CROSS I've never wanted to be touched so bad. I went from riding with disgust to actually craving his touch. What scared me was the fact that I knew it wasn't entirely his lust controlling me-- it wasn't his lust at all. As his tongue skillfully explored my mouth, I surrendered to every wave of passion he commanded from me. My hands unhook the seat belt, giving myself more freedom. I wrapped my arms around his neck, feeling more connected than ever. His gentle but firm hold on my waist drove me crazy. Slowly, he became my air, my next breath, my source of breathing. Fuck! This was too much. I knew he felt it too and that caused my heart to pound a little faster. Desire moved inside me. Kissing was an art and Cyrus was its master. This was nothing like all our kisses before. Why did my heart feel so heavy and full? Suddenly, I needed air. I felt like I was drowning, running out of breath. As much as he gave me air, he took it away. "Fuck," he mumbled across my lips, pulling my
CROSS Mom sold me out quickly. “Cyrus? Sure, honey. I'm glad you're making more friends and he seems like a really nice guy. You're not being pressured to go, are you?” She asked, wanting to make sure but the joy on her face was undeniable. She was happy for me. I should feel pathetic that my mother would think this way about me making friends but… it's Cyrus, not Bryan this time. It's him. “I want to be there,” I declared then hurried upstairs to carefully select my outfit, take a shower, brush my teeth– I did all of these with so much excitement in my veins, you'd think I was an escort finally being set up with his crush. I took a few light books, glanced in the direction of the toys and the lube I had safely tucked away and sucked my lip between my teeth. It's today. I looked at my phone nervously then just grabbed one of the lubes and threw it in. Whatever. It's not like I was… I mean I wasn't planning on– “Shit.” Maybe, I was. I chewed my nails nervously, pacing back and
CROSS The clock ticked down to the hours and each tick registered loudly in my mind. I laid on his bed with one arm draped over my face, shielding the light from my eyes.How long have I been lying here?There was a knock on the door and Cyrus had to leave to join the others-- they'd be leaving in an hour-- if it wasn't already time for them to leave.When I told him I was staying over, his face was priceless, a sight to behold. He was genuinely happy and it cleared every doubt from my mind.I turned to lay on my side, eyes still closed but brows drawn in worry.What was that question all about?"ugh!" I groaned and sat up quickly-- too quick! I almost puked. The dizziness was bearable now and I'd already called and sent my mom the pictures she needed.My phone vibrated with a notification and I picked it up. It was from her.Mom: Got it! And I'll pretend not to see that bottle of wine in the corner, Damian. Remember, at the slightest discomfort I'm picking you up Got it. Got it. Sh
CROSS I walked back into the room with two cups of hot chocolate. Cyrus was still lying face down at one corner of the bed, sulking. I shook my head slightly as I placed the cups down and climbed over to where he laid, waiting for him to move but remained stubbornly. A beautiful tattoo of a butterfly sat in the middle of his lower back. How come I'd never noticed it? His shoulders shuddered in a heavy breath. "Cyrus, come on. I made hot chocolate." He grumbled something, bringing a smile to my lips but I wiped it off my face before he could pull another tantrum. I was completely sober now. Who wouldn't be after that crazy remark about his dick dying? "Will you please just turn around and let's talk about it?" And what the heck all that was just a minute ago? That beast that looked right back at me-- I knew it wasn't him, so what was it? He said nothing for a long time and I wondered if he dozed off on me but he suddenly grumbled, "No. I don't want to talk about anything. Go
CYRUSI glanced at my watch again, time seemed to have stopped. "Is anyone else's watch stuck? Cause I think mine is. It's been three-thirty p.m for like one hour now."Jamal and Caleb groaned, throwing the books over their faces where they sat in front of me."Can you stop? It's torture trying to study with you," Hakeem grumbled beside me. "You've been saying that every second.""Well, I don't like study groups. I don't even want to be here," I hissed, looking at my teammates scattered in all corners of the room. We were forced into this hellhole by coach. His way of making sure our grades didn't drop.How thoughtful but also a waste of time."Nor I, but we have to suck it up," he grunted. "I'd rather be sucking Anna's face now that her parents are on a vacation.""You're still with her?" Jamal asked. "I thought you said you were done.”He rolled his eyes, "None of your business. She’s the one of the very few who's less interested in Cyrus, she's a keeper."The others nodded while I
CYRUSThe glass shattered and we bolted in one direction. Tension ceased the room as we raced towards him. My heart drummed in panic. Seth was closer and had almost disappeared in the blinking of an eye but Lucian being a vampire gave him the upper hand.He zoomed past me with the speed of light and my heart sank. Quickly, my wings burst forth. I tried to gain an edge with the wind, bursting into the air at full speed but the sight of my siblings already ahead of me caused a sinking despair in my heart.Cross's scent hit me harder, his body reacting to my powers.The air was thick with our dark auras, suffocating– too much for any human to bear.They were faster, stronger, more experienced-- I knew I'd lost when I heard Cross scream.Dread slammed into me like a thick brick was jammed into my stomach."Let him go!" I screamed desperately at Seth who had his hands on him. Back to his front and an arm wound around his neck, Seth kept his eyes carefully on the others, watching out for wh
CYRUS"Get up," I pulled Cross to his feet, ignoring the pain shooting from my ribs. It was like a rib had pierced one of my organs, but fuck that! Cross was having an even harder time. His breath was uneven, harsh and shuddery. He could barely breathe and it was pretty obvious why.Hell's environment was no place for a human. If this continued-- I didn't even want to think about it."Up, up," I held his arm and yanked him hard. His legs gave in and he crashed into me. I supported him with my weight, a familiar strength rolling inside me but it came with no courage, only fear.Fear of the unknown. Fear of what I was. Fear of what I carried inside me. Fear of the dangers that lie ahead, one that possibly involved Cross's doom."I have to get you out of here," I looked around frantically, heart speeding with panic. Seth was at Lilith's side, helping her to her feet and Lucian was nowhere in sight.Did he bolt before the barrier came on? Possibly. He wouldn’t hesitate to save himself and
CYRUS"Excuse me?" Lilith frowned, recovering from the shock. It was quite hard to believe he just growled at them. "Listen here, you little--""If you have nothing but negatives to say then zip it!"Oh shit! He was pissed off, wasn't he? I looked down to where he held our hands like he was in control here, when in fact, he was the odd one out. We could all tell he was nervous and afraid but that didn’t stop him from schooling them. If he could complain in hell, then damn, I was in for the rest of my life.No, that didn't come out well. Rest of whose life? This was the end for him."I've had enough. I'm scared to my boots but you don't see me screaming and yelling. Whether we're doomed or not, he's only trying to stay positive and there's nothing wrong with that. God!" he huffed, then muttered, "How can I have more balls than the descendants of lust?""Hey!" Lilith snapped. "You know nothing about our family-""No, thanks. I don't need the extra information. Clearly, this," he gestur
CYRUS I rinsed the soapy dish under the running tap, handing it to my mom as she wiped it off with a hand cloth and placed it in the rack. She hummed as she carried out her chore, a smile plastered on her face. I'd just had dinner at her place. We ate like humans knowing fully well we weren't, but it seemed nice to feel like a family once in a while. She was obsessed with anything that would give ‘quality time’ with her kids. She still didn't know about Lilith and Seth yet. While I'd debated whether or not to tell her, she mentioned Lucian stopping by to say hello and he zoomed off without another word. That was my cue to shut the hell up. I didn't say anything, just acted like everything was fine and I didn't just experience the greatest trauma in my whole life. A part of me– a very large part wanted to break down and cry in her arms. I still trembled just remembering what happened, but if I laid it all on her, what would she do? Her life was sad enough. I couldn't possibly add
CROSSI knew I was still alive when I suddenly became aware of the pain. Yeesh! I took it too far yesterday. Not that I regretted any of it. I'd do it again and again I'd say it over and over again. No remorse here, but I did take it too far.What did I mean by 'take from me. I can take it'? Oh my God! Needless to say, I woke up with secondhand embarrassment. How the heck do I face him this morning?Everywhere hurts. And one place that shouldn't feel like it's gaping open, actually feels that way.After I'd said those words, Cyrus went feral. I swear, I was this close to worrying whether it was truly him or Lust. He was out of it-- but then again, I don't exactly remember any promises of him taking it gentle with me.He was always out to prove why he was a god in the bedroom and why the girls at school won't stop throwing themselves at him.Too late now, I think.Setting the thought aside, last night's back and forth rushed back to me. How I managed to sleep at all was shocking. Thank
CYRUSI recognized sexual energy anywhere. After all, it was the fastest way I could build up my strength. It was my daily bread and what I considered food. There were other means of lust, but humans had long termed sexual acts as forbidden and so whenever they acted on it, lust jubilated and made merry.They've always tasted the same in different ways. Like colours but red, pink, or purple. Nothing out of the ordinary.Now why did this feel like I was having a whole feast? It wasn't just colours, it was something else; a whole rainbow, an upgrade, like I consumed a thousand souls.Fuck.Soft hands ran over my abs, sending a thrill, a mesmerizing one. I was getting addicted fast. My heart beating with more meaning, passion and power.Sweet rosy sensation flooded my senses. Everywhere he touched lighted up quickly.I must have summoned an incubus of something. Dammit! Guilt stabbed my chest. Cross would hate me if he found out. But I couldn't do this to him. It would be too much for hi
CYRUS I've always been afraid of the dark. Not because of what lurked out there, but what I housed inside me.Carrying a whole sin and one as strong as lust wasn't exactly easy. I feared the day he would burst out and shut me out, leaving me to drown in the darkness-- the void.What would happen to me? I wondered where I'd float.To nothingness, I hoped. Like my whole existence erased, wiped out like I wasn't even there.That was better than the feeling of being stuck somewhere, the feeling of falling into the void and never letting up.Something warm wrapped around me and I felt a slight tug in my chest. The kind I always felt when Cross looked at me a certain way, or smiled these days.Shit! Something's wrong with me, for sure.But right now, I felt his presence. It was subtle but it was there. It felt warm on my face like the ray of sun on a Saturday morning back at Mom's place. I could hear her humming through the thin walls-- other times, her cries of being abandoned by a mate a
CROSS I was falling fast. The world around me was spinning and waiting for my blood to spill. The air felt too thick for me to produce a single sound. The world twisted around me. The height from which the tentacle dropped me could cause anyone a heart attack, yet I suffered the torture of watching myself go down, watching myself die. The only thing in front of me was Valkar. The cursed agent of hell watched me without an atom of care, his head held high in dignity like he had done an honorary deed. My vision blurred, I couldn't even cry. My head spun. I sank further, waiting for the hard thud of the ground against my back, waiting for death's open arms to usher me into hell. "I'm gonna get you out of here." His words breezed past my thoughts with his shaky voice and that fearsome look in his eyes. They were empty promises. Not because he didn't mean it, but because he stood no chance against them. I knew it. He knew it too. Fuck. I knew I shouldn't, but with all the last stre
CYRUSMy hands trembled as I glanced at the heads of my siblings. The tentacles reached for them, dragging them back into the Earth and pulling along their lifeless bodies. Hell had no respect for its own people, this much shouldn't be a surprise. This wasn't grandfather's orders. Judging from the surge of power I just got, this was Valkar doing his own wish."H-He- killed them. Oh my God! Oh my God!" Cross gasped, struggling to breathe behind me. "Oh God! Oh God!" Anyone who stood against grandfather had themselves to blame. It didn't matter if they were his own grandchildren. We were not special to anyone. But I wasn't going to let them take my one special person away from me. Cross could barely even breathe behind me and I was in no position to say anything comforting. Heck, I needed it too! "Now that we've gotten rid of those small fries," Valkar smirked, still levitating as though the Earth was unworthy of him. "Let's get right into it."Small fries? I gulped. Shit. He wasn't
CYRUS"Fuck this!" I muttered in agony, turning around and marching to the barrier with heated gaze and a clenched fist."W-Wait, where are you--" Cross gasped."I wouldn't go closer if I were you," Seth warned and that managed to keep him in place but the weight of his eyes laid heavy on my back, just like the responsibility to keep him safe.Dad always said emotions would be the downfall of humans. He said we were different, and for special higher ranked sins like us--the seven deadly ones-- we were immune to feelings. All we ever felt was what we were.Last I checked, I was the god of lust. Not the god of anger, jealousy, protectiveness, worry and worse of all, fear.Fucking fear!Why was I trembling? Simple. It finally dawned on me that we were fucked. I mean it was pretty obvious but hearing my siblings complain? Now that added to my fear.You're weak. The voice boomed inside my head with a trembling force and a smirk behind it. Give in to me.No. Never.I could feel the mischief
CYRUS"Excuse me?" Lilith frowned, recovering from the shock. It was quite hard to believe he just growled at them. "Listen here, you little--""If you have nothing but negatives to say then zip it!"Oh shit! He was pissed off, wasn't he? I looked down to where he held our hands like he was in control here, when in fact, he was the odd one out. We could all tell he was nervous and afraid but that didn’t stop him from schooling them. If he could complain in hell, then damn, I was in for the rest of my life.No, that didn't come out well. Rest of whose life? This was the end for him."I've had enough. I'm scared to my boots but you don't see me screaming and yelling. Whether we're doomed or not, he's only trying to stay positive and there's nothing wrong with that. God!" he huffed, then muttered, "How can I have more balls than the descendants of lust?""Hey!" Lilith snapped. "You know nothing about our family-""No, thanks. I don't need the extra information. Clearly, this," he gestur
CYRUS"Get up," I pulled Cross to his feet, ignoring the pain shooting from my ribs. It was like a rib had pierced one of my organs, but fuck that! Cross was having an even harder time. His breath was uneven, harsh and shuddery. He could barely breathe and it was pretty obvious why.Hell's environment was no place for a human. If this continued-- I didn't even want to think about it."Up, up," I held his arm and yanked him hard. His legs gave in and he crashed into me. I supported him with my weight, a familiar strength rolling inside me but it came with no courage, only fear.Fear of the unknown. Fear of what I was. Fear of what I carried inside me. Fear of the dangers that lie ahead, one that possibly involved Cross's doom."I have to get you out of here," I looked around frantically, heart speeding with panic. Seth was at Lilith's side, helping her to her feet and Lucian was nowhere in sight.Did he bolt before the barrier came on? Possibly. He wouldn’t hesitate to save himself and