Russo’s POV
Lisa delicately slit the aloe, opening the leaves and scraping the gel out onto her hands. I undid my pants and slid them down to the floor. Just the idea of getting to touch in any way like this had me aroused, and I sprang free, ready to be of service in any way that I could.
She put her hands on me, gently but firmly stroking. I backed into the wall to give me some support, and tipped my head back, closing my eyes. I reached out with my hands, running my fingers through her hair. I let myself imagine that this wasn't just her hands moving over me. I imagined her taking me in her mouth, and then moving up and taking me between her legs.
The visions were so potent that it only took a few minutes before I groaned.
“Shit!” she yelped.
Lisa fumbled around as I spurted the contents of my ecstasy through her fingers. I could feel her scrape the glass along my shaft, scooping up the last of what she need
Helen’s POVMy Huntsman led me from the room and down the hall. Stopping at a cutout in the ceiling, he pulled this down, and a ladder extended, leading to the attic. Dutifully, I followed him up and found Julianne weeping softly on a bed in the corner of the attic.The Huntsman had been telling the truth. There were no windows, nothing but the raw boards on the floor and the walls and the slanted ceilings. These were all clean, and a rug filled the center of the space. A bed had been pushed against the far straight wall. Next to it sat a little table where a tray of food and water lay untouched.“Julianne.”At the sound of the Huntsman's voice, she scrambled off the bed, rushing for him. “My love, my darling,” she cried out. “You finally came back to me.”She caught sight of me over his shoulder and slapped out at me. “You bitch! What are you doing here?”The Huntsman caugh
Russo’s POVFive minutes later, we were on the road and on our way. I drove while Lisa tapped out another set of texts, probably updating all of our friends to our status.Justin would be taking command of the warriors with Randy at his side. We managed to find the location of where the Huntsman was hiding. It was part of a planned community with walls around the outside and gates with guards, secure if one were just trying to keep out regular predators. More of a fortress when we knew what was lurking inside.And our pixie spy, Freya, had left the night before, trying to get herself situated in a place in the house where she would be able to witness everything going on and give updates. Justin had taken possession of a small magical earpiece that she had made for Helen before Helen got abducted. Using that to communicate, she would verify that we had done our jobs.Then Justin and Randy would lead the rest of the warriors in to clean
Russo's POVNight was falling, and everything inside the church's basement was ready. Our pentagram and all of the symbols were written in the specific ink. Our offering was laid out, one each of the five donations on the five points of the pentagram.Beside me, Lisa's forehead glistened with sweat. We were at zero hour. It was time to start the actual ritual.She chanted the words that would open us to the magic, then connected that magic to the pentagram and the orders with power over demons written therein.On TV, magic always showed up as a flashy light show, but this was different, subtle. Being a fae, I could feel the magic whisper across my skin and through my hair like the slightest breeze, one which would tickle the flame on a candle without blowing it out. Yet carried in that whisper was a measure of power that stunned me.I took a gaping glance at Lisa. I had no idea that my bride-to-be could conjure up that much power. All
Helen’s POVRather than pushing me away like he usually did after our lovemaking, my Huntsman crawled back on his hands and knees, groaning again. But this time, it looked like his face was not contorted in pleasure but in pain.I was torn. I wanted to lay on my back, tipping my hips up so that his seed could find its way as deep within me as possible. I wanted him to have impregnated me. But I also wanted to go to his side and ease his pain.I patted the floor next to my shoulder. “Come here, my love. I'll try to tend to you.”He grunted and started towards me, and then collapsed to the floor, face down on the carpet. I shrieked, scrambling to my hands and knees and shaking his shoulders.“Huntsman! Huntsman! My husband, my darling, my love. What's wrong?”This time he clutched at his throat and let out a scream. Fire shot from his mouth. I shouted and scrambled back from him. Even Martin hurried
Helen’s POVThe end of everything felt like being under a collapsing tower of wooden blocks. Even though it brought relief, it wasn’t easy. All the edges and corners and individual pieces pummeled my heart, brain, and body. Julianne looked as if she felt the same.Julianne nodded at me. “I feel sick to my stomach,” she said.“You and me both,” I agreed.Now I gripped Julianne’s hand. “We need to try and look and see if we can find any of the other pixies. Was there anything upstairs where he kept you caged that would have indicated that there were other prisoners up there?”Julianne shook her head.I bit my lips in frustration. “How about before he put you up there? Were you take it anywhere by Martin? Did Martin say anything about anywhere else that they were keeping people?”Julianne sorted through her thoughts; I could tell. Her face was screwed up in concentration, and if her head felt anything like mine, it wasn’t an easy task trying to find the memories because everything from t
Helen’s POVThe poor man just stared at me with blank eyes. His hair was matted, and his cheeks sunken. He’d clearly been here a long time.“Do you have any idea where the Huntsman kept the key?” I asked.The man continued to stare at me.“You can answer me without being afraid,” I said, soothing the prisoner. “He’s dead.”“Dead?” the poor man on the floor croaked.“Yes. The Huntsman is dead. I saw it with my own eyes. He was killed by his own magic.”That was the best way I could describe the rite which had taken down the Huntsman to somebody whose consciousness was being strained simply by keeping himself awake. If he wanted more details after I’d gotten him help, we could worry about that then.He made another harsh noise trying to speak and gave up, simply pointing me to the back wall.I turned and, to my great relief, found a key hanging on a hook behind the door. I rushed over, grabbing that, praying the whole time that it was really the key that would unlock this poor man’s cel
Helen’s POV“I’m going back to check the other rooms,” I said.I went up and down the hallway three more times. On those trips, I found one more room that had nothing but several bodies, and then I rescued two more male werewolves and one more female. None of them looked lucid enough to share their experiences with us.Though, after seeing them in that state, I honestly didn’t care whether they had been fooled into working with the Huntsman or whether they had consciously made the decision. It was clear he didn’t care even for his own companions or those serving him. And no matter what the Huntsman had said to gain the trust of these werewolves, I was sure it didn’t involve the truth because there was no way that anyone would have gotten willingly involved with a demon, was there?I shuddered at this mixed feeling of compassion. Perhaps I should let Justin deal with these people that we found. They could be given a trial if necessary, and we could find out whether or not they willingl
Justin’s POVIn the pause, while I waited for Randy’s answer, the silence seemed to drag on like something physical. How could it take so long to spit out such important words? Had we killed that bastard of a wizard or not?“I didn’t get to it myself,” Randy said. “I’m actually on my way to confirm now. Julianne’s husband, Peter, got ahold of Martin. He was the closest, and after we told him about Julianne being abused by the Huntsman, I’m sure he wanted a chance to take him down.”I growled. “I wanted a chance to take him down.”Randy let out an answering growl. “I did, too. But Peter was in the correct position to dish out punishment.”Randy sighed. “At least poor Julianne didn’t have to go through what Helen went through.”“We hope,” I added, crossing my fingers for that one.“I’m gonna get off the phone now,” he said. “While I am verifying the body belongs to the wizard, why don’t you give Russo and Lisa a call and let them know that things seem to have gone pretty well here? They