before dismissing them.

“What do we do now?” Doc whispered.

“I’ll put Achilles in charge of everything
while we go relax until the meeting.” He saw the look of
uncertainty on her face.

She probably wondered if Achilles could
handle things since she didn’t know him well. Achilles kept to
himself spending time only with the gods he worked with. Origin had
kept him isolated so he could work on their most confidential
programs. If he didn’t see or speak to anyone, he couldn’t give
anything away. Considering the way they had treated him, his social
skills were progressing rapidly.

“He has it under control, don’t worry,” Hades
said. He put his arm around her leading her toward his quarters.
They were nice and even though he had feared she would never be
his, when they remodeled, he had requested quarters for a mated god
and Zeus had naturally approved his request.

Doc looked around Hades recently remodeled
quarters with surprise as they entered quarters much like those
Zeus had. His place was designed to his personality. Where Zeus’s
was light and airy, Hades’s was darker and sensual. His colors were
dark reds and purples with a little green. Zeus had gold, light
blues, and pink, yes everyone was surprised by touches of pink.
Zeus had chosen that because Sierra favored it and he had already
known at that time their first born would be female.

His colors were pretty much the same
throughout. He held his breath as he waited for her opinion. “It’s
you, the darker colors suit your disposition,” she observed with a
smile.

“Is that an insult?” he asked and he noticed
as he looked in the mirror he faced that it looked like he was
pouting. He struggled for a more neutral expression, gods didn’t
pout.

She chuckled. “It wasn’t an insult, I love
these colors especially the purple. Few people are brave enough to
use such dramatic and contrasting color schemes.”

He still wasn’t sure he hadn’t been insulted
but she seemed to like the colors and that was what mattered. She
found the door to the bedroom opening it and looking in seeing the
king size bed covered in the rich colors and the smooth fabrics
that said no expense was spared. Silk, if she knew anything about
fabrics. She looked at him, her eyebrow raised.

“I’ve never had a female in this bed, never
until now.”

She started to tell him he didn’t have a
female in there now but she noticed his predatory look as he
stalked closer forcing her to back up to the bed. The need on his
face made heat shoot through her body as she imagined the feel of
those decadent sheets against her skin. She felt the bed against
the back of her legs with Hades standing in front of her cutting
off any escape. He moved in for the kill, she was ready for him,
hot and slick, he could smell it.

He moved forward pulling his mate into his
arms kissing her with a passion that they had denied for too long.
He would have to make love to his mate for years before he could
make up for all the denial they had gone through. He had barely
begun and he wouldn’t ever have enough. He unbuttoned her shirt and
unsnapped her bra exposing her to his hands and mouth. He kissed
her neck nibbling occasionally as he worked his way down to her
glorious breasts. A dusky rose color, her hard nipples begged for
his attention and the points seemed to reach out to him. His tongue
circled one before his mouth opened swallowing it whole and sucking
hard. It was sweet, like a cherry but the texture of the hardened
point seemed more like a berry.

She moaned and writhed in approval of his
efforts. He dropped her on the bed falling on top of her unable to
wait a moment more than necessary before driving himself deep
inside her. He slid her shirt off her arms before ripping her pants
off her with a satisfying sound. She looked shocked, but he could
also see desire in her eyes. “Mine!” he whispered raggedly.

He dropped his pants and boxers after he
quickly unbuttoned and unzipped them. He had no more patience left
as he lined up their bodies and drove into her hard and fast. Her
hips rose to meet his welcoming him even though he wasn’t gentle.
The wild side of him, that part that felt without reason and did
without thinking, took control as he pounded in and out of his mate
rapidly. She moaned and arched against him, encouraging him to go
faster and harder still.

She was no delicate doll, but a tough
athletic woman who matched him stroke for stroke. She reveled in
his passionate love making, even as his beast rode him wanting
more. He felt her heart pounding just like his was, her breathing
was ragged like his, and her body was poised on the edge of an epic
release needing only the slightest push to explode. His hand moved
between their bodies searching for her hot button to give her the
release she needed.

He found it, sliding his finger around then
pinching it sending her slamming into an orgasm of incredible
proportions. Her pussy squeezed his cock so hard he feared she’d
squeeze it off. He felt pressure building until his whole world
exploded. Jets of hot cum spewed out coating her channel, soaking
her with his seed. He felt dizzy for a moment when the sheer
pleasure flooded through his body making it hum. He continued to
jerk against her as mini tremors racked his body until he finally
came down from the high he had achieved by making love to his
mate.

He moved them around on the bed so they would
be comfortable. He curled around her back with one hand over her
breast, the other under her and he fell into a deep restful sleep.
The ring of his phone woke him, he remembered the meeting. He shook
her shoulder gently to wake her. She turned looked him in the eye
and smiled. She looked happy and he felt like they were finally at
peace with each other and their relationship. Once these missions
were over and Origin defeated, life would be good.

They dressed quickly before heading to the
meeting room. They were the last to arrive but everyone seemed to
understand. Most of them were just relieved to see that they had
come to terms with each other and were now mated. He had been
miserable without her and he thought she had been unhappy as well.
They found empty seats, there were only a few of them and only two
seats that were together. Zeus already had a stack of papers in
front of him that held the suggestions he needed before he could
make decisions for the mission.

“Today and tomorrow everyone can rest, but
the next day the team will head out. We don’t have the time to
waste since the mistreatment of the gods and demons by Origin has
steadily increased. They blame us for all their troubles but we are
out of reach so they take it out on those they can reach.”

“Do you have the list of team members yet?”
Hercules asked.

Zeus responded, “I’m going with the
suggestions from each group.”

Because of the scope of plan to hunt all
locations on the list, people were selected from all departments,
not just security. Hades and Doc would be the only ones going on
each mission, or they would be until the Origin team trying to
capture her was taken down. Hades smiled to himself, he would have
nearly two full days alone with his mate. He thought of all the
exciting things he could do with her. It wasn’t that sex was all he
wanted her for, no that wasn’t the case. It was a driving need to
consummate their relationship and ensuring she was addicted to the
pleasure he alone could give her. Planting his seed in her belly
was another part of the need he felt.

He would take this time to build on their
physical relationship so his beast, the animal side that required
only the basics, would stop pushing at him for more. Doc was
fertile and he couldn’t fight the need to procreate. He wanted
babies, lots of them, and he wanted them with her. He was so hard
it hurt, his cock was swollen and aching with the need to sink into
her accepting warmth. He led her to his quarters, he would help her
move her things there soon. He would have to be careful how he
worded the invitation, she could be prickly about her independence.
They entered his quarters, he didn’t intend to let her out until
they had to go.

He couldn’t believe how fast two days could
go. He ached in places he had never hurt before, but it was a good
pain. It reminded him he was alive and in love. He noticed Doc had
a few aches and pains of her own. They headed out to the planes,
they would go to Washington DC this time before catching a copter
to Greenland. Everyone’s attitude was serious, this mission was
important and might save lives. Searching out their lost brothers
was the most important task they could be given. They wanted every
male of their kind to be free and have the chance to find a mate
and have children.

There was a little talk except for the
speculation on how many of their brothers they might find and what
shape they’d be in. They also worried about the fight they knew
they would face at some point, though it was good that they knew in
advance. Hades and Doc slept most of the way to their first stop.
They were awake in time for the landing.