Chapter 4
Samael
The next two days flew by and not in the way I'd hoped. I was raising to begin my day as Ezrael and Azrael were coming back to end theirs. At the first sign of the setting sun Ezrael would stir give me a sweet smile and leave as soon as the sun was fully set. It still surprised me that she was able to wake before Azrael. But the biggest surprise was she didn't wait for Az. For two to three hours she'd just vanished and returned to meet him and Jennifer at Knight Slade's club.
On the third night I decided I'd join them to spend a little time with my Archess and get to know her better and hopefully entice her back to bed with Azrael and myself to finish what we'd started back at the mansion. Ten minutes before the sun was due to set I climbed into bed, the moment she started to stir I brushed a lock of raven black hair from her face and waited for those beautiful eyes to open.
"Good Evening" I asked once she was looking upon me.
"Hi, is there something wrong?" asked Ezrael, looking around.
"Nothing is wrong, I just want to look at your angelic face a few minutes, you are very peaceful when you sleep."
"I'll try and get out early and maybe we can spend sometime together tonight." said Ezrael ignoring my endearments.
"Actually, I've decided to join you all that the club tonight. So there's no need to rush off, we can take my limo and pick Jennifer up on the way." I answered.
Ezrael eyes flashed with panic a spilt second before she regained her composure, she gave me a soft smile and climbed from the bed picking up her jeans as she went.
"I have a few errands to run, so I'll meet you there." said Ezrael not looking at my face while she moved around the room.
"I can come and help if you'd like, two hands and all that." I replied, what was she hiding?
"It's ok, I'll get it done twice as fast on my own. Have a rest and I'll see you later ok." said Ezrael pulling on her shirt and picking up her boots.
She kissed me on the cheek before she almost ran from the room. I pulled my phone from my pocket and called Jason.
"My Lord" he answered.
"Ezrael is leaving now, have her followed and report what you find directly back to me."
I didn't wait for a response I just closed my phone and lied back against the bed.
"Do you really think a human is going to be able to follow her without her knowing?" said Az, as he rolled over and stretched, was he getting up earily or had Ezrael slept late.
"She's hiding something. Do you know where she goes before the club?" I asked.
"No and I don't care. I trust her as should you, push to hard Sammy and she going to snap back."
"She is mine, she should not be hiding things from me. Eleanore doesn't leave Uriel's side without protection, he knows where she is every second of the day." I replied.
"I'm not going to argue with you about this, but a blind man can see the difference between Elle and Ez. I beg don't push this." said Az while he climbed from the bed and headed into the bathroom.
"What's she like at this club?" I yelled, which was pointless, Az could have heard me from two bocks away if he was really listening.
"She smiles and laughs a lot, it's nice. She has a lot of friends there, work wise the smart humans know she dangerous and the stupid ones lean fast. She and Flint never leave Slade alone while he's in the public area. But once he ventures back to his office Ezrael and Flint come down and sit with us in the private booth." replied Az.
"What do you know about this Flint?"
"They've been partners for a long time, did work together before they started up with Slade and just to pre warn you she talks to him, they seem really close." said Az emerging from the bathroom ready to hunt for his dinner.
"Anything else?" I asked snarling at the news of her being close with this Flint.
"Sam just ask her yourself, or wait until tonight and see for yourself. Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill, now I'm going to hunt. Get your shit together and meet me at the mansion to collect Jennifer within the hour." said Azrael.
I watched Az leave and wasted no time showering and getting dressed, forty minutes later I was in the elevator heading down to my limo when my phone rang.
"My Lord" said Jason.
"Where you able to follow her?" I snapped.
"Yes and No My Lord." replied Jason.
"Explain Yes and No, Jason." I snarled.
"That bike she rides is very fast and she doesn't abide to the traffic laws My Lord."
"Jason I am not in the mood, do you know where she went?"
"No." replied Jason sounding panicked.
"Then why did you say YES." I shouted into the phone.
"Ezrael, stopped us as we were searching for her and advised us to return home with a message for you." whisper Jason.
"And this message."
"She said to tell you, don't bother coming to the club, she didn't want to see you at the moment."
I closed the phone not wanting to hear any more, she was mine and she needed to learn that fast. I was going to this damned club and she would see me if she liked it or not, it only took ten minutes to arrive at the house front my brothers used as a portal to the mansion. I exited the limo and knocked once, Jennifer came racing out of the door way almost knocking me down with Gabriel stalking behind her.
"Your girlfriend is making my life a living hell Sam." snapped Gabriel.
"Excuse me?" I asked shocked at his statement.
"Jennifer sleeps all days and then rushed around to get ready to spend her every waking minutes with Ezrael, I'm starting to think she prefers her over me." replied Gab eyeing me.
"Don't even start I have my own issues to deal with, are you coming or staying?" I asked.
"Coming, maybe I can spend more then twenty minutes with my Archess in one room before she races off to be with Ezrael."
"Where's Az?" I asked, mostly because Jennifer was screaming for us to hurry up from the back of the limo.
"He left five minutes ago, got a call from someone and rushed off telling Jennifer he'd see her at the club." replied Gab.
That was fine with me, my skin was crawling and the sooner I got to see Ezrael and make her understand she was mine the better.
I just closed the limo door and was telling my drive to head to the club when Jennifer interrupted.
"We need to stop at Ezrael's first, she said I could raid her wardrobe, the address is Yestler way. Next to where the old Seattle hotel used to be."
That area was real estate heaven, I had tried to purchase there when I was building my head quarters and got knocked back at every turn. I gave the driver a nod and sat in silence, maybe seeing where she lived would let me understand her better. If I was really being honest I was excited by the fact. Twenty minutes later due to traffic we pulled up infront of a large brick building that stood six stories high, the front held nothing but two large steel roller doors and a set of double entry doors covered in steel checker plate. Gabriel and I exited the limo with Jennifer and followed her over to the double entry door and watched her place her hand on a palm reader situated on its left. Four large locks disengaged and the doors parted slightly, Jennifer pushed them open and marched in with us close on her heals.
"HOLY FUCK" yelled Gabriel as he scanned the ground level of the building, as the lights came on automatically.
Sitting on display on the ground leave where twelve of the most magnificent cars I'd ever seen, each more expensive than the next. If I was to throw a number out there, we were looking at around eight or nine million dollars worth of machinery.
I remembered Ezrael saying she had her own money, but I had no idea she meant she had a small fortune. Gabriel and I looked at each other, shocked at what we were seeing and then turned to the stairs Jennifer had disappeared up. The steps alone were a piece of art. Old polished timber sticking out of the side of the buildings wall, nothing supported them but the point where they emerged from the brick work. The first level was kitchen and living, the colour pallet was blacks, greys and reds. Every surface in the kitchen was stainless steel and polished to the extreme. Gabriel walked to the fall wall and looked up.
"The whole rear of this building is fucking glass, have you been here before?" asked Gabriel.
"First time brother and I can assure you I am as shocked as you are."
We were about to walk up to the second level when Jennifer came racing down ready to leave, Gabriel's Archess scrubbed up nicely. She had on a jade green halter dress that hugged her figure nicely and from the groan rumbling within Gab's chest he admired it as well.
"I'm ready." said Jennifer as she gave us a twirl to show off her dress.
"Has Azrael been here with you?" I asked.
"Yeah, he's already taken dibs on the room across from Ezrael. It has an amazing view of the city and the second biggest bathroom." laughed Jennifer.
"So it's just Ezrael that lives here?" I asked trying to get as much information as I could.
"Flint stay here whenever Ezrael does but the place is hers, I think I remember Flint saying he had a penthouse apartment in James street at the Es-calla building or something. I think it's just a few block east of here."
"Why does he stay here then?" asked Gabriel. He knew of the Es-calla building as I did and a standard apartment was maybe two million. I couldn't even put a price on the penthouse.
"There like brother and sister, they've been together longer then Ezrael can remember, she joked once. But that's enough twenty questions, we're going to be late if we don't hurry, Ex hates it when I'm late." said Jennifer.
Gabriel and I gave her a nod and followed her back down stairs and out of the building. Once the doors were closed I quickly placed my hand on the palm reader and watched it turn red not allowing me entrance. Jennifer watched me and said while she turned for the car 'don't worry Az has access if I'm not around' I knew she was trying to make me feel better but it wasn't working. The trip to the club was not long enough for me to calm down, what was she hiding from me and why did Azrael have access to her home and not me?
We climbed from the limo at the front door and Jennifer stepped straight up to the bouncer and he immediately opened the red rope for her giving her a wink and saying 'Rae's been waiting for you, I'll let her know you're here.' He was about to close the rope over before Gab and I could enter but thankfully Jennifer stopped him and we followed her in.
The club was loud and dark, strobe lights flashed around the dance floor. Around the walls' edges sat private booths each slightly different from the other. We entered near what looked like the main bar and above that was the DJ but it was the large booth at the far end of the club bellow a large mirror glass wall that caught my eyes. Ezrael stood behind a man seated on a large black couch talking to a young woman, to her left was tall muscular blonde haired man who kept leaning in and whispering something which kept making her laugh. I was sure this had to be Flint, but it was the person to her right that had me frozen to the spot. It was Azrael who was laughing along with their private jokes.
Jennifer walked straight across the dance floor and wasted no time climbing the steps to the private booth, the man sitting raised from his seat and reached out for her hand giving it a kiss before he motion for her to take a seat, Gab and I both snarled but I'm sure for completely different reasons.
"I understand the pull now, Ezrael is one of those people." snapped Gabriel.
"Watch yourself brother that is my Archess you are talking about."
"Hey, I'm just saying she knows all the right people, has the perfect place and lets face it she's the person to know if you are into that kind of thing and most humans are, it seems my Archess is." replied Gabriel.
"And what am I, chopped liver." I snapped.
"Look I know you're all that in the business world, but face it brother in this world you're on the same leave as me, the fucking bottom. Azrael and Uriel live this life we don't."
I knew he was right, Azrael was the big time music star and Uriel was huge in the movies but I had my pull and if I wanted to I could have Knight Slade's little club in a heart beat. I gave Gabriel a nod and we started to walk towards the booth that held our Archesses and our brother.
Before we could take the first step two rough looking bouncers stepped up from the sides of the stairs and block our entrance, I looked over to Ezrael but she looked straight though me and made no attempt to gain us access. It was Azrael that leant down to the man on the couch and in a few seconds the two over grown gorillas stepped side and allowed us to enter.
We stopped at the top of the stairs as the man on the couch stood and walked towards us.
"Samuel Lambert, it's a pleasure to have you at my club. I'm Knight Slade and your friend is?"
"Gabriel Black, Jennifer is his girlfriend."I replied. Girlfriend was the best I could come up with, without going to the whole 'we're Archangels and Ezrael and Jennifer are our Archesses'.
"Any friend of our Jen's is more than welcome and you Mr Lambert are known to my Rae are you not?" said Slade's trying to push my buttons. I had warned him once not to call my Archess his but at this moment I'm sure if I made a deal about it Ezrael would take his side, so I let it go.
"Yes, I'm a very good friend indeed. Slade." I replied.
He motioned for us both to take a seat and I noticed Az was about as happy and Ezrael was to see me.
A waitress stepped forward and took our drink orders and once she was gone Slade turned to address us again, but before he could speak a man standing with three body guards called his name from the center of the dance floor.
Without even giving the man a second glance Slade nodded and Ezrael and Flint stepped out from behind the couch and headed for the stairs, my eyes almost bulged out of my head when I saw the hardware they were caring. Strapped to Ezrael's thigh were two silver 9mm Smith & Wesson double action hand guns and resting on her back in a leather holster was another seat of K100 Slovaks, she was armed to the fucking teeth. Looking over to Flint as the pair descended the stairs I noticed he was also armed like a small army. On each of his thighs was a Browning 9mm and strapped to his back was a M4 Carbine assault riffle.
Ezrael and Flint had made it maybe five or six step onto the dance floor when the bodyguards of the man who yelled rushed in front of him, panicked. What was amazing was the people on the dance floor didn't seem bothered by the advancing well armed pair, they just simple stepped out of the way and continued dancing like this was an every day thing.
One of the body guards advanced on Ezrael and I was about to jump to my feet but Azrael clamped his hand on my shoulder and held me in place. 'watch' he said.
"Step the fuck back bitch or you and pretty boy are going to get hurt." yelled the bodyguard, getting shocked looks from the rest of the guards.
He jambed his finger towards Ezrael's shoulder but before he made contact, she grabbed his wrist with her left hand twisting it downwards and brought up her right hand palm open onto his elbow.
The sound of the bone snapping echoed in my ears as well as the man's screams of pain. As his body started to buckle Ezrael raised her right leg and slammed her five inch heel boot into the man's knee, shattering the bone causing the skin to split under the impact.
She release his wrist and let his body fall to the floor looking over the two remaining body guards. Neither she nor Flint said a word. They just looked at the three men in front of them as if they were bugs to be crushed.
"Slade, call your fucking dogs off, I just want to talk." begged the man who yelled as his bodyguards helped their fallen comrade to his one good leg.
"What did I fucking say? She's got a mean streak. Sam it's fuck hot watching her in action." whispered Gabriel at my side.
Slade stood and nodded towards a door at the back of his booth. When the bodyguards tried to follow their boss Ezrael and Flint stepped in their path blocking them.
"Are you coming or not Nathan, I don't have all night?" snapped Slade.
Nathan waved off his two remaining bodyguards and directed them to take the injured man to be attended to. When one of them went to argue the fact, Flint stepped forward.
"You have our word that no harm will come to your boss." said Flint.
I was amazed that the bodyguard gave him a nod and turned to help carry his broken friend out of the club. Ezrael and Flint followed Nathan to the door but didn't enter. Once he and Slade were out of sight, they both returned to stand behind the couch.
I looked over to Ezrael and studied her eyes. They were cold and vacant. Now was as good a time as any to talk to her, so I stood and moved behind the couch to her left.
"Are you going to keep acting like a child and ignoring me?" I asked.
Ezrael didn't respond, but Flint chuckled and motioned for the woman still sitting in the couch to leave.
"Gabriel why don't you take Jen onto the dance floor and kiss her like she's been hanging for you to do all night." said Flint
"What?" stammered Gabriel.
"Please a sexy girl like Jen doesn't get dressed like that, in a place like this, if she isn't hanging for a little hot and heavy." replied Flint
Gabriel looked at Jennifer and she blushed bright red before giggling, Gab snarled lustfully grabbing her hand and dragging her onto the dance floor.
"How about you buy me a drink Flint." said Azrael, looking at both Ezrael and myself.
The pair turned to leave but Flint stop and looked back at Ezrael.
"Just tell him and we'll deal with what happens, remember it's just you and me kiddo till the end, Ocean said it would work out and I believe her." said Flint as he and Azrael left Ezrael and I alone in the booth.
I waited for what felt like an eternity, but Ezrael said nothing.
"Please talk to me." I asked.
"Why did you have your human follow me?" said Ezrael not looking in my eyes, even in my mind her words felt cold and venomous.
"I was worried, you were keeping something from me." I replied.
"And your answer is not to talk to me but to have me followed?" she snapped back
"I was wrong I'm sorry, are you going to tell me what you are hiding?" I asked.
She finally looked into my eyes and then looked over to the bar where Flint and Azrael were standing watching our every move.
"I can't tell you everything but can you feel what Flint is?" she asked.
"No, what is he to you?" I snarled, thinking the worst.
"Samuel, I have always known I was yours and I have never bedded another man. My body is now and always has been yours, but I need you to know I was alone for a very long time and then Flint and I found each other and we have become very close, closer than brother and sister. I will not let him go." said Ezrael.
"Why would you think I would make you let him go?" I asked.
"Flint is an Adarian." replied Ezrael simply and I felt my heart rate increase.
I snarled and looked over at the creature standing next to my brother and let my mind wander as to the ways I could end his life.
But the snarl now coming from my Archess halted me from my thoughts.
"I will walk this and the next ten life times alone after I end your life if you harm one hair on his head." said Ezrael out aloud and it shocked me with the deadly tone to her words.
"They are our enemies and let's not forget they were sent here to kill you. You are mine and I will protect what is mine, if you like it or not." I spat back.
"Flint and I have been together for over one and half thousand years. If it was his intention to end me he has had plenty of time do achieve his goal. Let me remind you Samuel I am not yours until I choose you, Azrael understands I will not let him go, you need to come to terms with this as well." said Ezrael.
"HE WHAT?" I roared.
Before I could control my anger, Ezrael pulled out one of her guns and pushed it against my forehead.
"In my hand is a gun loaded with shard bullets, it won't kill you but a hit to the head will keep you down for a good period. Plenty of time for me to call my guardian and vanished with Flint, to a place you can not follow." snarled Ezrael.
Before things could get any worse, Flint and Azrael came rushing back to the booth. Flint stepped behind Ezrael and glided his hand down her arm until his hand was resting over her hand that had the guns pointed to my head.
"Let it go sister, remember what Ocean said." whispered Flint as he rested his head on her shoulder, wrapping his other arm around her waist.
Ezrael released the gun to Flint and turned to his chest burying her face into his shirt. Flint didn't even look at me. He just yelled out to Jennifer that they were going. To my surprise Jennifer pulled away from Gabriel and rushed to Ezrael's side.
"You're a fucking piece of work aren't you?" snapped Jennifer as she shook her head at me.
"Azrael are you coming home with us or staying with him?" asked Jennifer, ignoring Gabriel who'd followed her up to the booth.
"I'm coming, I have my room picked out after all." replied Azrael.
I didn't know what was happening, my Archess was leaving with an Adarian and my fucking brother was going with then.
"Gabriel, take him home and come and find me at Ezrael's ok." said Jennifer as the four of them turned and walked though the door Slade and Nathan had entered earlier.
I snapped to my senses and went to race after them but Gabriel grabbed my arm.
"You've made a big enough mess for one night, just let her go." he said.
"He's an Adarian." I choked out.
"I know, Jen told me. But I think you've jumped in before you let her tell you how and why they are together." said Gabriel.
"You know?" I asked still, shocked with what had just happened.
"I know enough, now lets get out of here and I'll tell you everything I know." replied Gabriel.
I gave my brother a nod and followed him out of the club, the valet had my limo in front of us in minutes and I climbed in feeling numb all over.
Gabriel studied me for a short time before he told me all he knew.
"There was a time that Ezrael gave up hope that you'd ever come for her, so she decided to go againsther guardian and stop hiding from the Adarians hoping to end her loneliness. What she didn't know at the time was the Adarians thought she was one of the four and wanted to drain her for her healing power. It's the one thing they can not do, unlike us who heal at a speeded rate, they heal like human, slowly and painfully. They intended to drain an Archessesr blood and consume it along with her powers. When the time came Flint rebelled against the Adarians with the assistance of Ezrael's guardian, Sam he truned against his own kind and helped her escape, of all people you should know the weight that holds. He was badly hurt in the battle and almost died for his valour, Ezrael offered him her blood at the advise of her guardian but he refused, saying it was his pain to bare for not helping her sooner. The pair have been together ever since always on the look out for the Archesses and the Adarians. They have sworn their lives to protect the Archesses from the Adarians." said Gabriel.
"How do you know all this? You were only with Jennifer on the dance floor for maybe five minutes, and who's this guardian." I asked still trying to absorb everything he'd said.
"Jen chose me and what she wants me to know I just now know, it's weird but it's just in my head. Sam, she chose me because of Ezrael, your Archess is truly The Father's greatest creation." said Gabriel.
"I am happy for you." I said as my emotions got the better of me and for the first time in three thousand years I wept in front of one of my brothers.
"Samael, you are your own worst enemy sometimes. You always jump without all the answers. It's how you lost Ezrael the first time, please don't make the same mistake again." pleaded my brother.
"I don't know what to do, I love her so much my heart aches when she is not at my side but she also angers me so much, I have never felt these emotions before." I replied.
"I have an idea but it's a little crazy." said Gab.
"I'll try anything." I replied.
"Did you know Ezrael and Azrael can get drunk like the rest of us? no blood needed."
"Gab what does this have to do with me getting my Archess back?" I asked.
"Everything, now tell your driver to find on open liquor shop. We need to stock up before we get to Ezrael's place. You have your ways and I have mine brother." said Gabriel with a big smile.
I was still confused but I did as he said and within half and hour we had five bags full of a mixture of alcohol bottles and we were on our way to Ezrael's house.