Chronicles- A Devil's Daughters Crossover- Book Two(Published Feb 2017)

Twisted Figures

    And the evening had started off so well...
   Kember had gone off with Navina somewhere, and Malice and her husband had taken to her room, in hopes of relaxing while their children were away and closely supervised by Lady Ellaria. Dinner had been wonderful, and the stroll they had taken by the fire pits... Okay, so it wasn't a moon lit walk on the beach, but the things Reh had whispered in her ears had kept her just as captivated.
    The drinks had been an added bonus, though the bath had been far too much; and yet, he had lulled her into it none the less. The massage was sinfully divine, as were his hands around her waist as he slid between her thighs... And her thoughts took off, all the incredible moments they had shared, flashing by her eyes. Their first date and their wedding, and the birth of their children; children who had been viciously attached and manipulated against their will...
   "Malice, my love, you need to calm down..."
    "One does not just, calm down, and be done with it! It's like an earth quake, with lots of mini aftershocks ripping through you at any moment..." She sighed, and he shook his head.
      Malice, was stuck in the middle of one such aftershock. From riding in his lap, to shaking as she balanced on the post at the end of them bed, hey eyes daring him to come closer.
     "We will discuss this in the morning..."
     "It cannot wait until the morning." She hissed back at him, swaying as she regained her balance. "He attacked our children. Our, children, Rehoboam!"
    "I know this, Malice!" He sighed, rising from the bed, naked as the day he was born within his sacred House of David.
   His dark brown beard was trimmed clean, his eyes locking on to hers as he crossed the room. His shoulder muscles moved beneath his skin as he reached for his robe, a flash of red, and that sinful rear end was covered...
   "Where are you going?" She inquired, suddenly afraid to be alone as he hand reached for the handle.
    "I'm going to check on our children!" He smiled back at her, "To ease to spirit and get you back into my bed!" He added with a grin, and was gone.
   To ease her spirit.... Ha! There was no easing anything!
   They should all be in the war room, discussing the end of Pathen once and for all. They should all be plotting his demise, just as she was now. A swift kick off a cliff, with a few boulders tied to his feet. Or perhaps that cliff should overlook the bottomless pits on Samo'san? A bullet to the brain? Squishy bits flying everywhere! Too messy! But then, plan C contained a well trained arrow between the eyes as the bastard tried to dodge a barrage of her blades while running through a mine field... Again, far too messy, and too quick; she wanted the fool to suffer.
    She felt the need to swing, though at one, she had no clue; but swing she did, lost her balance on the post, and fell to her ass on the floor; and didn't that, add injury to insult!
    She tried to sit on the lounger, and then laying in the bed....
   Nope! Bad idea, seeing as how it had taken her five minutes just to sit back up again.
   She had to stand up, that hip was throbbing and there was no way, she was going to be able to sit for a while. "Fuck this!" She let out, grabbing what she could as she lumbered towards the door, hiking up her leathers and sliding her shirt over her head, before she too, made off out the door.

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    "You should have seen his face when he saw her!" Kember told them, as Nyx dealt another round of cards. "It was like he'd be given a blessing, his eyes all wide and teary... how could I not let them have their moment together?" She added. "I knew she was married!"
    Was she even fooling any of them? Nyx? Mia? Nissa? Anyone?
   "Your turn!" Nyx replied, and tossed his chips into the middle. "Demons are wild!"
   "Of course they are!" Mia rolled her eyes and shook her head.
   "You want to deal, my love?"
   "Don't you, my love, me!" She cocked a brow at him, and Nissa almost choked on his drink.  
   "What?" Nyx shot back at him.
  "Nothing, Homie!" Nissa shook his head, "But I think she should have dealt! I'm out!" He chuckled, and tossed his cards on the table.
    "It's not my fault, I won't let go pull guard duty at the manor house, alone!" The Demon grumbled.
     "I wouldn't be alone!" Mia snapped back at him, "Kember would be there, too!"
     "And that makes it so much better!" He growled at her.
    "Hey now..." Kember let out, "What the fuck, Nyx?"
    "You're not going!" He stood up, and tossed his own cards down. "Period!" And he stormed off towards the wall and vanished.
    "So, who's deal is it?" Nissa sighed, and poured himself another drink.
   "And another thing..." Nyx's voice returned, and the Demon came walking out of the shadows, but he was cut off by a clamoring in the hall. "What the, fuck?"
    "Rats!" Mia laughed, and the look on his face, that cocked brow and nasty glare. "Or not! Whatever floats your boat!"
    The sound of a door slamming shut again, and the mumbled shouts from...
    "Is that, Reh?" Nissa asked, rising from his chair, just as the male came stumbling into the dining hall.
     "Uh, good morning!" Rehoboam tried to smile, but it was clear to Kember, that the male had not slept much, if at all.
     "Is it morning already?" Nissa raced to the door, "She's gonna kill me!" And the Angel was gone.
     "Guess I'm not the only one in the dog house!" Nyx chuckled, and stood with his arms crossed over his chest.
    "You're only in the doghouse, cause you can't accept the truth and got all snippy with me!" Mia told him as she passed on by. "No offense, Reh..." She added, as she passed him too. "But you look like shit!"
     "I feel like shit!" He grumbled, and took a seat at the table.
    "Malice?" She grinned at him when he nodded his head. "You married her!"
    "And I don't regret a second of it!"
    "Did you tell her that?" Kember cut in, but the coolness in his eyes... "I'm just saying..." She muttered, and rose from the table. "She's bound to feel that what happened to Ben and Bathsheba, is her fault..."
     Rehoboam glared at her for a moment, but then his eyes softened, and he relaxed a little. "I can see why she likes you!" He chuckled, as Mia brought him a drink.
    "Thought you were leaving?" He laughed, "Thanks!"
   "Thought I was too, but this sounds interesting, and I'm bored..." She sighed, sipping on her own drink. "So, what exactly, is wrong with Mal?"
    Reh looked about the room, his beard all shaggy and unkept. "She's pissed that the children were attacked..." He started.  
    "And?" Nyx urged him on, as he stood behind Mia.
    "And she's seething for revenge..."
   "Doesn't surprise me!" Mia laughed, "Those are her kids, and someone tried to mess with them."
    "But they're my children, too!" He argued, "I helped to create them, and she won't even..."
    "She fears that she will love too hard, and that it will happen again!" Kember replied, and the whole room went silent. "You gave life to those children, and she fears that if more should come to see the light of this world, that they will fall to the same fate!"
    "That, is ridiculous!" He spat out, tempted to rise from his seat.
   "I know!" Kember laughed, "But her mind isn't thinking clearly!" She reminded him. "For all we know, whoever let those bastards out of their cells, could have bewitched her..."
    "Bewitched, her?"
    "It can happen!" Nyx chuckled, "Did happen, last week!"
    "She was bewitched, last week?" He seemed in a daze. "Seriously?"
   "One of my spells backfired!" Kember admitted, "It was nothing serious, but still..." And she hoped that Nyx would keep his mouth shut. Reh didn't need to know that Kember had almost died. "Have you tried talking to her?"
    "You mean, when she was posed to attack from atop the bed post?" He cocked a brow at her. "No, I have not. I can't even find her!"
     "What do you mean, you can't find her?" Mia stood up from her seat. "Where the hell did she go?"
     "I don't know! I just said that!"
    "And you didn't tell anyone she was missing?"
   "I didn't think she was missing, until now! I hoped she'd be in here with you , or..." He looked at Kember.
    "I promised to leave the two of you alone, and I keep my promises!" Kember smiled at him. "She has not been here!"
     "Did you check the training room?" Nyx cut in.
     "Yes! She wasn't there, or in the showers, or walking the halls... She wasn't even on the roof!"
     "The war room!" Mia laughed, and disappeared.
     "Right!" Kember giggled, and took Reh's hand. "Come with me!"


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