The Demons of Paradise: Volume 8 (The Demon Heart Series) by Margie Eileen Jones (3)

 

Richard cried in between kisses.

 

“You just don’t know how to deal with children Richard.  I do.  Now shut up and enjoy yourself.  We have this room until Stephanie arrives so behave or I will gag you with your underwear.”

 

Peter said with a smile as he now knew his sweet boyfriend was a submissive.  It was a wonderful feeling to know this and he was going to take advantage of that.  However, while his lover was tied up he was going to torment this body with pleasure.

 

As Peter tormented that body he knew so well, he made Richard beg for him and really beg this time.  He did things to that body that he never did before pinching him and biting him finding his weak spots.  Smacking those legs, a bit and pulling that hair being rough like he had always wanted to do with Richard, but had not known the man liked this shit.  Next time he would get toys and one of those but plugs that shocked Richard on the inside a bit to see if he liked that.  Nothing that would set fire to his lover or hurt him badly, but would give him some nice pain to go with his pleasure.

 

Peter wanted to get a ball gag for Richard and to chain him up to whip him.  Peter wanted to explore this side of his lover since although bondage was always fun there were other ways to keep Richard happy plus fairly loyal.  Peter figured if he could punish Richard when he was bad he would probably feel better about their relationship when Richard did things to piss him off.  He was always afraid of hurting Richard, but maybe if he could deliver a little pain once in a while it might help now that he knew Richard liked that.

 

If Richard thought about cheating, Peter could simply tie him up and put a cock cage on him and shove a nice huge butt plug up his ass to wear all day or night long.  Knowing his lover would plead with him and beg him would be good and he could use it as a training tool as well as a way to give them both pleasure.  Richard obviously liked being scolded so even if he started to tear up and sob like a baby Peter could feel no remorse for making his lover sad unless it was a serious fight in which he of course would work on not having with Richard so much now that he knew what he needed.

 

Peter would also work on his jealousy.  He knew how Richard was, but when they went out he was going to have his boyfriend wear a cock cage and have a butt plug in his ass.  Unless Peter specified it was ok for Richard to go further than kisses and playing a bit Richard was to behave himself.  In fact, he would get a special but plug made that had an outside remote to shock his lover any time Richard pushed beyond normal flirting, kissing, and playing since Peter knew Richard’s ideas of these things.  There was playful flirting and then there was playful groping and Peter would step in if playful groping occurred and he did not approve of it.

 

Also, Peter would keep the cock cage keys on him at all times since vampires did not need to urinate so the thing would be able to be on Richard most of the time.  There were plastic ones and metal ones so Peter would try both seeing what worked best and what was most comfortable for Richard.  Peter would of course give Richard breaks from it as he had a right to be with his consorts, but for the most part Richard was going to be wearing a cock cage and having a butt plug up his ass to insure loyalty.

 

As Peter made love to his gorgeous boyfriend, he was eternally grateful that Christian had shown him this side of Richard.  Rather than get angry with him he could have punished him and saved them both a lot of heartache.  He had never thought of the idea of putting a chastity belt on his lover even when they were available, but now he had other ideas.  Fun exciting ideas to try with Richard.  There were bondage shops in London and places where S and M toys were sold.  Peter had dreamed about handcuffing his lovers and spanking them with a riding crop or paddle.

 

So many wasted years in fighting with this man he loved when they could have had each other forever.  Peter this time would fight for the man he loved and this time he would win.

 

(Benjamin)

 

Chapter 4

 

Stephanie finally arrived with Benjamin talking softly to Allen when Christian let Stephanie and Marcus in.  Benjamin used his soothing voice and calming words to help the newborn vampire relax a bit although he still whimpered off and on.

 

Christian told Stephanie he would go get Peter and Richard since they were still in the room he left them in.  Stephen and Johnathan did not want to leave as they were enjoying themselves playing with Ashton as Stephen had yet to have a chance to make love to the boy, but wanted to.

 

“Stephen, Johnathan you both may come back so do not worry.  Most of the coven is coming and will be there to greet our new coven members.  We also have two more from Craven’s coven who wish to join us although Richard will probably throw a fit since their consorts were forced to be consorts.  However, they were new and did not know the rules so we should be able to forgive them as they do want to try a new coven since Craven apparently upped his dues since Peter left them and they cannot afford his prices.”

 

Stephanie said as Johnathan kissed Ashton on the lips promising he would be back.  Stephen also kissed Ashton for promises later.  Ashton just wandered off looking for Christian since he wanted to spend time with his husband.

 

Richard and Peter were wet from their shower, but dressed plus much to the surprise of both Marcus and Stephanie the two were holding hands rather than trying to bite each other’s heads off.

 

“We brought a hearse and a limousine.  Marcus wanted a hearse anyway so we just bought that outright so Marcus and I will be traveling in the hearse with our newborn.  Benjamin, it is a pleasure to meet you and you are welcome to travel with us in the hearse or you may go in the limousine.  Whichever you prefer.”

 

Stephanie said as she looked at the baby vampire who was calm right now with Benjamin soothing him with his voice.

 

“I will go in the hearse.  Perhaps if Allen can hear me the dark of the coffin will frighten him less.”

 

Benjamin said as Benjamin kept a hand on Allen letting the baby vampire know they were going to leave soon.

 

“Well let’s try to make this as painless as possible.  I shall close the lid while you men lift the casket and put him in the back of the hearse.  Marcus will be driving the hearse and our new coven member is driving the limousine with his consort in front.  Craven is not happy, but so be it.  It was his loss and our gain.”

 

Stephanie said as she closed the lid to the casket in which Allen started to freak out a bit.  He was crying and wiggling around making it difficult for the men to get him in the hearse as the casket was rocking back and forth with the strength of the newborn.

 

“Holy shit he is strong!”

 

Johnathan belted out as the casket rocked and they finally got it in.  Allen was far from happy as he fought to get free only for Benjamin to get into the back of the hearse with him putting his hand inside and using his voice to try to calm the poor thing.

 

Allen was sobbing as they drove away whimpering and crying for blood that he was being taken from.  Benjamin continued to talk to Allen and let him know he was here for him.  All Allan knew was it was dark and there was no blood to feed on in this car.  In his newborn state, he felt alone and afraid.  The chains hurt and he could not get free.

 

Knowing how strong Allen was, most likely only Benjamin and Stephanie were strong enough to help him feed.  The chains burned and hurt his skin since he was still part demon with these chains meant to kill his kind.  The only thing keeping the chains from killing him was the fact he was part vampire now.

 

When they got to the farm Allen could smell blood and lots of it.  He once again fought in the casket almost making the vampires carrying him drop it however they got the casket to the stockade where one of the vampires brought forth a cow and put it in the stockade for the newborn.  Peter got the long knife from the kitchens to slice the cow’s throat for Allen as it did take both Stephanie and Benjamin to hold Allen steady below the cow although he was already biting up at it.  The cow was fighting to get out of the stockade, but it was stuck and could not go anywhere as it cried out when Peter sliced its throat letting the blood drip down as Allen caught the blood and then Benjamin and Stephanie lifted him as he bit into the cow’s throat draining it dry.

 

It took three cows to sate Allen’s thirst before he came to.  He was still in pain, but understood why although he wished to god they would take the burning chains off.  It felt like acid against his skin although the clothing helped a bit.

 

“We need to get his clothing off of him.”

 

Peter said and Allen almost screamed at that.

 

“NO!  Don’t take it off unless you want to fry me!”

 

Allen yelled in panic.

 

“Well you are all bloody and kind of a mess.  It will stink after a while.  Why do you want it on so badly?”

 

Stephanie asked and then she smelled burnt flesh coming from the chains.

 

“These are Archangel chains and they will hold me from attacking people, but they will also kill me and burn me if directly placed against my skin.  Unless you have a way of separating the chains from me or putting something in between them to keep them from burning me you have to leave my clothing on.”

 

Allen said and Richard did have an idea.

 

“Will leather work for in between them?  I mean he will have to deal with messy clothes for a night or two, but we can put leather in between the chains since only the Archangels can take these off.”

 

Richard suggested and Allen thought that was not a bad idea.

 

“It might make you sweat a bit, but it is better than being burnt.”

 

Peter said after he threw the last cow into the cart for the butcher and tanner to take away.

 

“Demons don’t sweat much if at all.  I am still a demon even though I am a vampire also.  I have to fall in love to be anything else.  I have no idea if Angel’s sweat since I was too busy raping and killing them to notice.  I do know that demons rarely sweat though.”

 

Allen said and Benjamin thought of something that might do for tonight.

 

“We have towels here, don’t we?  I can roll them around the chains as we remove his clothing.  We may have to buy more towels, but at least we can clean him off a bit and try to make him more comfortable unless there is another reason you don’t wish to be naked.  Most of us have seen it all before so it won’t bother us unless it bothers you.”

 

Benjamin stated and Allen shrugged.

 

“I don’t care either way.  Demons have natural clothing, but it will burn with these chains so it isn’t like I will be completely nude anyway.  My skin will soak up blood and remove dirt as well so although baths are nice they really aren’t necessary.  Demons unlike humans are not dirty creatures, we are just rather cruel and for the most part evil.”

 

Allen said and Benjamin nodded as he easily lifted the now not struggling demon vampire into his arms and carried him into the house with the others following.

 

“So, are you single handsome?”

 

Allen asked Benjamin who sighed since he knew this was going to happen to him.

 

“Yes, I am, but I am not gay and I am not interested in being with a demon.”

 

Benjamin said and then Allen changed forms into a beautiful young woman.

 

“I can change for you if you like.  My former form was male though so if we fell in love you would have to deal with him.”

 

Allen said in the most seductive female voice Benjamin had ever heard.  Allen was stunning as a woman, but Benjamin knew better.

 

“Stop teasing this old vampire you young thing.  I had been with one of your kind before and as I said before I am not interested.”

 

Benjamin said and Allen pouted cutely.

 

“Well it could be just sex if you want it to be.  I’m easy.”

 

Allen purred as he batted his long eyelashes at Benjamin who shook his head at this silly little demon.

 

“That is what all your kind says.  It is never easy with you always wanting something or other.  My soul, my heart, and my dreams are not for sale little demon.  I did love one of your kind once and it caused me royal hell.  It is what made you what you are now.  A newborn pain in the ass.”

 

Benjamin said and Allen changed again to his male side.

 

“I assure you the pain in the ass does not have to be from your end.  I can take as well as give in either form and I am good in bed.  Very good.”

 

Allen said with a wicked grin.  He liked this old vampire and thought he definitely could be the one for him.

 

“I am sure you are.  Spending centuries raping Angels, fornicating with your own kind and humans, you are the sluts of the underworld.  You have nothing to offer me that has not been offered before.  I lived around your kind for more years than a young thing like you has ever known.  I am one of the eldest of my kind and I know all your tricks.’

“I’ve seen your kind kill Angels by the droves and destroy human lives.  You love to kill, it is in your blood, but I assure you as a vampire you will behave or you will be killed.  I suggest if you do not want to go to hell with your mate you find a better way to live my friend since your old ways are not going to work with someone like me especially since I do know your kind very well Allen and you can’t fool me with this game of yours.’

“What do you really want?  It can’t be love since demons hate that word so it must be something else you seek.  Tell me really what this plan of yours is or I will slowly remove your clothing and forget the towels letting you burn until you beg for me to stop.”

 

Benjamin asked since he did not believe this demon.  They all wanted something more than love.

 

“I am dead serious old man when I say I want out of my mating by any means possible and I mean by any means.  I will kill a thousand people, a hundred thousand, a million, or more just to get out of it.  I hate Lia more than any other being.  I also don’t want to die since I am attached per say to life.’

“We die as soon as we reach a certain age as most volunteer to go to Lucifer and to the chamber to end it all where they rip us from our bodies and place our soul plus our collected souls into an orb to strengthen hell.  Lia wants that the fool she is.  I hate the souls I gathered, I hate hell as it is a miserable place compared to the heaven I get from earth, and most of all I hate my mate.’

“My only salvation is finding a new mate and falling in love.  I hate love, but it is better than dying and being stuck in an orb with her.  They put mates together.  Did you know that old man?  They put us together until judgment day where we have to be with each other every moment.  I swear I will kill anyone who says I have to be with that bitch for the rest of my existence.’

“Do you know what it is like to have your mate fuck you while ripping out your entrails telling you lies in your ears and trying to steal the souls you gathered within you by also digging deep within to find them as you scream?  At first it was fun to be a bit twisted in our relationship.  We beat the hell out of each other before we fucked and she left my souls to me.  As things got darker, I dealt with it like any self-respecting demon would.  However, when she started stealing souls from me and out of me that ended quickly.’

“You are old enough to know we feed on souls and that is our sustenance.  It is survival to feed and to kill humans.  Bigger and stronger demons come to take souls from us with my mate who is supposed to be the one person I can trust doing the same to me as these stronger faster younger demons.  Well, fuck that!  When I fall in love and become an Angel I am going back to my mate to kill her slowly.  I am going to rip out the souls she so needs and end her very existence.  I will get my revenge.’

“So now you know.  I am still a demon. I know that.  You have no reason to trust me, but that is the truth so BACK THE FUCK OFF!”

 

Allen snarled to Benjamin who sighed and shook his head.

 

“Well with your attitude you are never going to find love.  Your problem is you are too busy searching for it and love doesn’t work that way.  You either feel it or you don’t.  I am not saying you should not date or find others, but pushing won’t help you and sex is only part of the whole picture.  It won’t be hard for you to find someone to have sex with you, but to actually love someone takes much more than just good sex.’

“You are actually going to have to put time and effort into it.  You probably are used to seducing the pants off of anyone you so desire.  Collecting souls is probably a fairly simple task for you as well, but as a vampire you won’t be feeding on souls.  You feed only on blood and you can drink now so you get to do that much.’

“If you do fall in love and become an Angel there is not guarantee you won’t still be a vampire so assume you will only get to drink liquids as your diet.  If you are lucky you will lose the vampire part of yourself and become a full blooded demon Angel.  Then you can eat, drink, and enjoy life to the fullest.”

 

Benjamin said and Allen listened.

 

“So how do I know when I am in love?”

 

Allen asked since he wanted to know.

 

“Oh, you will know it.  It is indescribable, but you will be willing to do anything for that person including die for them and not like a demon dying and coming back, but to die permanently for them so they may live.’

“You will spend every waking moment with them wanting to be their one and only love.  However, if they reject you the pain is almost unbearable.  You will feel like you want to die if they reject you or considering you are a demon you probably will get pissed off enough to want to kill them only to find you cannot or if you do kill them it will hurt you even more.’

“Love is a complicated thing making you feel more alive at one moment only to leave you devastated the next.  However, when you feel it, it is the most awesome feeling you will ever know.  I have been through it more than once in my life as before my consorts died I had loved them all.  Demons killed my consorts so I should hate your kind, in some ways I guess I kind of do hate demons, but at the same time I also understand you better than you think.’

“Being surrounded by your kind I found myself learning more about demons then I ever wanted to know, but as there was peace for us for a long time I also learned to care for demons as much as I hated them.’

“I loved Lilith and although she was rather insane when she thought I had died, she was dearer to me than any consort I ever had.  I will miss her dearly, but her death is for the best.”

 

Benjamin said and Allen simply listened although he was certain love was not as complicated as Benjamin said since he knew several Masters and humans who had fallen in love with him.  They all had been fine with the fact that he did not love them and he would be fine if the person he loved did not love him as long as they knew they could not get away from him since he was going to mate them.  Anything was better than being mated to Lia.

 

“Were all your consorts’ female?”

 

Allen asked curious about this since although some of his Masters were female most were male.

 

“Yes.  I prefer the female body so I chose female consorts.  Of course, at first, I did force my consorts to be my consorts, but that is a rather barbaric practice.  The last few I had I asked them and they consented.  However, without the spells I know now no consort recalled their life before becoming a vampire.  Therefore, everything we knew about each other and loved about each other was lost so we had to start over every time.  Now of days you can choose a consort you love and have them recall everything or you can start fresh with them.  Some vampires prefer having their consorts not recall the past, but if they have family that can be a rather sad loss for the consort.”

 

Benjamin said and Allen thought about that.  If he had a consort he would want them to forget everything except for him.  That way he could completely control them and bend them to his will.  Only an idiot would want to keep their consort’s memories intact when one could have the ultimate power over another person.  Allen would love to be in control of his consort’s every action.

 

“Well I would like to call my friend Zachary if you don’t mind.  My cell phone is in my pocket if you can get it for me before you wrap these chains in towels and strip me bare.  I think when I go on the cruise with him we should talk about making him my consort even if we are just friends right now.”

 

Benjamin lifted an eyebrow at that.

 

“Is he another demon?”

 

Benjamin asked as he regarded Allen wondering if this was really a good idea.

 

“No, he is a human I like.  He is good looking and nice.  He helped me pack my stuff before we left and he doesn’t mind if I sleep with others or date them.  I figure if I am going to be stuck with someone, it might as well be with someone I like.  Love can happen later, but for now like is not a bad way to begin.”

 

Benjamin really thought this was a terrible idea, but it really wasn’t up to him to decide Allen’s choices in consorts.

 

“I’m not going to even ask why you are doing this, but very well.”

 

Benjamin said as he got the cell phone and looked at the numbers on the phone.  There was only one number on his phone as all others had been removed or Allen just did not have people who he talked to.

 

“I am assuming this first number and only number is the one you are talking about.”

 

Benjamin stated as he hit the dial button and it called Zachary in Jamaica on his cell.

 

“Hello?”

 

Zachary asked as he was not expecting his phone to ring as they were cleaning up the camp site on the beach and getting ready to take the last photos of Bob since sunset was almost upon them.

 

“Hi Zachary, this is your friend Allen.  I was wondering, do you want to be my consort?”

 

Allen asked and Zachary about dropped the phone at that.  Allen had to be kidding.  They did not even know each other that well yet.

 

“Allen, we just barely became friends.  I want to be a consort, but I don’t know you that well.  Can we please try to be better friends first before doing this since I really don’t know much about demons and I don’t know you although I would like to know you better?”

 

Zachary inquired and Allen smiled widely.  This was going to be easier than he thought.

 

“Sure, we can do that.   Just know I am kind of in a rush here since twenty years is a very short time for demons and I really want to get out of my mating.  I like you though and I wouldn’t mind having you as my consort.’

“By the way did you grab my stuff or did it get left with the bitch?”

 

Allen asked since he hoped they did not leave his stuff behind since he had packed one suitcase.

 

“No, we did not leave it with that female demon Lia.  We took everything.  She did not even come back to the house until the reapers left and you were taken through the portal.  The grim reaper William’s wife chased after the demon with a chainsaw so I am surprised Lia is even alive after she insulted Kingsly in front of his husband.  I know I am not going to insult that red head, he is insane.”

 

Zachary said as he looked around hoping Kingsly did not hear him since he was sitting away from the reapers, Angels, and vampires getting his camera ready with Joe letting Sebastian play with Belle the big cat again.  Both Sebastian and Belle were moping as they wanted to be together so Joe finally gave in.

 

“I wish the bitch was that easy to kill, but Lia will just come back even with a reaper ending her.  Still it is too bad I missed that as I would have loved to see it.”

 

Allen stated with a sigh.

 

“Bob says you will be at the farm for a long time.  The cruise is in three months so I hope you will be done with your time at the farm by then.”

 

Zachary said and Allen thought about things.

 

“Hell, I will break these chains if I have to so I can go with you.  I will fucking swim to get out of this mess.  I’m just glad you got my shit and don’t worry about money since I can create money in any currency anywhere we end up going.  Just make sure when you get to the dates you will be heading out you give me a heads up.’

“I am probably going to annoy you daily since I don’t have other friends besides Kirkland and I never got his phone number.   I don’t know anyone here except this Benjamin guy who thinks he knows me.’

“Anyway, expect to see me as soon as I am free from this farm.  You said you would help me and so I trust you will.  Also, hang onto my stuff, don’t even let Kirkland bug it since it is mine and I earned all of it.  Especially don’t let him know I have more demon manuals since if Lia found out, she would have given them to him.  They are mine.  You can’t even read them, but Kirkland can and I know him well enough to know he will steal them.  Don’t let anyone unpack my stuff.  I will pay you to take it with you.  I can always buy more stuff, but especially be careful about my suitcase since those manuals are old.”

 

Allen said and Zachary agreed to hang onto Allen’s stuff for him.  However, he was going to be living with Kirkland so it would be odd to go to their house with nothing of his own.

 

“What are you going to do for clothing?”

 

Zachary asked since he did wonder.

 

“Demons have permanent clothing that they can remove at will.  I have clothing so don’t worry about me.  Just make sure no one gets my stuff.”

 

Allen hoped his stuff was safe since he did trust Zachary for some reason and hoped his new friend was as decent as his soul seemed to be.

 

“Ok.  But you are going to live with Sebastian and his family so I’m not sure how they do things, but it is your stuff so I am sure they won’t mess with it even if I did not take it.”

 

Zachary said and he went over to where he was going to take the shots of Bob with his camera getting out the white lounge chair again.

 

“You don’t understand demons.  They like to clean stuff, unpack things, and organize things.  Lia and I told Kirkland he could have all our old demon manuals, but that wasn’t exactly true.  I wanted mine, but Lia is a bitch as I said and if I argued with her about the manuals in front of Kirkland it would be considered rude since Kirkland is like our mentor.’

“Besides I ain’t living with them forever.  I plan on falling in love and living with whomever I fall in love with as they will be my mate.  I’m not sure how consorts work, but I am pretty sure you have to live with them too.’

“I never was much up on vampire relations, I just liked getting bitten by them.  I know more about Angels than vampires.  Demons that turn into demon Angels are still demons.  Kirkland’s friends are demon Angels and they are still demons through and through no matter how sweet or nice they seem.  Trust no one Zachary, especially nonhumans.  Every one of us who are nonhuman are assholes.  It is a fact although I swear to you if you take care of my stuff I will take care of you.  I don’t trust many people so this is a big deal to me.”

 

Allen said stressed a bit about his things.  Allen had very few things to call his own and he did not want people touching his things especially other demons.  He had enough shit taken from him by demons.

 

“Don’t worry Allen, I will put the stuff with my things and when we get to the airport I will get one of those cart things to carry all our stuff.  I’ll keep your stuff at my place until you get back from the farm.  I hope you will be back soon since I am going to be doing more photo shoots and it would be great to have you go with us to Africa.  I have only been a few times, but this particular place is secluded and supposed to be rather awesome with animals of all kinds.  I hope to take pictures of all the animals there not just this vampire Amare.”

 

Zachary said and Allen found that interesting.

 

“Just out of curiosity Zachary do you have other friends who go with you to these things?  I mean besides the young boy demon Angel, the elder demon Angels, and the vampires.”

 

Allen asked and Zachary sighed.

 

“Well no, I don’t have friends.  I don’t usually have time for friends and I travel a lot with my job.  I was in love with Richard the vampire and still love him to a point, but he doesn’t love me back like that plus I am too old for him.  Richard likes his men young and I have outgrown him although he still pays for my lifestyle plus I consider myself one of his donors.  I too like being bitten even if that is all I can get from him.”

 

Zachary said bitterly.  That bitterness and sorrow was exciting Allen.  He might be able to use that to his advantage.

 

“What about family?”

 

Allen asked and Zachary sighed once again.

 

“No, no family.  I was one of the orphans Richard sponsors.  I lost my virginity to him as well at age sixteen.  Richard was my boyfriend and although he said he could never be serious with me that he did love me.  He loves to spoil us boys as he says, but I am no boy anymore.  I am not a fool so I don’t refuse his money, but that is not what I want.  I wanted to be his consort, but every boy and man he left behind wants that.  I know I am pathetic, but I still love him and my job keeps me so busy I don’t really date much.  Models come and go, but as I get older they get younger.  You are the first in years that has shown an interest even though I really like Alex.”

 

Zachary said sounding so sad and lonely.  For Allen, this was perfect.  Zachary had one of those souls that could be bent to his will and harvested for his purposes.

 

“Forget about Richard and Alex.  Fuck them, they have others and they are not worth your time.  Alex is sweet and trust me that gets old after a while.  Richard sounds like a demon vampire to me as he uses boys and throws them away when he is done with them.  You don’t need that shit.’

“Sweet men can be just as manipulative and they can be users of the worst kind.  They get you wrapped around their finger only to rip your heart out later.  Trust me you don’t need them.  When I get away from this farm, we are going to have fun.”

 

Zachary smiled feeling better.

 

“That sounds great Allen.  I need to get out and have some real fun.  However, I do have to go to work now.  Call me later ok?”

 

Allen smirked wickedly.  He was going to have a blast with Zachary and maybe even fall in love with his soul.

 

Zachary took photos of Bob trying to get the right angle and the perfect lighting.  For these photos not much flash was used.  Instead he used some lamps he had plugging them into a small generator to get the right lighting on Bob, but also wanting to get that sunset in the background.

 

It was a beautiful night and it was perfect for getting those last minute photos with Alex and Bob eventually going for a night time swim in their speedos since they did not bring anything else to swim in.

(Sebastian swimming in the ocean)

 

Calis, while Alex and Bob were busy had Sebastian strip down to his boxers and had Zachary take some photos of his husband on the beach.  Then Calis made Sebastian drop his boxers and lounge naked on the lounge chair for photos like that of him.  Then Calis made Sebastian wade out naked into the water with lights on him and take pictures of him from behind with him looking out in the distance.  Calis looked at the pictures Zachary took and nodded since that was what he wanted.

 

“Ok Sebastian you can come back now.”

 

Calis said and Sebastian frowned since he did not get to take any pictures with Belle, but what he did not know was Zachary took a ton of those with Sebastian playing on the beach with the big cat.  Calis was going to give Sebastian the pictures of him with Belle for his birthday.

 

“I am going to swim for a bit.”

 

Sebastian said as he figured he was already naked and wet so he might as well enjoy this.  William and Kingsly had already left so there were only a few of them left on the beach.  Alex and Bob came back from their swim with Alex finding another sand dollar and more seashells.  Bob was carrying some of Alex’s seashells for him since they found a nice really big one that they wanted to put in their room.

 

“I think you are going to bring back a whole ocean full of seashells Alex.  Really the kids will appreciate a few of them, but what are you going to do with the rest?”

 

Calis asked shaking his head.  Alex was amusing as he looked like a little kid who was so happy to have his sea treasures.

 

“If you hold the big one up to your ear you can hear the ocean Calis.  I am going to show this to Pierce and I promised Pierce lots of gifts from my travels.  He is going to be so lost without us for a few days.  He is so used to having at least his Papa with him that it is going to be rough on the boy to not have Leon with him without me there.”

 

Alex said feeling bad about missing time with his grandson.

 

“Alex, grandparents don’t always stay with their grandkids so Pierce is getting more attention from you than most normal kids.  Besides he has others with him so he isn’t alone.  Ashton is with him and Christian as well as Davon, Sean, Sidney, Sven, and Shiro.  He has a house full of people to care for him and when you get home you can tell him all about your time here.”

 

Bob said as he took Alex to the trailer to change back into their clothes.  Bob knew Alex saw Pierce as more his son than a grandson, but even parents had time to themselves sometimes going on vacations and traveling on occasion.

 

When Alex and Bob came out of the trailer, Leon smiled at Alex and had him sit with him.  Leon liked Alex especially since he was so close to him and Pierce.  Alex treated Leon like he was family and that made him happy.

 

“It’s ok Alex, I miss Pierce right now too.  However, it is important we are here to take care of these spells not so much for the demons or vampires, but for the fact they may cause problems in other areas besides Jamaica.  Kirkland said one of the spells could fuck things up for everyone sending a whole day of bad karma out to the world strengthening hell and its demons.  Now that I am an Angel I don’t want to deal with hell and these spells are directly related to hell itself.”

 

Leon said since anything to do with hell needed to be removed from places like this, but Leon did not want Kirkland to get ill again scrying for spells.  It was bad enough they were surrounded by demons here in this city and vampires that did not want more vampires here.

 

“What are we waiting on now?  I know Jamal was going to give us a place to sleep for the night, but I agree with Calis in staying at the local hotel since imposing on the vampire is not the best way to make ourselves welcome in this city.”

 

Alex asked as everyone was just sitting around on the beach and it was getting darker as the sun had disappeared almost completely with the moon shining above with the only lights being the small fire they lit on the beach.  Joe most likely had to fly home soon so they could not stay long and would have to put out the fire before they left.

 

“Sebastian is swimming.”

 

Calis said as he sat next to Alex, Bob, Leon, and Kirkland.

 

“But he doesn’t have a suit.”

 

Alex said and Calis smirked.

 

“Yes, I am aware of that.”

 

Calis said and Alex just did an ‘oh’ face realizing Sebastian was naked in that water.

 

Zachary was getting night shots of Sebastian in the water as the former demon was gorgeous especially wet.  His pure alabaster skin against the dark background with that thick jet black hair made for a very pretty picture.

 

Even Joe who was not gay in the slightest had to admit Sebastian was beautiful as a male.  Kirkland just sat trying not to drool as he wanted Sebastian pretty damn bad.  If he had his lust night, Kirkland wanted that man to relieve his lust since Leon would not.

 

Bob also had a hard time looking away from Sebastian as the former demon was a gorgeous sight especially when he came above water flipping back his head as water spilled down from that beautiful dark hair down the man’s chest and over his hard abdomen.  Sebastian was beautifully built and fine in looks.

 

Calis loved watching his husband move in the water and could watch him do this naked all night and day long.  In some ways Calis wanted to join him, but there were too many people about.  Although Sebastian was free with his body not afraid to show it off, Calis was rather shy about his own body.  However, if he had swim trunks he would be out there with Sebastian.

 

“Calis go swim in your boxers.  We aren’t in a hurry and you can go swim with him if you want.  Boxers are pretty close to being like trunks and we can wait for you to dry off.”

 

Leon said to Calis who frowned not sure about this.

 

“Go……. we won’t be coming to this stretch of beach again little one and it will make Sebastian happy for you to be out there with him.”

 

Kirkland said as he could read Sebastian’s thoughts as well since he did want Calis to join him.

 

Calis went to the trailer and stripped down to his boxers feeling somewhat exposed, but he wanted to be with Sebastian.  Walking down to the beach and sighing a bit at this ridiculousness since this meant his boxers would be wet with sea water, Calis slowly made his way to the shoreline testing the coolness of the water.  Surprisingly enough it was fairly warm.

 

Wading further out into the water Sebastian saw Calis heading his direction and swam towards him.  When Calis got to Sebastian, Sebastian wrapped his arms around Calis pulling him into his arms as he kissed his little husband passionately.  Holding his little husband on his hips, Sebastian wanted to make love to his beloved in the water.

 

“I’m going to take those boxers off for a moment my love.”

 

Sebastian said as Calis went to protest that they were being watched, but Sebastian did not care.  He kissed his beloved little husband lifting him up a bit to pull those boxers down which Calis was not making this easy by any means struggling a little bit, but Sebastian was having none of that.

 

“If you don’t settle down I will simply rip them off of you.”

 

Sebastian said tersely in Calis’s ear as Calis’s eyes went wide.

 

“You do that and I will make you fix all your cats!”

 

Calis growled hotly with Sebastian smiling wickedly.

 

“Then stop struggling so and let me take them off.”

 

Sebastian said as Calis ceased his struggles as now Sebastian had Calis’s boxers in his hand.

 

“You will give those back to me when you are finished or else you will suffer Sebastian.”

 

Calis said and Sebastian smirked as he simply lifted his little husband onto his hips once again.

 

“Hold onto me or I will let loose of your boxers.  I am going to prepare you.”

 

Sebastian said although what he dreamed of doing and wanted to really do was to take his naked little husband to the beach and fuck his brains out on the sand not giving a damn who was looking at them.

 

Calis hung onto his husband as Sebastian prepared his opening with his fingers using the warm ocean water as lubricant.

 

Sebastian kissed his little husband and once he prepared him he slid his hard cock into that very tight little opening.  Calis moaned in pleasure and Sebastian smiled at his little husband.  Calis was so beautiful especially right now.

 

As the two made love, some of those on the beach politely looked away, while others looked in envy.  Zachary used up the rest of his film getting pictures of the two making love.  Zachary knew that the couple would want those photos although Zachary really did not see what a full grown man like Sebastian saw in a boy Calis’s size.  The boy was beautiful yes, but he had the body of a thirteen-year-old child and was quite thin boned.  The child was tiny compared to even Kirkland who was in a ten-year old’s body although he looked around fourteen years old and was big for a child his age.  Kirkland wasn’t fat by any means, he was tall and strong in body where Calis looked as though he might break if one were not careful with him.  However, seeing the former demon and this boy being so in love was an anomaly.

 

The two were complete opposites in many things.  Calis was very conservative and proper.  To see him be so free with Sebastian was odd in some ways since the boy was very straight laced and serious.  Sebastian seemed to be the child in some ways and Calis the adult just in completely wrong bodies.  However, it was obvious the two were in love with each other and that no matter what anyone else thought no one was going to tear them apart.

 

Calis had told Zachary he was over a hundred years old and that his husband was over three thousand years old.  The age difference was phenomenal, but the two were happily married and Calis had said he mainly wanted pictures of Sebastian during this whole photo shoot experience.  This wasn’t the only beach they were getting photos done on either as Johnathan would be getting his done in Hawaii since California was too crowded for the beaches that Calis wanted to use.  He hoped to get an empty beach somewhere on the island to take photos on.

 

As Sebastian rocked inside of his little lover he felt such bliss and wished that Calis was not so damn shy or proper.  Sometimes he did want Calis to go buck wild, but on him or with him, but then that would not be his Calis.  Calis was a proper Englishman and Sebastian loved that about him.

 

Calis felt so good, but he was having a difficult time concentrating on the sex as there were eyes on him he knew and the flashes of a camera going off.  When the camera ceased flashing Calis felt better, but still felt so exposed.  Sebastian tried to get Calis to focus on him and not on anything else as he kissed him.

 

“Calis it is just you and me my love.  Just focus on me.  Nothing else matters.”

 

Sebastian said as he kissed his little lover who was stressing over nothing.  No one could actually see what they were doing.

 

Calis was trying to focus on Sebastian and was starting to do better until Jamal came with Jasmine yelling out to them that there was a shark in the water with them and not a little one either.  Sebastian opened his wings and flew with Calis to the other side of the island where no one would see them as he helped Calis get his boxers back on.  That had totally destroyed the mood as they both looked out in the water from where they were at and sure enough there was a shark and a good sized one at that.  Calis wondered how they did not notice it, but then again when they made love they did not notice much most of the time.

 

Sebastian walked with Calis back to the beach to gather his boxers after taking a towel from the trailer to dry off with and after he had dried off Calis.  Calis looked so damn cute too with his hair all wet and not perfect.  It was unfortunate that the mood had been ruined since Sebastian had been enjoying himself quite a bit.  Next time they did this hopefully they would not have an audience or photos being taken of them since Calis was so shy.

 

For Jasmine’s sake, Sebastian wrapped the towel about his waist since he was nude although he was not that worried about people seeing him naked.  It was just polite to wear something around a lady especially someone else’s wife.

 

Sebastian gathered his boxers and went to the trailer to put them on after excusing himself.  His clothes could be put on when he dried off completely.   Calis wondered why Jamal and Jasmine were here since they were going to be leaving soon.  They kind of missed the photo shoot so it wasn’t like anything exciting was going on.

 

“Calis we came to check on you since it was getting late and this city is not the safest place at night especially when surrounded by demons.  We want to make sure you get to your hotel all right.  We appreciate your kindness in taking care of the newborn problem and really wish you would cancel the hotel to stay with us, but we do understand.’

“Also, we have noted a change in the demons’ behavior.  Some of them are avoiding us and we need to be able to feed.  I am afraid since I made Benjamin leave that they are blaming me for this.  I did not want to cause disharmony, but I had to think of my own people.  I sincerely hope they don’t do this forever since Riki is new to this lifestyle and must feed daily.  Our sons need the blood to survive as Jasmine and I can go without for weeks if necessary.  I am afraid we will have to start feeding on the poor which will be most unfortunate since we usually avoid that area as the people there have things hard enough without us adding to their misfortunes.  Most are fishermen and we have had losses of humans due to shark attacks not to mention those have been always considered demon feeding grounds.”

 

Jamal said and Calis sighed since he did not want to deal with Lia, but apparently, it was necessary.

 

“I will see what I can do.  Lia is just mad right now and had wanted Benjamin to stay for her own reasons.  Reasons of course that are not good, but still she was hoping he would live with her.  I am sure she was upset since Benjamin is an ancient vampire and his knowledge of demons as well as their spells can be useful to a demon who does not know all the old spells.  I am certain we can work this out.”

 

Kirkland said since Lia was his friend and student.

 

“I would appreciate that.  If it means bringing him back to our coven I will do so for the sake of my people, but feeding will be difficult for us all since we hunt in the shadows and try not to bring attention to our kind.  I don’t want to use the demon hunting grounds to feed and cause disharmony with them.”

 

Kirkland understood as this was mainly Lia’s doing.  Demons listened to her since she was the eldest of them right now.  Allen had been much younger than Lia, but he was her mate and thus the two of them were always together.  Demons also listened to Allen and with Allen gone Lia had more free reign to cause chaos between demons and vampires.

 

“As soon as we are dry, we will leave and we should be up in the morning early enough to work out most of the business that needs to be done.  You are welcome to come with us and since Bob has your number he can call you in the morning before we leave.”

 

Calis said to Jamal as Jamal nodded in agreement to that plan.  He wanted to talk to Lia concerning the relations between vampires and demons.

 

After Calis was completely dry, he put his clothing back on as did Sebastian as everything was packed up and then everyone got into the hummer.  They drove to the airport first with Calis procuring a rental vehicle for them to drive.  Joe had to leave with Sebastian about ready to cry when the hummer along with Belle was driven into the cargo plane.   He was going to miss that big cat.  He loved her so much and wished he could take her with him home.

 

After Joe left, Sebastian did end up crying a bit, but Calis told Sebastian they would see Joe again plus other cats so to stop blubbering like a baby.  Belle going home was not the end of the world.

 

Getting everyone and everything in the rental was interesting since they only had one large vehicle and it was a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee in red so Calis rented it.  Calis sat in the passenger’s seat while Sebastian drove with Alex, Bob, and Zachary in the back seat.  Somehow, they squished the luggage enough that Jamal and Jasmine could sit in the very back, but everyone had to carry part of their luggage for them to do this.

 

Jamal and Jasmine merely wanted to be dropped off at the hotel to make sure everyone got there safe.  With the demons not in a good mood he worried that the Angels might be in danger.  Calis told them that the Officer Angels protected them at all times plus reapers were around so it wasn’t like they had no protection plus if any of these demons fucked with Sebastian he would kill them.  Calis’s least concern was the demons in the area.  Jamal was the one who had to deal with them being a problem when they left.

 

Calis went in with Sebastian to set up their rooms for the night.  The hotel was run also by demons and a few humans. Calis was set up with the best suite for the night with Alex and Bob taking a less costly room and Zachary also taking a less expensive room with Calis insisting on paying for all of their rooms.

 

Zachary had the bell hop take his and Allen’s things to his room watching over it all as promised.  Sebastian was going to leave Allen’s stuff in the jeep since it had an alarm, but Zachary insisted he was to watch over it for Allen and it would go with him everywhere.  Sebastian frowned at this since Allen was going to be staying with them so he did not know what the big deal was, but Zachary said Allen wanted him to watch it and not to let anyone else touch his stuff.

 

Sebastian could respect Allen did not want anyone touching his things unless he said so, but when Allen moved in with them he would have to get used to his room being cleaned and his things being pressed unless he wanted to do it himself which Sebastian had no problem with.  However, with the way Zachary did not even let the bell hop take the suitcase he wondered what was so valuable to the demon in it.  Sebastian did not trust demons as he had been one so he wanted to know what was in that suitcase and if it was dangerous.  If it was, that suitcase was not coming into his house.

 

Deciding to ask Zachary about it before dinner, Sebastian took his and Calis’s things with him to their room.  The suite was nice and had a beautiful view of the beach and city.  Calis seemed happy about this room.  Calis wasn’t sure he was hungry, but he had not had his tea time so he kind of hoped for some nice Jamaican blend tea even if it was iced.

 

Jamal waited outside the hotel with Jasmine for the Angels to come down for dinner since they said they were not quite done with visiting the city.  Jamal figured he would show them the safe restaurants and shops that were still open at this time of night.  He still would have felt better if they stayed with him so he could help protect them, but Calis seemed to be certain he was fine.

 

One of the demons knocked on the door to Sebastian and Calis’s suite as Sebastian answered the door.  The younger demon had a basket of fruit in his arms and a chilled bottle of champagne.

 

“This is compliments of the host of this hotel.  We rarely rent out this suite for more than three days so for you to take it for a week is very nice.  We also have twenty-four-hour room service as well as a limousine service to travel throughout the city which you can use for a small fee.  I hope you enjoy your stay.”

 

The demon said as Sebastian took those things and thanked the demon as the demon bowed and waited for his tip.  Sebastian got out fifty dollars to give to the young man who looked at this money with shock on his face.  Obviously, this demon did not know the money spells and was not expecting such a nice tip.

 

“Thank you!  If you need anything my name is Eddie!”

 

The young demon said as he rushed to go tell his fellow demons and workers about these people since normally one did not get such nice tips.

 

Calis smirked at Sebastian who simply closed the door then finished unpacking the rest of their things.  He would test this champagne before giving any to Calis or anyone else for poison or spells.  It would be the same with the fruit.  The demons were not stupid and knew what they were.

 

Zachary on the other hand gave the bell hop a typical ten-dollar tip for bringing in his luggage.  After dropping off the bags the bell hop left with his cart.  After putting his things away and making sure everything was taken care of Zachary found a rather large safe in the room.  Calling the front desk, he asked about the safe and they said they could give him the combination to it.  He used the safe to put the suitcase in it checking the lock on the rather small suitcase making sure it was locked tight.  Hopefully Allen also put a spell on it just in case since Zachary did not want to carry the suitcase with him everywhere, however he would if Allen needed him to.  Zachary kind of wished Allen would call him back soon.  He wanted to talk to him if he could again.  Allen was funny to Zachary and he made him smile.

 

After locking and securing the suitcase, Zachary received a knock on his door.  He answered to find Sebastian standing there without Calis who apparently had gone down to meet up with the others as Sebastian had already gotten Alex and Bob.

 

“Before we go anywhere I want to know why Allen is having you watch his things and what is in that suitcase.  I don’t trust demons and if there is something dangerous in it than I need to know.  You don’t need that kind of problem since you don’t know him.”

 

Sebastian said and Zachary sighed since really it should be no big deal, but Allen wanted him to protect that suitcase.

 

“He considers me his friend and wants me to watch his things for him since he said demons have few things they treasure so he wanted to make sure his stuff did not get touched.  He said there are manuals in the suitcase he did not want Kirkland to have that Lia would have made him give up if she knew about them.  Allen said they were demon manuals and he wants no one to have them.”

 

Sebastian searched the man for lies, but found none.

 

“Allen said he wanted Kirkland to have his demon manuals when we were together so why is he protecting them now?  Something seems fishy to me.”

 

Sebastian had Zachary open the safe as he inspected the luggage.  The lock on it had a spell on it so he could not open it, but perhaps he could use his powers to see into the suitcase.

 

“I am not going to touch it since the lock has a nasty spell on it so lay it flat for me so I can try and use my powers to see inside.  If it is just manuals than I don’t care if he keeps them from us.  Calis would like to read them or have them read to him, but if it is something else, I need to know.”

 

Sebastian used a spell to look inside the suitcase only to find he was blocked from that.  This was not good.  It made Sebastian want to throw that suitcase into the ocean to get rid of it.

 

“If he calls you, I want you to tell me so I can talk to him.  I won’t go through his things, but I do need to know what might be coming into my house.  I am already not very pleased that Kirkland has a curse in his trunk in my home, but I trust Kirkland over Allen.  I won’t inform anyone of what is in there and to be honest I do understand why Allen is so protective of his things.  I don’t trust demons or demon Angels really either.  However, there are a few like Eustis a demon friend of mine that I do trust.’

“You would actually like Eustis, Zachary.  The demon is a bit old fashioned and reclusive, but very kind hearted.  He also is in love with a woman by the name of Barbra and married her.  Her cats told me how Eustis is and I always trust cats.  They never lie to me.”

 

Sebastian did not know Allen and his cats did not know Allen either.  His cats knew Kirkland and Leon very well.  The cats loved Calis though the most second to Sebastian.  The cats also knew Christian well and Ashton.  They thought it was unfortunate Ashton liked dogs since they did not like the dogs that much although they did not hate them either like Sebastian did.

 

“You can speak to cats?”

 

Zachary asked and Sebastian smiled as they locked up Allen’s suitcase again except this time Sebastian did a spell on the lock to make sure no demon broke into it.  If they tried they would die.

 

“Yes.  I can speak to most animals as can most demons.  However, I hate dogs.  I love cats, but hate dogs and we now have three dogs in my home.”

 

Sebastian said as the two left the room.

 

“Why do you have dogs if you hate them?”

 

Zachary asked Sebastian wondering why tolerate something or even get something if you hate it.

 

“Calis did it to me to punish me.  He also got a service dog for one of our children.  Pierce did not need the dog though no matter what Calis says.  He did it to spite me. I know he did.  Of course, there is no such thing known as a service cat that I am aware of.”

 

Zachary thought about that.

 

“Well if you can talk to animals maybe you could be the first to have a service cat.”

 

Zachary suggested and Sebastian thought that might be a nice idea if Samson wasn’t so skittish.  Maybe Lau or one of the other cats could be a service animal.  Lau was pretty mellow and was a nice big Siamese cat.

 

“Lau would be a good service cat or Garfield.  My cats are pretty mellow, but Samson is very skittish not liking a lot of people.  I want him to be the service cat, but he is shy around new people although once he gets to know them he is very friendly.”

 

Sebastian said as they left the room to go downstairs.

 

When they got downstairs, everyone was waiting patiently.  Calis would ask Sebastian later what he found out about that suitcase since he wanted to know.  Sebastian could understand why Allen would want to protect his demon manuals and maybe he really did not want to give them all to Kirkland.  Sebastian could respect that, but to put such a strong spell on the suitcase seemed odd to Sebastian for just protecting demon manuals.  Something else had to be in there.

 

Zachary said he watched Allen pack and there was mainly books and papers in the suitcase he noted, but Allen had packed so fast it was hard to see everything he put into that suitcase as he covered everything with neatly folded clothes before locking it.

 

Really, Zachary did not have any reason not to believe Allen.  The demon had no real reason to lie to him and said he trusted him.  He hoped Allen did not feel betrayed that he mentioned demon manuals were in there to Sebastian since Sebastian scared him a bit.  The man’s eyes flashed a glowing red when he spoke sometimes plus his eyes were ruby.  No one he knew had ruby eyes.  They were beautiful eyes no doubt especially with that alabaster skin against those thick long dark black lashes with those blood colored eyes.  Sebastian was a gorgeous creature and to Zachary reminded him of what one would consider a vampire to look like typically.  It made Zachary wonder if demons did drink blood since he was a beautiful man who with fangs would be even sexier.

 

“I do drink blood on occasion, but I technically don’t have fangs like a vampire.  I have fangs, but they are much sharper than a vampires and slightly serrated.  Most demons drink blood, but prefer souls although a blood soaked soul is absolutely the best meal ever.”

 

Zachary was shocked Sebastian was talking to him again like he read his mind.

 

“I do read minds Zachary.  Most demon Angels can read each other’s thoughts.  The more powerful the demon Angel the harder it is to hide one’s thoughts.  However, I am not nor will I ever be a vampire.  Christian my other husband is a little more like a vampire as he was a spider demon and his fangs are smaller although just as sharp as my own.  His actually syphon blood and he has an exceptionally long tongue.  Mine is also long, but not as long as his.  At its full length, Christian’s is a little longer than twelve inches.”

 

Sebastian said and Zachary then wondered what kind of demon Sebastian was.

 

“I was a raven demon.  Basically, a big crow.”

 

Zachary thought that to be amusing.

 

“But you like cats.  Don’t cats eat birds?”

 

Zachary asked and Sebastian smiled since it was true they did.

 

“Yes, but birds also eat spiders and bugs, but Christian loves birds and birds love him.  It is a bit odd, but that is how it goes with demons.”

 

Sebastian said and now Zachary wondered about Leon and Kirkland.

 

“I was an antelope demon Zachary.  Lucifer doesn’t like too powerful of demons.  Kirkland was a falcon demon.  Birds of prey and carrion birds seem to suit Lucifer.  I have even seen owl demons although they are a bit odd and usually have huge eyes.  The only thing I do miss a bit is my horns.  I could impale people with them and it is strange not having them.”

 

Leon said and Zachary could see Leon as an antelope demon.  The young man was willowy in some ways, graceful and beautiful with that long silky golden hair.  Kirkland had shrewd eyes like a falcon and that suited him.  Sebastian even looked like a raven with his beautiful jet black locks and probably looked stunning with black wings.  A spider demon sounded kind of creepy, but from what little he saw of Christian the man was also gorgeous.  Christian had jet black hair with true amber eyes and wore spectacles much like the reaper.  Christian was also taller than anyone else including Sebastian which seemed odd for a spider.  The reaper and Sebastian were not small men, but they weren’t as tall as Christian.

 

“What kind of demon was Calis?”

 

Zachary asked and Sebastian smiled.

 

“Calis wasn’t born a demon so he had no true form.  Calis was given his form from Anne Cross, another demon who was part of Christian’s entourage.   He also had the three triplets Thomas, Trey, and Cecil.   I don’t know what happened to those young demons other than when I wrapped them up Kingsly finished killing them, however demons always come back so they are in this world somewhere.  Anne was really Thomas, Trey, and Cecil’s Mistress.  I am not certain what kind of demon she was, but I am assuming she was also a type of insect.  Most likely a butterfly or dragonfly since Christian was much stronger than she was.’

“Since Thomas, Trey, and Cecil were her underlings, I am assuming they too were some kind of insect.  Most likely some kind of beetles or flies.  Either way they were pests and I exterminated them.”

 

Sebastian said and Zachary was curious on what these triplets looked like as well as this Anne.

 

“Anne was a beautiful demoness with long silvery white hair and blue eyes.  We have photos of her before she died.  She was indeed an Angel trapped as a demon who loved the souls she harbored.  She loved Ashton especially and was Christian’s wife for a short time even though the two had known one another for centuries.  She also had huge………….”

 

Sebastian started to say huge breasts showing with his hands in front of his chest with Calis stopping it there.  They were at the restaurant now and Anne was more than just a pretty face with big boobs.  It was an insult to her memory to talk about her physical assets in such a way.

 

“Sebastian, Zachary doesn’t need that much information and you will control yourself as we are here to eat.”

 

Calis said as he tried not to smack Sebastian for talking about a dead woman’s boobs.  Anne was Sean’s Mother and she deserved a little respect especially from family.

 

“But she really did Calis.  I wasn’t being rude to her memory.”

 

Sebastian said and Calis turned around looking Sebastian in the eyes firmly.

 

“Enough about that Sebastian.  All Zachary needs to know is she was Sean’s Mother and probably a butterfly demon.  I figure the triplets were beetles with blond hair and light brownish red eyes.  It could be they were also butterflies, just young ones as they catered to Anne’s and Christian’s whims.  I doubt the triplets were flies even if you killed them fairly easily.  Flies are much stupider than those three as they could at least follow direction and they did not smell bad.  I am going to assume flies smell like rubbish and feces.’

“Ashton said that the triplets’ only issue was they tended to be rude when speaking aloud.  However, Anne had been pleased when they did speak out loud.  If they are alive which I pretty much assume they are, they probably should at least know of Anne’s death as knowing those three they would be out searching for her although they most likely would avoid Christian.  The triplets did not much care for Christian and that was Christian’s words since he did use them to do the majority of the chores as well as denied them souls many times.  It seemed common for young demons to suffer while older stronger demons took from them.”

 

Calis stated and Sebastian had to admit that was true considering Christian was older than he was and he did attempt to steal Calis’s soul from him only for Anne to trick them all.  If Sebastian would have died, Sebastian wondered what would have happened to Calis.  He probably would be lost without him, then again Calis was an enigma and tended to shock him with his ability to see right through him most of the time.

 

Calis never doubted Sebastian would survive almost anything and knew his husband was quite powerful so he had no fear.  Christian was a fool and he lost, simple as that.

 

“Well if I see those three around most likely I will kill them again.  I do not tolerate demons in England, Calis.  One of those bastards killed my cat and I am going to find him or her so don’t think I am going to be kind to the triplets if they show up at our door.”

 

Sebastian said as they went into the restaurant with Calis shaking his head.

 

“I doubt the triplets killed your cat Sebastian.  I am almost certain you already killed that demon or the demons who did it.  Still, I don’t plan on inviting them in if they do show up.”

 

Calis got them the best table since it was seat yourself at this restaurant.  The servers were both human and demon.

 

“This place I hear from the humans is the best as far as Jamaican cuisine goes.  I do hope you enjoy it.”

 

Jamal said as everyone ordered drinks except for Jasmine who simply got water and used her napkin to spit it back out as female vampires did not drink nor eat.

 

After a few minutes passed, Calis and the rest ordered their food with Calis not quite sure what he ordered, but Sebastian said it was something he should like.  Sebastian seemed to know what Calis would eat and hoped the meal was going to be good for his husband as Calis was very picky about what he ate.

 

Since there were demons here, both Sebastian and Kirkland planned to check the food for poison and spells.  The drinks so far were fine although he noted the vampires’ drinks were all laced with holy water plus a touch of garlic oil.  That was rather amusing since there was nothing that the demons could really do to them other than make them a bit weaker than usual.  To be nice Sebastian ordered the same drink all around so he took Bob’s drink and gave Calis Alex’s much to the displeasure of the demons who were wandering about.  The taste was not that strong and it did not bother Sebastian in the slightest.  Personally, Sebastian did not mind that Jamal and Jasmine were drinking holy water laced with garlic oil since they had been so rude at first plus they had not changed their opinions on keeping other vampires around.  Sebastian knew that Jamal was hoping they would help by feeding their sons, but if Alex and Bob were not allowed to feed from the locals that was not an option.  Jamal was welcome to ask Kirkland and Leon, but Kirkland probably would say no and Zachary could not feed them both.

 

Since the demons were playing this game of trying to cause problems with his friends rather than just the vampires that were the problem, he was going to take Jamal and Jasmine with him to go feed their sons in the poor districts.  The demons wanted to start this shit so Sebastian could easily cause them hell as well.

 

The demons who could read minds suddenly started to change their attitudes a bit as the next drinks that came around were not laced with anything.  One of the elder demons who was sitting at a table pretending to drink a gin and tonic slipped a note to the young demon waiter who was serving Sebastian’s family.

 

“Sir, this is for you from that gentleman.”

 

The waiter said and he pointed towards the man who had given him the note.  The demon did not look over, but waited patiently for a response.

 

The note was written in the Angel language and there was also some demon written on the bottom with the demon’s name.  It was a warning to leave the north district alone and that they would continue to feed the vampires as long as they kept away from their food supply.  He also wanted to talk to Sebastian privately.

 

Sebastian got up after kissing Calis on the cheek telling his little husband he would be back.  The demon in question got up and walked out with Sebastian going to a more private area.  At that location, the demon changed to his original form from the old man he was pretending to be for the human’s sake.

 

“Why are you siding with them demon Angel?  You were one of us so are you that much of a traitor to your own?”

 

The demon spat at Sebastian in disgust.

 

“Alex and Bob are not from your city.  Those vampires are my family and you were fucking with them.  I doubt all the vampires agree with Jamal’s laws concerning vampires visiting and living here.  However, my friends and family are not a part of your war.  If you want to start with me, I can end it all in a blink.  The boy who looks to be around ten is an ancient demon, older than you and twice as powerful who also considers Alex and Bob his family.’

“You are fucking with my people and yes I will take sides in this if that is the way you play.  All of this is because Lia wanted an ancient vampire to stay here.  However, the coven he is going to will make him happier than staying here.  I will insure Benjamin sees his home and we will insure more humans come here so there are less complaints from both sides, but your war with the vampires is with Jamal, not his whole coven.  His sons are babies who have nothing to do with your war.’

“You tell me to pick a side, well I have.  I used to be one of you until demons betrayed me and killed something I loved.  I hate your kind and I could go to war with all of you, but I am not.  I am leaving your people alone here.  However, you come into my world, threaten my family, you become my problem and I kill problems slowly, painfully, and leave reminders of what I can be even in hell.  I am faster, stronger, and more deadly than any of my kind save one and that is General Kirkland, however I am catching up to him quick and I will surpass him so figure I can make you have a really bad day or I can try and tolerate your kind.  But believe me when I say demons in England fear me and they will fear me anywhere I go if they fuck with me and mine.’

“General Kirkland does not have every Archangel at his disposal if necessary and every reaper with a snap of my fingers can end your paradise if you even try to fuck with me.  I can make your last years’ true hell and make hell itself seem like a picnic if you fuck with me.  So, this is a warning and you can tell Lia as well as your kind this.  You harm one hair on my family’s head I will destroy your world, if you want to go after Jamal go after him.  Straighten him out however you like, I don’t care, but fuck with me and mine you will see pain in a whole new way demon.”

 

Sebastian warned and the demon sighed as he shook his head in frustration.

 

“You young things are always such hot heads.  This isn’t a war with all the vampires although we were trying to teach them a lesson.  We did not know two of your people were not with Jamal in this.’

“Lia did not tell us Benjamin was going to be happier somewhere else.  Most of us were friends with Lilith and were just avenging Benjamin since she was our leader before she disappeared.  When we found out Benjamin was alive, we were glad of this news since he was coven Master over the coven here in the city.  Demons and he were close, very close.  We have great respect for the ancient demon or vampire.’

“We don’t care much for Jamal, but if we have free reign to straighten him out than that is good enough for us.  Most of us follow Allen, but he left so things are somewhat chaotic right now with the demons.  We need a demon patriarch here and thus Allen was good for us, but he left with Benjamin with Lia blaming everything on the vampires including Allen’s disappearance.’

“Allen hated this place wanting to live and he was basically a spoiled brat, but he was a good leader.  You would not happen to know what happened to him do you?  Obviously, we cannot trust Lia and thus a new patriarch will be found.  Most likely it will end up being me and I don’t want the title.”

 

The demon said hoping this young man knew where Allen was since they usually counted on his rational side to help them deal with things like this.

 

“Allen is a vampire now because of Lilith and he is currently in England at a farm so he doesn’t kill humans or attack demons manically.  Even a newborn vampire can kill a demon by draining them too much.  Benjamin is with him and Allen does not want to come back here from what he said.  He is trying to fall in love so he can unmate from Lia.”

 

Sebastian stated and calmed down considerably.  Obviously, Lia and Jamal were problem children.

 

“I figured as much.  He hates Lia with a passion not that I blame him.  The woman is a real bitch stealing souls out of her lovers’, demons included, by disemboweling them and digging for souls.  I had her do that to me once and that was the last time I will do that.”

 

The demon muttered not happy in the slightest since that meant the demons were going to make him their Patriarch.

 

“Sounds pleasant, if she tried such with me I would make her wish she never touched me.  If she tries to touch me, I will definitely hurt her and send my best friend’s wife after her again.  I think after Lia’s first experience with Kingsly she will not want a second.  Chainsaws are dangerous especially when wielded by an insane red head.”

 

Sebastian said and the demon chuckled as he had heard the sob story from Lia about the reaper who chased her everywhere with his chainsaw trying to disembowel her in which he told Lia that he could care less about that considering what she did to men.  It served her right to be on the other side of that experience.  Really, he wished the reaper would have killed Lia.

 

“My name is Gabrielle young man.  As long as we are talking we might as well take this inside since I do wish to meet your charming family.  Just don’t be so hot headed so much with us elder demons.  We are a fairly peaceful lot here and only want elders such as ourselves to enjoy the last years of their lives be it vampires, demons, humans, and even Angels.  This is our paradise so I do ask that the vampires keep their feeding from being a problem by not feeding in our feeding grounds.  The north and poor districts are currently our only source of sustenance and now that the reapers gave us leave to feed every five years we shall be much happier as it was Lia who stated every five to ten years.  Most of us ancients have allowed the younger ones to feed every five years and waited on our meals for almost ten years so this will be nice to have actual lists to feed from.”

 

Gabrielle said and Sebastian shook his hand.

 

“I am Earl Sebastian Black.  I do not mean to come off as so hostile, but I am used to demons thinking they can do whatever they please to me and my family.  After demons killed my cat I have not forgiven them and I swear I am going to find the one who did so.  My cat had nothing to do with their problems and my Samson was dear to me.  I wasn’t even told how he was killed and with Raphael’s refusal to tell me only made me come to the conclusion he was tortured to death. I don’t find killing felines amusing in the slightest and anyone who does so is my enemy.  That includes all kill shelters who house felines.  I swear when judgment day comes they will be on the top of my list of places I will go into to kill the humans who dare kill a feline just because they could not find a home for that cat.”

 

Sebastian said angrily and Gabrielle tried not to laugh.  Sebastian was a funny young thing and very beautiful.  The boy was talking about feline rights and cats were merely an animal however this young man seemed to worship the things.

 

“Well, I promise you no demon here has killed a cat that I know of.   Most who have pets keep them until the point the pet dies naturally unless it is truly suffering and then we do take them to a shelter to have them mercifully put down.  In fact, several of the demons who live near me do have cats as pets since they are fairly easy to care for compared to dogs.”

 

Gabrielle did not bother to change his appearance other than his clothes which he magically changed so it would look to the humans like the old man left and this young looking man was coming in with Sebastian.  The ancient demon was also beautiful.  Short thick dark hair with tan skin and piercing green eyes that were almost serpent green.

 

“Oh, I hate dogs.  Mutts are the worst and don’t even get me started on their pathetic behaviors.  My little husband bought three dogs to torment me with and I can’t stand the things.”

 

Gabrielle once again chuckled since Sebastian was cute as hell.

 

“Well, I have not had either.  I prefer serpents since I am a snake demon.  I was one of Lucifer’s experiments with venomous snakes as I am a pit viper.  One bite from me will kill a human in less than twenty minutes and there is no antivenin for my type of demon.  If the human is a child, death comes quicker than twenty minutes, but I prefer to keep my meals to adults.  We tried to allow children to grow in our feeding grounds and let them breed before feeding, but a few of our kind still preys on little ones.  I am trying to end that, but if the reaper’s lists mean the human is going to die anyway than we don’t have to feel too bad about killing a child.’

“Some of our kind even adopts children raising them playing human as parents to the children.  Some of the children are food where others become adults to move forward with their lives with college educations and full good lives.  We are not all bastards here.  Since we have nothing but time, we spend it amusing ourselves and even I have raised children.”

 

Gabrielle said and Sebastian decided he liked Gabrielle.

 

“Do you ever think of getting out of here where you can feed more?  I mean in England you can feed on a soul or two a year.”

 

Sebastian said and Gabrielle’s eyes lit up.

 

“Really?  A soul or two a year?  That sounds like paradise.”

 

Gabrielle asked and Calis looked at Sebastian irritably.

 

“Are you adopting demons again Sebastian?”

 

Calis asked in frustration.  They had room, but that was not the point.  His home was not the retirement home for demons Sebastian liked.

 

“Something like that Calis.  Do you have a replacement for yourself if you leave Gabrielle?”

 

Sebastian asked since he did not mind snakes and liked this elder demon.  There was something about him that Sebastian could not put his finger on, but he really liked him.

 

“Yes, I do have a replacement.  He in fact is better than I am since I don’t want the job as Patriarch.  The demons here will want me to do it and Allen was the best as I said, but Drew will do nicely.  He is as old as I am and he has a mate he actually likes here.  You would like him, he has five cats and his mate Frank loves them.”

 

Gabrielle said and Sebastian got excited.  He wanted to go see Drew and his cats.

 

“Now he will never shut up about cats…………”

 

Calis muttered out hoping their food was coming soon as he was already not looking forward to their conversations for the next hour.

 

After the food arrived, Calis tried to eat what he was given while ignoring his stupid husband and his conversations about this Drew person’s cats.  Gabrielle and Sebastian talked though like old friends and Calis just knew that coming here was a bad idea.  Sebastian was getting back into his old roots and finding the demons he liked making up his own new male bonding experience.  Calis could just see Sebastian with a whole army of his own demon friends and knowing him he would turn them all into demon Angels like him as well as make them all sluts like him to.

 

“Calis we are going to visit Drew tonight so eat up.  You’ve hardly touched your vegetables and I know they are not that bad.”

 

Sebastian scolded as Calis frowned since he did not much care for cooked spinach.  After a few bites of it he was done.

 

“You know spinach makes you stronger Calis.  I don’t know why you don’t like it.”

 

Sebastian said as he finished his plate of food.

 

“I don’t like cooked spinach Sebastian.  You might like this slop, but not me.”

 

Calis said as he put cooked spinach in the same category as liver.  It was rather disgusting.

 

“Well if you want dessert which I know you do, you will eat at least two more bites of it.  It is good for you.”

 

Calis frowned since he wanted his damn dessert.

 

“I can’t believe you are making me eat this repugnant stuff.”

 

Calis said with a pout as he downed two small bites.  Gabrielle chuckled at the two since they were absolutely adorable.  Especially the baby demon Angel.

 

“So, Allen left you with a mysterious suitcase.  I can unlock it for you and we can see what he has inside.  I can also make sure he never knows anyone touched it replacing the spell when we are done.”

 

Gabrielle said and Zachary did not know if this was such a swell idea.

 

“We will wait for him to call first.  He said he would call Zachary back.  Does he have a spell that will know if someone undid his spell or know that we were messing with his things?”

 

Sebastian asked since he did not want to be too snoopy, he just wanted to insure his family was safe.

 

“He will never know I was even in his suitcase or that we looked at anything.  Really, General Kirkland should be involved since if there is a curse or something nasty in there he can dispel it.  I figure we will give Allen a chance to give you the information you seek and if he does not than we open it.  To be honest, the demon manuals are pretty much useless to a demon at this point in their lives and most of us have given ours away.  I still have a few I will be bringing with me if I go with you and although they are very old I don’t mind sharing them with you especially if it is just because the baby demon Angel likes them.  We elder demons have a soft spot for younglings especially ones of your Calis’ age.’

“I am certain if they are demon manuals only that Allen would be this protective of them at this age.  I have a feeling he is hiding something bigger.  Not anything for Lucifer though as Lucifer has no real use for us elder demons.  He considers us just a waste of space better off filling up hell with more power.  Most don’t mind this since we are tired and done with living, but some of us like Allen are attached to life and want more.  More souls, more life, more everything.”

 

Gabrielle said as he ordered another gin and tonic.  He liked the smell of them and would drink it down even if it did not quench his thirst or do anything other than smell good for a moment.  He would even eat the olives when ordering a martini.  Gabrielle liked the smell of alcoholic drinks.

 

“I can’t blame them for wanting more.  Temptation is everywhere and living is a good thing.  Even a demon Angel my age knows the true pleasures of life.  However, knowing love is the ultimate pleasure and the ultimate pain.”

 

Kirkland stated as he held Leon’s hand.  Leon smiled at Kirkland who was also looking forward to dessert and agreed with Calis that cooked spinach was nasty stuff even though Leon had made him eat some of it since it was rude to waste food.

 

“General how long did it take you to fall in love?”

 

Gabrielle asked and Kirkland did not need to think about it since that was easy.

 

“I fell in love with Leon the moment I met him, but I did not feel it truly until ten years back.  We were on a cruise ship when I needed to be alone with my thoughts for a while and got lost wandering on the huge cruise ship.  I finally found the bow, the moon was bright in the sky, the stars were twinkling, and it was peaceful.  However, I realized it was not nearly as nice without Leon next to me as I had him locked in our stateroom.  It was then I truly found myself debating on what I was doing with my life as a demon.’

“It all seemed such a waste.  Gathering souls and not getting anything out of life from hell other than pain and death.  I thought about Leon and how beautiful he was and how much I wanted to spend eternity with him.  I wanted to show him so much and do so much with him.  Like a fool I kept him trapped since I did not want anyone to take him from me and I was so selfish back then.  I am still selfish to a point.’

“As I looked at the night sky and the ocean waves, I felt something bright hit me like a sharp pain and it was like one of those shooting stars had struck me.  It was the most painful thing I ever felt in my life, but the most liberating feeling.  I knew Leon was my salvation and I knew in that moment of pain that if I died right then it would mean nothing if Leon did not know my true feelings for him.’

“No one was around and it was dark, but the light inside of me grew and exploded outwards as I lay on the deck writhing in agony yet feeling so much peace that it astounded me.  I felt the true feelings of love and I died that night to be reborn into an Angel as my wings exploded from my back.  I cried, I actually sobbed that night for so many wasted years in never knowing how much I loved Leon without telling him.  All my captured souls left me although I tried to catch one or two so I could take them to Leon as he had not fed yet.  They all evaded me.’

“I was hungry for food and drink, but I was used to that.  It was not a new pain, but this light was and this feeling.  I knew Leon was probably going to reject me and he surly did.  When I got to him with a warm body of a passing passenger for him to feed on, he ripped my heart in half, stomped on it, and destroyed me.  However, I still loved him and have not stopped even when he did have me killed.  I died for Leon and went to heaven only to come back to him as you see me now with all my memories and a heart that only loves him.’

“He still could not stand me when I came back to him.  Leon was not an Angel born of love.  It was a trick from an Archangel who found out he was forced to become a demon.  Leon did not have the choices we have.  Everything in his life has been forced on him.’

“Still, I love him and will have no other to love.  He is my everything and without him I die.  Leon is my mate and I will mate no one else.”

 

Kirkland said and Gabrielle looked at Leon who smiled at his mate.

 

“So, do you love Kirkland now Leon?”

 

Gabrielle asked since he did wonder although it was obvious the two were close it did not mean that they were in love with each other.

 

“I am starting to feel that way, but he is still a pain in the ass.  He is stuck in the body of a fucking child and wants me to have sex with that.  I won’t, but when he grows I will and he better damn well hope he never gets turned into a vampire or stops growing.  I will stay with him forever even if he doesn’t grow.  He is my mate.  I just don’t want to be accused of being a pedophile no insult intended Sebastian or Calis.  I don’t find Kirkland attractive physically at this age.’

“We were always running for our lives when we were together as he liked to pretend he was a demon and he still does it on occasion.  He likes educating the young demons, but these days that is pointless plus look at him.  Would you take a ten-year-old kid seriously if you were a young demon not knowing Kirkland from a hole in the ground?’

“I am the Mighty General Kirkland leader of demons?  Pffttt……. you are a ten-year-old brat who thinks too much and doesn’t know shit about young demons.  These days’ kids like internet, computer games, and typing shit.  They don’t write demon manuals by hand, they type them which pisses Kirkland off.  It is the new age and demons are passing emails to each other not writing notes or using snail mail.’

“I started to type my journals on my laptop and Kirkland threatened to break my laptop if I ever did that again.  It is my fucking computer so I will type whatever the fuck I want.  He is just going to read it anyway and there is spell check which we did not have.  No, instead Kirkland would spend hours correcting all my writings with his grammar Nazi magic.’

“He hates the computer, but technology had to happen someday.  He sits there on his computer bitching constantly at things as if he has control of how this world works.  I put him on google since on yahoo he kept reading the stupid celebrity news articles with me having to hear about humans I don’t care about being idiots, dressing like sluts, and other things Kirkland does not approve of.  This isn’t the old days Grandpa.”

 

Leon said with a roll of his eyes and Calis chuckled at that since he had to agree to a point.

 

“Demon manuals should be hand written and sex is not the main focus of writing a demon manual.  It is supposed to take great imagination and care to write them.  I will not stop trying to help young things learn how to do things the right way.  Of course, that is if we could find any in England as Sebastian has scared most of them away plus killed them several times.  If I could only get ahold of a few of them, I know I could help them.”

 

Kirkland said and Leon sighed.

 

“You are not doing that Kirkland.  We are Angels now so deal with it.  We are the enemy and they don’t find it funny when you are not one of them.  You also never share your manuals so it really isn’t fair to take theirs from them and not give anything back so forget it.  If you try, I will tell them what you are and let them chase your sorry ass to kill you.  I won’t be running next time, but you sure as hell will be.”

 

Leon stated and Gabrielle chuckled at the two.

 

“General I am sorry to say, but the boy is right.  We are ancient and our ways are not the new ways.  You will be speaking to deaf ears as I have tried many times.  Unless it is television, games, computers, and newfangled gadgets the kids these days are not interested.  Demon manuals are being passed about via the internet and even typing them to paper is old fashioned.’

“The demon manuals are not as creative as the old ones, but they are getting better as time passes and I have a few saved to disc which is the new way of doing things now.  Old manuals are being scanned onto computer and shared within the community.  All of my old manuals save a few are saved forever for me on disk, my external hard drive, and on my computer in my files.  I have even more now than before as we elders’ have to catch up with the times a little bit also.”

 

Gabrielle said with Kirkland looking so sad at this news.  It made him sick that they were not writing them down anymore.  Where was the heart in the stories?  Where was the beautiful leather bound covers and pages where one actually put a pen to paper with that feel that was like nothing else in the world?

 

“I cannot accept it…………”

 

Kirkland growled as he broke his glass of tea in his hand.   Leon hurried to clean up the mess and check Kirkland’s hand as it was bleeding from the glass.

 

“Kirkland calm down.  It is not the end of the world.  Geeze, look at the mess you made?  Now your hand is all cut up and you broke one of their glasses.”

 

Leon said as he forced Kirkland to open his hand as he cleaned off the cuts.  The waiter came and finished cleaning the mess.

 

“General no one wants to think the old days are over.  I still appreciate a hand written letter or a book with that all leather feel to it, but the times are indeed changing.  You are going to have to accept it and change with them.  Angels and demons are not doing battle like they used to which is nice for a change, demons are beginning to enjoy human pastimes and most of the demons are happy with the changes.  Not all of us could say that before.”

 

Gabrielle tried to say wishing Kirkland was going to calm down.

 

“Not everything is disposable!  I won’t have it!  Demon youths these days need to know the value of things not just throw them away!  I hate this technology!  It is destroying so much good and if I don’t do anything just letting all this happen I am worthless!  I am a leader of demons!  I am a teacher and mentor!  It is what I do and what I have always done!  If I don’t have that then there is nothing left for me!”

 

Kirkland roared as tears threatened.

 

“General Kirkland you are not a leader of demons.  I hate to be the one to tell you that, but you are a demon Angel now.  You have to face facts.  You are pretty much an enemy to your own kind.  Leon is right about that much.  The demon youths see you as a traitor to your kind.  Even we elder demons see you as a traitor.  I am not saying this to hurt you, I am just telling you the truth.  Many of us are willing to follow a demon Angel and become what you are, but the majority of demons see you as a threat to what we stand for.’

“If you really want to be a teacher and mentor to demons, show them the benefits of being what you are.  You are basically a neutral being so thus if you have the chance to change something, than create more of your kind.  Teach demon Angels how to write stories and make history for themselves.  You are a General so you can still lead men, but you are barking up the wrong tree if you think demons will just drop everything to follow your words to change their ways of doing things now of days.  You are going to have to change with the times a bit and suck it up accepting yourself as you are.’

“Demon manuals are a treasure we as demons have to share with the young and pass along, but even demons are changing General.  You can’t fight change.  Share your stories with baby demon Angels like young Calis here and enjoy them as good stories, but the real lessons and the real teachings begin with your own kind.  You have young ones right here right now who need your guidance.  It starts with one mind at a time.  Let the past go and move forward.”

 

Gabrielle said and Kirkland broke down at that.  Hearing the truth from one of his kind was harder especially from an ancient like himself.

 

Leon rubbed Kirkland’s back knowing that it tore at Kirkland’s soul to be told the truth by an ancient rather than the young.  The truth finally hitting Kirkland was almost too much for the poor thing to bear.  He did not know the first thing about training demon Angels.  Kirkland had spent all his life training demons and things were so different now.

 

The demons around Kirkland felt for the General of demons.  They all knew how it felt to be thrust into the changing world and not change with the times.  Also, to be stuck in a child’s body as an ancient demon was difficult to bear.

 

The waiter came with dessert with Leon asking him to put Kirkland’s into a to go box.  Kirkland would not eat it until later.

 

“Kirkland, you have taught me a lot with spells and things.  I know you think that life sucks right now and it probably does in some ways, but you have taught me and Pierce much.  Sebastian even says you are faster than him and better with a sword which I find hard to believe since I think he is just being lazy or not trying hard enough, but I want to learn more from you.  I don’t want to be weak forever and neither does Pierce.”

 

Calis said as he bit into his slice of some kind of wonderful dessert which got rid of that awful taste of spinach.

 

“I am not lazy and I am trying my best.  Kirkland is better than I am with the sword and he is faster than me.  Hell, he almost beat the Archangel Michael in his prime.  I am still trying to catch up to him and I am in my prime.”

 

Sebastian said and Gabrielle looked at Sebastian funny.

 

“You don’t look old enough to be in your prime you young thing.  You are still a baby.  You look to only be eighteen if that in human years.”

 

Gabrielle stated and Sebastian sighed.

 

“I am over three thousand years old Gabrielle.  I just have always looked young.”

 

Sebastian said as he ate his dessert wondering who made it since it was fabulous.

 

“That is still not in your prime young man.  General Kirkland would have to have been at least four thousand and eight hundred years old to be in his prime.  You are still wet behind the ears.”

 

Gabrielle said and Sebastian frowned since he thought he was in his prime.  Was Michael lying to him to push him harder?

 

“I was five thousand when I was in my prime.  That was two thousand four hundred years ago.”

 

Kirkland said lifting his head and wiping away his tears.

 

“And now you are a mere babe growing again.  If I could only be so lucky.”

 

Gabrielle said as he felt a bit envious.

 

“Believe me this is no great thing.  I am in an infantile body where I cannot be with my mate for at least six years.  I am trying to force this body to grow faster, but it refuses to listen to me.’

“I swear I am not ever going to die again if I can help it.  Being an almost eight-thousand-year old demon brought up around toddler Angels is not my idea of a good time.  Besides I never believed in old demons killing young Angels when there was much better prey like Archangel Michael to fight.  I still plan on beating him just once to say I can do it.  I have slowed a little though which irritates me to no end.  If I have to start over in life, than I should be at least as fast as I once was.’

“Sebastian is damn close to being as fast as I am, but he is but a youth.  When he hits his prime he will be a force to be reckoned with when I am finished with him.  His second husband Christian has more skill, but is slower which is odd for a demon Angel his age.  I don’t know if it has to do with the fact he has longer limbs or not.  He is the tallest demon Angel I have met and strikingly beautiful.  If he can use his skill and up his speed, he would be my match and he looks closer to being in his prime compared to this young thing.’

“Then again Christian rarely smiles so if he did smile more he might be just as youthful looking as our Sebastian.  Sebastian needs to work a bit more on his skill and his temperament.  Getting angry or frustrated does not help one in a fight and cats are not the only children of God.  If a cat gets in the way, you might as well forget Sebastian as he will save the feline over fighting for his life.”

 

Kirkland teased with a smirk as Sebastian had the nerve to look insulted.

 

“That is so true.”

 

Calis said licking his spoon wishing there was more dessert.

 

“I most certainly am not that bad!”

 

Sebastian protested crossing his arms over his chest indignantly.

 

“I beg to differ my dear Sebastian.  You have a total of sixteen cats at home and you constantly complain that that is not enough to cover your tiny husband with although why you want to do that is beyond me.  Plus, you want more and whenever the word cat is mentioned your brain shuts off.’

“You are a cat hoarder and I have seen you trip over yourself at times staring at your cats as if they would leave you.  When we go anywhere, if there is a cat present, you stop everything for it and the main reason you are hanging out with a demon which you normally would despise doing is so you can go see more cats.”

 

Kirkland said with a wide smile.

 

“I am not just going for the cats.  I want to meet this person as he is going to take over as the demon Patriarch.”

 

Sebastian said as if this explained why he absolutely had to go see this person he did not even know tonight.

 

“Sebastian don’t lie.  You honestly could care less about who is going to be the next demon Patriarch over this city.  You are not for demon or vampire rights so stop kidding yourself.  You are going to see this person’s five cats.”

 

Calis stated as he asked the waiter to bring another one of those wonderful desserts since he was going to have seconds.

 

“Calis it is important to know who is going to be in control of this city.”

 

Sebastian said and Calis looked at Sebastian.

 

“And why is that?  You don’t live here.  If anyone should go it should be Jamal, not you.”

 

Calis asked as he continued to lick his spoon trying to get all traces of that dessert off of it.  Sebastian was having a hard time with that as well since Calis looked absolutely sensual doing that.

 

“What if we decide to come back?  I like this area and I might want to visit again.”

 

Sebastian asked and Calis rolled his eyes.

 

“We can’t come back since Jamal doesn’t want vampire visitors and I would want Bob and Alex to come with us along with everyone else.”

 

Calis said and Sebastian also found an argument to that.

 

“Well, we are going to change that by bringing in more humans.”

 

Sebastian said as if to justify his purpose to go see Drew and Frank with their cats.

 

“That is going to take more time than a few days Sebastian.  You really don’t want to argue with me since I am going to win.  Just admit you are going to go to see the cats and drop it.”

 

Calis continued to tease Sebastian with that spoon until Sebastian had enough taking the spoon and plopping it down on the table in his frustration.

 

“Well, what if Jamal needs my protection?”

 

Sebastian asked and Gabrielle lifted an eyebrow to that since that was far from true.  That was a flat out lie.

 

“Why does a local vampire need your protection?  He is here to help protect us remember?  You are drowning babe, give it up.”

 

Calis said as he looked Sebastian in the eyes as they did a small battle of wills on who would break first only for Calis to kiss Sebastian on his nose.

 

“I win.”

 

Calis said and knew they were still going to see the cats.  Sebastian knew he could not win and was frustrated as hell.

 

The demons listening into these conversations thought Sebastian was adorable as was the baby demon Angel.  They were the perfect couple and a few felt rather envious.  Now that most of the humans left, the demons around them introduced themselves getting to know these interesting people and one even paid with his magic money for their dinner to find out how to become like they were.  They wanted to eat food and enjoy life.  Calis was feeling a bit claustrophobic as there were a lot of demons who wanted to talk to them and Kirkland.

 

Leon also felt a bit odd as he was not used to this many demons being around and even the younger ones were asking questions.  All these demons wanted the same things, a soul a year or two and to be a demon Angel although not all were keen on the falling in love part.  They wanted to move around Calis and Sebastian, but there were only a few human homes.  The demons said they could work around that as there was not much for them here.

 

Jamal was worried that demons would leave and then who would they feed on?  Sebastian did not mind talking to these demons though and was glad they wanted to leave.  Perhaps they would drive out the scum like demons of England.  Sebastian mentioned a few mansions by their own that were up for sale and suggest them to them.  He said the homes were big enough to house several demons if they wanted to move there.

 

Sebastian got phone numbers as did Kirkland as they were going to spread the news to see how many of their kind wanted to leave this shithole for a real life.  Not every demon wanted to die to join hell and there were more who wanted to be demon Angels than ever.

 

After about an hour or two of talking with Calis munching on a second dessert slowly savoring it, many of the demons had to leave except for Gabrielle, the waiter, and some of the kitchen staff who were preparing to go boxes of more of their famous desserts for the group.

 

Jamal was now very worried since many of those people were high ranking people in the city and if word spread the feeding grounds would be even slimmer pickings.  It was bad enough that demons stopped feeding them today, but to have so many up and move was frightening.

 

“Jamal, you are going with us to Drew and Franks.  Gabrielle agreed to feed your sons or have demons feed your sons.  Your wife should go home and prepare them to go out and feed as those demons who read minds already spread the word to demons who do not that they will feed your people again.”

 

Sebastian said and Gabrielle smirked.  Once a demon always a demon.  Getting Jamal alone was a good plan since they did not want his wife and kids in the way.

 

Calis wondered what was going on as Sebastian had that look in his eyes that he had when he was a demon going to give someone a really bad day.  His smile was not one that lit his eyes, it was cold calculating and his ruby eyes glowed a bit letting Calis know Sebastian’s demon was at play right now.  Whatever was going on, it wasn’t going to be good for someone.

 

“Calis, I want you to go with Kirkland and Leon back to the hotel.  Stay in their room and wait for me to come get you.  Zachary, I will be back so if Allen calls keep him on the phone until I return.  Do whatever necessary to keep him talking.”

 

Sebastian stated and then he looked at Bob and Alex.

 

“Before we go, do you two need to feed?  Since you are not allowed to feed in town I suggest you both feed now.  Alex, you can feed on me and Bob you feed on Zachary this time since Calis will need his energy tonight.”

 

Sebastian said and then he whispered to Calis what he was going to do to him when he got back with Calis blushing like crazy as Sebastian nibbled on that little ear making Calis slap at him to stop it.

 

“We are at the dinner table Sebastian!  Control yourself!”

 

Calis said angrily, but Sebastian just chuckled and kissed Calis on the cheek.  Sebastian then let Calis and the others in on what he was going to do to Jamal tonight as Kirkland smirked since he was happy someone was going to do something about this nonsense as the man had been rather rude to refuse their vampire family members a local meal.  Calis felt a bit sorry for Jamal and hoped they did not maim him too much, but the guy kind of deserved it.  Leon only wished he could watch this shit, but he was stuck on babysitting duty watching over Calis and Kirkland.

 

Alex went over to Sebastian who opened his shirt for Alex to feed as Alex bit deep and Sebastian told him to drink as much as he needed.  Zachary did not want to feed Bob, he wanted to feed Alex, but opened his shirt anyway and allowed Bob to feed from him finding it to be pleasant although slightly painful as Bob did not like Zachary always staring at his fiancé.

 

Jamal and Jasmine watched trying to ignore their own hunger as they smelled the blood in the air hoping Kirkland and Leon would feed them before they left.

 

“I don’t feed vampires unless it is Alex or Bob and neither does my mate.  Bob and Alex are my family in which you insulted them when you refused them a meal here in this city.  I assure you that you will never feed off of any of us.”

 

Kirkland said to the couple who looked a bit shocked that their minds had been read.

 

“But we explained why we could not…………”

 

Jamal started to say and Calis lifted his hand to stop his argument.

 

“We know why.  We are not arguing with you on that point.  However, Kirkland is right about how we feel about feeding others who are not family.  You are not our family although we do appreciate your hospitality.  Besides Kirkland and Leon do not feed vampires even who are family for the most part.  If you were to even try, Kirkland would rip your head from your shoulders and although Leon might not mind Kirkland would, thus once again you would lose your head.’

“You have to understand that demon Angels may be Angels, but they are also always demons.  If you know demons than you would understand demon Angels.  Demons are not nice beings even if they seem like it so I shall warn you now that you really, really do not want to piss off demons or demon Angels.  It can be very bad for you if you do.”

 

Calis explained although Jamal thought most demons were very nice so he assumed demon Angels had to be nicer than demons.

 

“Well, we best get going if we are going to do this tonight and you want to get back for your phone call.”

 

Gabrielle said as Kirkland this time created a few hundred dollars leaving it on the table for the waiter since money did not matter to him.  As Sebastian carried his extra dessert with Calis’s in a bag he held his little husband’s hand as they walked back to the hotel.  Sebastian kissed his little husband before sending him with their bag into the hotel with Kirkland walking to the side of Calis to protect him and Leon.  Alex and Bob walked hand in hand to their room where they were planning on making love to each other all night long as well as soaking together in that huge tub.

 

Sebastian waited patiently for Calis and the others to go inside before turning to Jamal and Gabrielle as Jamal sent his wife home to go gather their sons to feed as there were several demons milling about outside enjoying the night including some humans.

 

“Well, we should take my car since it will be a bit more than just a walk to get to Drew and Frank’s place.”

 

Gabrielle said as the three men walked to where there was a nice little red Ferrari, but being that it was a two seat only car Jamal was not sure how they would all fit.

 

Without saying another word Gabrielle popped the trunk with his powers.  Jamal figured he would run along the side of the car to get there, but the two men he was with had other plans.

 

“Vampires like coffins, right?”

 

Gabrielle asked and Sebastian smirked.

 

“I thought they did, but I could be wrong.”

 

Sebastian said as the two men grabbed Jamal and threw him in the trunk stuffing him in there which was very cramped for the big man who was freaked out a bit since he did not expect such rough treatment especially from one who he thought was his friend.

 

Closing the trunk, the two sat on the trunk for a bit talking before Sebastian asked for the keys since he wanted to drive this little baby for a bit.

 

“I hope he doesn’t ruin the interior of your trunk.  This is a nice little car.”

 

Sebastian said sliding into the driver’s seat.  Gabrielle got in next to him as they put on their seatbelts.  At that Sebastian decided to take a drive around the island a bit speeding the whole way with Gabrielle smiling relaxed enjoying the ride with Jamal freaking out a bit as the two were going awfully fast.

 

Gabrielle called his friends telling them what they were doing and that they may be a bit.  Drew and Frank had no problem with this as they were preparing things in their house.

 

“You know it is too bad you have your name on this rental.”

 

Sebastian said and Gabrielle shrugged he did not mind since he had insurance.

 

“I can say someone stole the car and dumped it.  Once it is set on fire there won’t be any evidence and since I have excellent credit, a clean driving record, plus tons of money, I can always get another.  It is a nice little ride, though isn’t it?”

 

Gabrielle said as they spun the car around and drove it to Drew and Frank’s house.  Jamal was going to wish he never pissed off a demon or demon Angel after tonight.  It was bad enough to refuse his family much needed blood which they needed to survive, but to actually insult them by trying to feed on them after refusing to share the feeding grounds was unforgivable.  There was more than enough blood to go around and with the demons around even if half of them left there was more than enough blood to share with other vampires.

 

After pulling into the driveway, Sebastian parked the car and got out with Gabrielle as they popped the trunk and pulled Jamal out.

 

“Sorry we got lost trying to get here.  Are you ready to talk to the new Patriarch of the demons Jamal?”

 

Sebastian asked as the vampire felt rather dizzy and disoriented from the holy water and garlic oil that had been in his drink as Gabrielle activated the spell.

 

“It is fine; I just feel very odd.  Perhaps next time I shall just run alongside the car.”

 

Jamal said as Gabrielle and Sebastian led the vampire up to the door.  Gabrielle knocked as Drew answered then he and Frank grabbed Jamal shoving him into a chair and before Jamal knew it he was chained to the chair.

 

“Oh, I think he said he was hungry since he has not fed today so you might want to help with that Drew.”

 

Gabrielle said as he leaned against the wall and Sebastian got a chair out taking a seat to watch the demons work on pulling out those fangs with a pair of rusty pliers.  Jamal was fighting and screaming in pain as they dug ripping out tooth after tooth until they reached those fangs tearing them out by the roots.