Chapter 10

Ruby's eyes seemed almost glued shut as she woke up from the heavy sleep she had been under for nearly eighteen hours. When her vision became clear she found herself in an eerily similar situation she had been in a couple of months ago. Aghony slept soundly beside her, his hand grasping hers as she was hooked to an IV and several other monitors around her bed. The felt like she had been hit by a bus, run over, backed over, and then run over again.

"Ughhff" her mouth said as she tried to sit up, but her chest was sharp with pain and she collapsed back against the bed. Aghony's eyes suddenly snapped open and he was right beside her as if he had only taken a short nap.

"Hey" he said stroking her face.

"Hey yourself" she said smiling "I swear I've looked worse than this."

Aghony only laughed and looked her over once more "You going to tell me who I'm going to be killing in the next hour?"

"No need" Ruby said smiling as best as she could "I already killed him myself. It was one of those pale guys, a lesser. He broke into my apartment and was going to take me to his..." she struggled to remember since it all had seemed to fly by so fast "Master, I think he said. Anyway I fought back and ended up commandeering a ride from a civilian of yours, and then I ended up here, although I'm not sure where here is exactly."

Aghony smiled "Your safe, that's all that matters. The news said your apartment burnt to a crisp, and only a body was found alive. My uncle Butch had to go and take care of it while you were sleeping."

"But I thought I killed it" Ruby said confused "I shot that guy right in the head!"

"Lessers need a little more than that" Aghony said holding up his hand "They either have to be staked or sucked up by Butch, he sort of...inhales them and they disappear."

"Oh.." Ruby said a little bewildered "Well at least he's gone."

"Yea" Aghony said standing up "Doc Jane said you should be okay, though the knee is going to need to be in a brace for a while. We've got our own surgeons and everything here, you'll be taken care of good." He wandered towards a cabinet and produced a pill bottle with tiny white pills jingling inside of the orange capsule.

"You can take some of these to numb the pain for a little while" he said opening it up.

Ruby looked at the pills nervously and felt her stomach turn the moment they hit his palm "I uh...I can't take pills..." she said shakily.

Aghony looked at her strangely "Why not?"

"I just..." Ruby said as flashes of her memory popped in her mind. Her sitting in a room full of people, him sticking the pills down her throat...the dizziness, the numbness of her body...the waves of her thoughts crashing around her as he did as he wanted with her...

"I just can't" she whispered.

"Okay" Aghony said as he analyzed the look on her face. She was trying to hold back her panic so much, but the paleness of her face at the sight of the pills made him realize to not push the issue. Aghony put the pills back and got an IV bag of pain killers to ease into her slowly.

"This better?" he asked genuinely, wanting her to relax after the shit storm she just went through.

Ruby sighed as she saw the liquid and nodded her head at the male. Aghony smiled and put the bag on her drip so that her pain would ease a bit.

"Thanks" Ruby said rubbing her arm, a bit embarrassed for showing such panic at the sight of the pills.

"No problem" Aghony said shrugging "My aunt has a problem with needles, so I understand."

Ruby looked thankfully at the male that stood beside her when suddenly the doors opened and more of the warrior gods walked into the room. Ruby felt her nerves start to go as she saw the biggest one, with long dark hair and what looked like a younger twin beside him. One, that must have been Aghony's father by the technicolor hair they both had, stared at her thoughtfully, Vishous was one she knew, along with Tohr, but the one with a big scar across her face almost scared her, but the look in his eyes showed pity, not hate.

"Aghony" Mayhem said looking at her geeky god.

"My king" Aghony said bowing a bit "This is Ruby Marvel, she's the one that saved us at Sal's the other night."

The king looked over at Ruby and gave her a quick smile "Thank you for saving my Brother's, you have our gratitude, but right now I need to know what happened to you so that my father and the others may know what we need to do."

Ruby retold the story exactly as it happened, when she finally finished, the king looked thoughtful while Aghony looked pretty vengeful.

"Did he tell you why he was taking you?" the king said pacing around as the others looked towards her.

"No" Ruby said shaking her head "He said his master was going to proposition me. And then he said something about me being a host..and a body or a husk. It was really weird."

"Host may be another term for a shell of a body" Aghony said closing his eyes "Could he be trying to convert females now?"

"No" Tohr said shaking his head "Lash tried that once, it didn't end well. And the Omega doesn't take too kindly to females in general. There's no telling what he's up to."

"I know one thing" the big dark haired one said "This female sure took him on, true?"

"True" the rest of them said.

"Wrath" Aghony said looking at the big one "Her apartment burnt down during the fight, do you think she can stay here for a little while, obviously she's in no shape to really go anywhere. What say you Mayhem? She definitely proved her worth the other night, and fighting a lesser should seal the deal."

Mayhem looked the young girl over and saw a lot of his mate and his daughter in the fiery look the human girl was giving him "She may stay for a little while, until she recovers" he said nodding. Wrath simply nodded too, knowing that the look on the male's face was one he had seen before when his Brother's brought home females, it was not a fight to pick.

"Thank you" Ruby said smiling "I promise I'll be out of your hair as soon as I get up and running again."

Phury came over and patted her foot gently as the others began to leave the room "Stay as long as you like, not just any human can take down a lesser" he looked up at Aghony "You and I will talk later okay?"

"Alright" Aghony said nodding to his father before he too disappeared out of the door.

"Some family" Ruby said smirking.

"Well at least they like you" Aghony said shaking his head "You want to get out of this room for a while?"

"I don't think I'm in any shape to walk" Ruby said smiling modestly down on at herself. Aghony felt bravery pulse through him as he scooped her up dramatically while he grabbed the IV with another hand.

"Who said anything about walking?" he said smiling at her. Ruby blushed and giggled as she wrapped her arms around Aghony's neck as they went for a little walk around the training area.

Young warriors boxed and trained around her as they looked over at her and Aghony from time to time, trying to get a look at the human who took on a lesser by herself.

"I feel naked" Ruby said shifting the hospital gown down away from her hips.

"You are naked" Aghony said, his voice hinting a small growl.

Ruby felt her whole body flush and realized how exactly close to naked she really was, and this huge male was pressing right against her. She felt her legs wriggle a bit as she thought about a situation where she wasn't beaten and bruised and was actually really naked with Aghony right along with her...

Aghony caught the scent of her wanting and looked down at her hotly before she turned and blushed a little while looking at something else intensely. Aghony gave a bit of a grunt as he shifted a bit while walking, trying to think of anything else other than her body breathing lightly against his, her bare breast just barely covered with the light cloth and her scent wafting through the air like a cat in heat.

"I think I better take you back" Aghony said a bit hard "Too much excitement in one day."

"Yea I think so too" Ruby said as she beat herself up over thinking about things that shouldn't happen. She hadn't wanted anyone in over three months, never thinking once about the opposite sex in a sexual way, and now all of a sudden her libido wakes up screaming at her to bang whatever come sin contact with her?

No sir. That's how she ended up in her situation, making rash mistakes with her body and her heart. There was no way she was sleeping with anyone now.

As they made their way back to their room though, Ruby felt the intensity spike to a maximum between them as he sat her back down on the hospital bed, his eyes never leaving her for a second. Aghony felt his blood getting hot, and his dark spicy scent filled the room, making sure anyone close would know to stay away.

"Aghony...I don't think-" but she didn't get to finish her sentence as Aghony took her mouth with his in a gentle kiss.

Ruby could feel the fire start in her body again, the aching between her legs growing hot with want like it had never had before. She wanted him...no...she needed him.

Aghony sucked on her lips and gently kissed his way down her neck, his hands gentle yet firm over her bruised body, wanting to caress the pain away as he trailed lower on her body. Her scent was intoxicating now, the warm scent filling his lungs as his body shivered and moved to feel everything about her.

"Aghony.." Ruby moaned as she grabbed his face. Aghony looked up with worry, hoping he didn't hurt her.

"I don't think we should..." Ruby began but her teeth bit back her lip before she could finish.

"Just tell me you don't want this and I'll stop" Aghony said looking her dead in the eyes "I won't do anything you don't want me to."

Ruby looked into those beautiful jade green eyes and felt her fluttering heart steel a bit at his words.

"Promise?" she said.

"I promise" he said looking at her sincerely.

"Then kiss me again" she said.

Aghony did as he was told and took her lips again in a gentle kiss, his hands moving again to her body, wanting to feel her really beneath him. He was careful when moving her around, not wanting to hurt anything that was already damaged, but from the way Ruby was responding, pain was the last thing on her mind.

Ruby felt the gentle kisses lace her body as Aghony undid the hospital gown and took her breast in his mouth, giving gentle sucks as he massaged her ribs and chest. His hot mouth started to move south and Ruby suddenly felt panic escalate as a flashback came at her fast.

He moved on top of her...he moved so fast she couldn't stop him...but it felt good...but it didn't feel right...

"Aghony" Ruby gasped.

"Everything okay?" he said looking up at her. Ruby realized that this was not him, this was someone different, someone kind and gentle with her...

"Keep going" she said biting her lip. Aghony gave her a bright smile and suddenly she felt his mouth on her most private area. Her body trembled as he nipped and licked her in the most sensual way, her body almost feeling as if it were going to melt at any point. Aghony could feel her trembling as he tasted her deeply, hearing her gentle moans as he rubbed and sucked at her, loving the taste of her beneath him. His own hard on was pressing against his jeans, screaming with want since the moment he caught her scent. It was almost punishing the way he was making himself wait with her.

Aghony moved up gently, loving the taste of her skin as he trailed back up towards her chest. Ruby trailed her fingers at his shirt and removed it fast so that she could feel his muscles underneath that lean back of his. Aghony moved on top of her, testing his weight so that she wasn't crushed beneath him, but Ruby had had enough of gentle touching and was lacing her legs around his waist as her hands moved against his muscles with pure want.

Her hands moved quickly, shedding his jeans off of those perfect legs of his as her body ached to feel him all over her.

She could feel his erection pressing against her and grind her hips just to feel it against her own hotness.

"Ruby" Aghony said trying to hold himself back "If you keep this up, I'm afraid I might hurt you."

Ruby looked up at the male, who had been so gentle and caring with her so far and felt the want shiver through her once more "So do it" she said grabbing him and pressing his hard on against her hips harder.

"Ruby" he hissed as his fangs began to get longer. Ruby saw them in awe and felt her passion get hotter beneath her.

Swiftly she wrapped her arms and pulled him into her "Take me" she whispered.

She didn't need to say another word. Instantly Aghony moved his boxer briefs down and lifted her hips up before thrusting inside of her. Ruby moaned and grabbed on to him, shocked at his thickness as he moved inside of her.

Aghony grabbed onto Ruby's hips and thrusted deeper inside of her, wanting that scent all over him as he felt her smooth skin beneath him. Ruby clawed at his back, loving the way he moved inside of her and the way his lips never left her skin once. Aghony moved faster and harder as he grabbed her hips while Ruby moaned at how good it all felt. Suddenly Ruby pushed Aghony away and moved him onto his back while she climbed on top of him, her wetness sliding down on him it made him growl with pleasure.

Ruby moved fast, her body grinding and pacing along with his thrusts as she dug her fingers into his shoulders, desperately trying to hold on as she started to climax. Aghony grabbed onto her hips once more, thrusting hard inside of her that Ruby finally cried out as she began to tip over. Aghony could feel his own climax coming, and thrusted deeper and deeper inside of her, marking her as his so that any male that thought to touch her again would know what was coming after him. She was his, and his alone, and he was making damn sure she knew that as well.

Ruby felt her whole body shudder as she came on top of Aghony who with another thrust into her tipped over alongside her. A couple more movements on top of him, milking the sensation through her hips, and then Ruby collapsed on top of Aghony, sweat drops cascading her back as Aghony rolled her over still inside her.

Ruby opened her eyes and stared up at Aghony when suddenly she realized they had not used protection.

"Oh shit!" she said scrambling away from him "You didn't use a condom!"

Aghony was a bit dumb struck for a moment before he realized what her concern was.

"You don't have to worry about that" Aghony said shaking his head with a smile "A human getting pregnant with one of our kind is very rare and it almost never happens."

"Yea well it could happen!" Ruby said a little shocked "It would be me out of a million people to get pregnant with a hybrid baby."

"Relax" Aghony said coming up to her and grabbing her in his arms "Even if you did, there is no way in hell you would be on your own. I'm here to stay if you are."

Ruby looked over at Aghony for minute, registering what he just said.

"You wouldn't leave me?" she said quietly.

Aghony looked at her, his face calm and serious "I will never leave you."

"Promise?" Ruby said, her voice betraying her by sounding pitiful.

"Promise" he said kissing her forehead and snuggling beside her. Ruby had heard a ton of promises before, always knowing there was a chance that it was most likely going to get broken. But looking into Aghony's eyes, Ruby felt in her heart that this time it was different.

Aghony wouldn't break a promise to her.