Chaos: Season Two, Episode One (Demon Gate Series Book 10) Read online

  After killing the two men, I headed down to the basement where I could hear the other six heartbeats. I knew they belonged to the female victims they were planning to sell on the black market. The closer I got to the room, the worse the area smelled of piss, shit, blood, and melancholy. The door was metal and sealed shut with a padlock. I grabbed the lock and snatched it off like it was a petal from a rose. That was how strong I was, which meant I always had to be careful around humans.

  “You’re free, leave this place and call the police,” I said through the door, then teleported home. With the door now open, they could get the hell out of that place. I didn’t want to stick around, because I was the one who had killed everyone and it would just look bad for me. It needed to look like a human crime at the very least, which was why I didn’t just ash the motherfuckers in the first place.

  Looking around our fancy home, I wasn’t surprised to see I was alone. I removed my bloody clothes and took a nice, long shower. After throwing on some sweats and a t-shirt, I went to the refrigerator to grab a beer. One of my old, common folk brews, not the fancy-schmancy bullshit Raphael liked to drink. And I wasn’t even going to compare either of our drinks to the sakoya Vahiel mixes up. That shit put me on my back the last time I indulged. I liked getting a buzz, but that drink didn’t know when to ease up. I popped the top off my beer and downed half the bottle in a few swallows. I knew it wouldn’t get me drunk, but I still found it refreshing and a little bit comforting. I walked to the window of our beautiful home in the sky and looked down below.

  You could see a few fires burning, hear the sirens going off all over, but at least the citywide rioting was over… for now. Other places still had to deal with the citizens going berserk. Some had re-established order fast and fierce, like Alandale. The city police force had never been so busy with calls ranging from neighbors trying to kill each other to people thinking their pets were possessed by demons. Well, that one-time case was actually legit. It was a demon cat, and because I was the only one on the force that was a demon, they sent me to deal with it. Yeah, I was out of the closet, so to speak. Adriel felt it was important for humans to know that demons had lived amongst them all this time, helping and protecting.

  He ordered me to expose myself to my captain, and when I tell you the look on that man’s face when I did was priceless, you could take it to the bank. He actually shitted himself and wanted to fire me, but the U.S. government, which knew about demons anyway, forbade any discrimination of demons in the public sector. So fire fighters, doctors, cops, lawyers, nurses, teachers, and all those other professions were safe from unemployment. Some places found other reasons to get rid of their demon employees, but it wasn’t anything we weren’t expecting. Hell, I was waiting for the day they claimed I missed filing some paperwork as an excuse to sack my ass.

  Having strong government backup really helped when it came to keeping things as civil as they could be under the circumstances. It was actually very wise, because the smart thing was to keep those demons who were willing or ordered to help on your side. Pushing us away wasn’t going to help the humans’ cause. I guessed the government had always been prepared for this scenario. The president was quick to respond, not even letting speculation grow once the public killings started taking place. Her actions forced other world leaders to follow suit; some did it better than others. Still, there was a tenuous peace between the humans and demons of Alandale, not to mention the world over.

  Having said that, I had only one friend on the force now, Sheila, as all my other coworkers kept their distance. I was guessing it was going to be a long time before they would feel comfortable about someone who could kill them without breaking a sweat. I didn’t try to force myself on them. I rarely went into the precinct and instead, opted to work from my home or Sheila’s. No one objected. I bet they’d be even less thrilled to see me if they knew how I fed. Luckily, I didn’t have to divulge that tidbit. That would have only worked against our cause.

  Because most demons could eat regular human food, that was the lie we put out. It only made us look better in the eyes of humans. If they weren’t on the menu, then that was a load off their minds. Some demons really didn’t need to eat humans. Bully for them. I wasn’t so fortunate, but at least I could be slick about it. I felt sorry for demons who had to eat human flesh… or did I? Shit, I didn’t even know. Being a demon myself, sometimes made it hard to pick sides.

  As for my mates, Andre was having a rough go of it as well. Being the new district prosecutor meant he was also in the public sector and had to be forthcoming. The former DA had been killed by one of Katashniel’s demons, which was why Andre got the promotion. Coming out was the last thing he wanted, but he knew better than to disobey the king. We were trying very hard to keep things normal, but it was damned near impossible with Katashniel’s army out there painting the world red and gory. The bright side of it was how humans were beginning to see the difference between certain demons.

  Like I said, three months had passed since Katashniel had broken free. I could get into a little more detail now. The first month was chaotic as fuck. So many people were killed, as well as demons on both sides. Yeah, believe it or not, there were humans who wanted to worship Katashniel. He was their dark hope. I have no idea what the fuck those dumb-ass humans were thinking they were going to get by worshipping Katashniel, but they believed they’d get some sort of benefit. So, crimes went up, all the really ugly ones. The National Guard was deployed to maintain order, but Katashniel and his army decimated so many soldiers before Adriel could counter.

  Adriel’s problem was getting the humans to trust him. To choose him over the fear Katashniel had created. He needed them to work with us to defeat Katashniel. So much had to be explained in order for humanity to fully understand what was really going on. What had been going on for thousands of years. I’ve got to tell you, church attendance, no matter what the religion, picked up substantially. Some sermons even had to be held in arenas three times a week.

  Amidst the chaos was the fear and rage. People rioted because they thought it was the end of the world. That a reckoning of some sort had come. Which was completely stupid to me. If this was the end of the world, was rioting, looting, and raping the thing you really want to do? Why not volunteer at a hospital or soup kitchen… dumb fucks. People were in hysterics and running along with the mob mentality. A lot of it was brought on by demons that possessed humans or infected them to make them lose all control and reason.

  That meant I, along with Raphael and Andre, were out there in force as knights making sure order could be restored. Our main goal, however, was finding and killing Katashniel’s demons who were siding with that son of a bitch. Those who were out killing people publicly. We put a hurting on those sons of bitches, but now, they had gone into the shadows. Finding them was proving to be difficult as fuck. I really was at a loss, as I hadn’t killed a demon in two weeks. I felt like I didn’t have any direction and it was frustrating the hell out of me.

  The only good thing that has happened, in my opinion, was that I had my mates. That was why I was so much stronger and hornier than before. We fucked constantly; it was actually a wonder any of us could get anything done. Of course, Adriel still hadn’t lifted the ban on us about having sex with other people. I was kind of sad about that, because Melissa was looking sexy as hell these days. She’d been training with the Society as one of their junior agents, and when I say women with curves do something to my nether region, believe me. Still, I preferred my mates to anyone else. As a matter of fact, I was mad horny at the moment and not a mate in sight. I wondered if they were busy.

  Anyway, I didn’t like the fact that Katashniel’s demons were so good at keeping quiet. Made me curious about what they were planning next. This war wasn’t going to go away any time soon. I had heard only one of Adriel’s knights had been killed thus far. That didn’t bode well for me. I might be hard to kill, but this was actually the first time I was living in fear. It was kill or be
killed out in the streets and, at the same time, we had to protect the humans from not only other demons, but from themselves.

  God, where was a fucking time machine when you needed one?

  Chapter Two

  Raphael

  “How is Andre and… the other one?” Isabella asked as she pulled the straps of her red dress over her creamy, slender shoulders.

  “Brian. You know his name,” I said, feeling a bit defensive. She could be extremely testy when she wanted to be.

  She looked at me over her shoulder and giggled. “Yes, him.”

  “It hasn’t been easy, as you know. Both he and Andre had to reveal themselves. It’s still chaos out there, even my business has taken a hit,” I said as I buttoned my white shirt.

  “Ugh, the public sector, such a common thing. I’d rather not have to be bothered with humans in such proximity,” she said, then she walked over to me, turning to reveal her exposed back. “Zip me up, please.” I smirked and obliged. “Thank you.” She smiled, and it was a smile that had lit my fire for over three hundred years.

  “He has his calling,” I said, then reached over, picking my suit jacket up from the chair I’d tossed it on during the heat of passion. My hair was still damp from the shower, as was Isabella’s, there was only so much toweling one could do. Hotels served their purpose.

  “You really do wear those well,” Isabella purred as she watched me adjust my jacket. “You know, that pesky ban our king has on you and your mates never applied to me. Which means you can visit me more than once a month.”

  I chuckled. “Between tracking down Katashniel and his demons and satisfying my own mates, I’m plenty busy, my darling.”

  “Yes, yes, I’m sure you are,” she said with a dismissive gesture. “At least they both know their places.”

  I nodded. “After moving Andre in, things have been better.” Every once in a while, Andre would challenge me when it came to giving himself to me, but he always submitted. Soon, I was certain he would finally succumb to his desires to be dominated. It was obvious he enjoyed it when I fucked him. We had been living together for nearly three months, three hectic months, and finding solace in each other’s arms and pleasure was keeping us close.

  “What are you doing when you leave me?” Isabella asked.

  “I’m going to be hunting demons that don’t belong here. You?”

  “The same.” She strapped on both red, six-inch heels.

  “In those?” I asked, gesturing to her uncomfortable but fashionable footwear.

  “Oh, darling… I love putting these up a demon’s ass.” She leaned back in the chair and lifted one of her long, curvaceous legs to prove her point.

  “And Nasini and Ade?” I asked.

  She sighed. “Nasini is busy tending to King Adriel’s needs. Ade has been searching for any information about Mahmet. As you know, they are far more powerful than I am.” She rolled her eyes. “I’ve been relegated to clearing out the trash and hopefully finding a trail that may lead to one of his knights or that traitorous Lord. When and if I find one, I’m to alert one of them.”

  I frowned. “Surprising. I’m sure that doesn’t settle well with you.”

  “It doesn’t. I can hold my own.”

  “Oh, no doubt. So, why did Nasini put the hammer down?” I knew it had to be Nasini’s decision to partially bench Isabella.

  She sighed. “She wants to protect me, why else? Never has anything like this happened before. The demons we face now are powerful and not loyal to Adriel. So, you should be careful with your own mates. Both are less than a year old, you will need to protect them.”

  It was true. I’d been training both Brian and Andre harder since the Rising. That was what everyone was calling the incident that happened three months ago. I knew they would be out there fighting, and I wanted to make sure they could hold their own. I also realized that although Isabella didn’t agree with Nasini’s decision, she respected it. I had no intentions of benching Andre or Brian, but I would keep a close eye on them. I checked in on both often, which annoyed Andre more so than Brian, but I didn’t give a shit. They were my responsibility, and I never half-assed on taking care of my responsibilities.

  I looked at my watch, it was after midnight and I knew Brian would either be at home or out on the streets. Andre had already called to tell me he was working late on a case. He was struggling to keep things as normal as he could. Apparently, the people in his office avoided him as much as they could and he wasn’t trusted in court. Therefore, he sent the new Assistant DA in his place. One of the few humans who wasn’t afraid of him. Mainly, because he’d been saved by Andre when one of Katashniel’s demons tried to kill him and his wife. Had Andre stayed in the private sector as a defense attorney, he wouldn’t have had to come out as a demon. But it was just his luck that he had switched tables in the courtroom and now wasn’t even allowed at them. I knew it pissed him off, but he was dealing with it as best as he could. I found that honorable.

  As for Brian, he had his sister, Natalie, and Andre had Sheila, as she was his sister. Other officers feared Brian, they didn’t trust him, but I knew that would all change soon. I thought that Adriel was making moves to put more demons loyal to him to work alongside human law enforcement on federal, state, and local levels like it was in the Society. It was one of the reasons why he wanted some of us to come out. Either that, or he was going to make the Society the only police force out there. Honestly, I wasn’t sure. I was a member of the Society and had a human partner. Not my choice, but I followed my orders. I’d much rather things were the way they used to be. But life would never be the same after what had happened. I had to go with the flow.

  I looked at Isabella and she was staring out the window. I was sure it was nothing but unrest down there. I could hear the sirens all over the city. I walked up behind her and kissed her shoulder. “Until next month, darling?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

  She nodded and reached back, stroking my jaw. “Be careful.”

  “I will.” I left it at that and teleported home just to see if Brian was there. As soon as I entered, I could sense his presence and I followed it to the bedroom. “Nice… very nice,” I said with a wide smile as I watched him stroking his cock while he fingered his hole. Seeing my mate naked and needy woke up my sexual appetite. It didn’t matter that I had already spent time with Isabella, looking at Brian, horny out of his mind, always threw me into overdrive. I saw no reason why I couldn’t fuck his brains out before we hit the streets for patrol.

  “I was hoping you’d come home,” Brian said, then he spread his legs wider, giving me the full view. “Think Andre can join us?”

  “Both of us? You are hungry for cock, aren’t you?” I teased.

  “Always, and it’s all your fault,” Brian said, laughing.

  I was really happy to see he was so at peace with who he was. No more conflict, and because of that, he was bold and sexy as hell from every direction.

  “You want me to contact Andre?” I asked.

  Brian moaned as he bit his bottom lip and nodded.

  Sweet Jesus, that bottom lip. Well, Andre had said that he was busy, but I could still ask. I pulled out my cell phone as I began unbuttoning my shirt for the second time tonight. “Are you busy?” I asked Andre as soon as he answered.

  “A little. Just preparing Philip for the court case next week.”

  “Brian is quite horny tonight.”

  Andre chuckled, and the rumble of his voice was melodic over the phone. I wondered if he knew exactly just how hot he really was. I didn’t need the whips, crops, or leather the way Brian did. Just Andre being himself was enough of a seduction for me.

  “What’s new?” Andre joked.

  “You should see him in the state he’s in right now… so delectable,” I teased.

  “Give me a minute.” Andre ended the call. I tossed my cell on the chair and continued to get undressed.

  “Our mate is on his way. Now… show me that hole.” I deman
ded, my eyes glued to the pleasure zone between Brian’s legs. He smiled and pulled his two fingers free of his hole and I licked my lips as I watched his hole get smaller. I loved when he was this riled up. I thought we both needed this… I mean, the last time we fucked was at least seventeen hours ago. That was a record for us.

  “You like?” Brian asked as he kept his legs spread wide.

  “You know I like, you fucking tormentor.”

  Brian laughed. “God, I can’t wait until Andre comes. I’m so fucking horny.”

  “I know, I can tell,” I said, then climbed into bed. I kissed him, and he wrapped his arms around my shoulders as we savored each other’s mouths. “You want my tongue in your ass, baby?” I asked the moment our lips parted for a second.

  Brian nodded and continued to kiss me. God, I loved the taste of him, the feel of him. Honestly, I didn’t know if I would have been happier if the Agoto had chosen a woman instead of a man. When it first happened, I had been disappointed that Brian had been selected, but something about our personalities clicked and it made him even more irresistible to me. I even liked when he called me “asshole”. It turned me on.

  I reached down between our bodies and took hold of his raging hard-on. He moaned in pleasure as I began to stroke his flesh, making sure to pay close attention to his sensitive head. I loved watching him arch off the bed, squirming almost like a cat because he was so limber. The look of pure bliss on his face spoke volumes to me and really spiked my libido. I wrapped my thumb around my own cock, pressing both his and mine together in my palm as I continued stroking.