Chapter 4

~ Gabriel ~

"Everything all right?" Sam asked, arm circling around his mate and pulling him close. Gabriel just looked at his phone, rereading the text message. He shoved the phone back into his pocket and leaned up to give Sam a quick kiss. "Not exactly sure Sammy-kins, but I need to pay a visit to my brother. Maybe you should stay here?" Sam didn't have to ask which brother, and he felt knots in his stomach at the thought of Gabriel going alone, and why did Lucifer need to talk to him after almost 6 months of silence? If Lucifer tried anything, if he hurt Gabriel again… "Hey!" Gabriel grabbed Sammy's face and looked up at him. "It's not like that. He said for me to bring Balthy also." It took a second for that to sink in, and Sam just shook his head. He gave Gabriel a lingering kiss. "Never say never?" Gabe laughed, "I'll be back home soon Samsquatch."

~ Jesse ~

"You're pacing, again." I informed him. He turned and leaned against the sink counter and sighed. "I am sure they will be here soon Lu." I got up from the table and made my way to him, slowly circling my arms around him and nuzzling his chest. He pulled me tight against him, pressing his face in my hair.

It had been rough, us getting to this point. The past six months had been like a roller coaster, the kind that is breathtaking at one moment, then completely terrifying at the next. He had actually started opening up to me, and hadn't made any 'pathetic human' slurs in over three months, and it had been over a month since we had really fought. I also knew that we were not out of the woods yet, he still refused to let me have any human contact, aside from the one phone call to my sister.

Explaining the truth to her would have been impossible, so I simply told her that I had met 'someone' and had gone to Vegas and gotten married. I told her we needed time to decide if we were going to 'work things out' or not. She had taken it surprisingly well, and I told her I would call the family closer to Christmas. The fact that she swallowed all that crap was surprising, although I suspect a little angelic influence may have been involved.

I felt him tense against me and saw his eyes narrow slightly as he looked past me towards the dining room. I turned and saw Gabriel standing behind us, along with another angel. Blue-eyed and blonde-haired, wearing a grey V-neck shirt with a black blazer over it. He smiled at me, and avoided eye contact with my mate.

"You must be Jesse, I'm Balthazar, and it is pleasure to finally meet you."

"It's good to meet you too!" I decided I was going to have to be the one talking, since my mate was still tense and tight lipped. "And I'm glad you came back to visit us Gabriel."

Gabriel grinned, his gold eyes sparkling. "Well, you are my favorite sister." I giggled, I found I really liked him, his easy going manner and the fact that Lu seemed to not hate him with the burning passion like he did pretty much everyone else.

"Balthazar." I was almost startled when Lu finally spoke. "I have no intention of causing you harm, you are welcome in my home." His voice was almost monotone, but something unspoken passed between them, and they all seemed to relax.

Balthazar nodded, and gave me a basic explanation of the whole baby thing. I was still a bit in shock that Lu had mentioned it in the first place, but not opposed to the idea. It was a bit surreal though, I was standing in a kitchen chatting with an angel about possibly having a baby with the devil.

~good, better, bad~

It was a few weeks later, and I had been noticing something a bit weird. Weird being that things were going really good, maybe it was because Lu was being, well, nice. Like I am a normal man nice. And, it was starting to freak me out.

I walked into the kitchen and he handed me my coffee, kissing my cheek. I took the coffee, and sighed, looking up at him. "Lu, can I ask you something?" He nodded, and we walked over to the table and sat, facing each other. "This may sound, I don't know, strange I guess? But you" I paused, looking everywhere but at him, "you've been acting really… nice lately."

"And this bothers you?" He reached over and took my hand. "I thought this is what you wanted. To be content." I shifted in my seat, trying not to think too hard about the whole situation. Too late, I realized, as his grip on my hand suddenly tightened. I looked up and noticed a flicker of something dark behind his blue eyes. Startled, I tried to pull my hand away. His grip tightened, and a cold smile was on his lips. "Bad girl" he whispered, sending cold chills down my spine. "I told you not to even think about trying to leave this house." I whimpered, fighting the fear that was crawling up my spine. "Lu, I wasn't, I just…"

He snarled, and leapt up, dragging me along and sending the coffee cup shattering to the floor. I tried to pull away, begging him to let go. He yanked and spun me around so my back was to his chest, pinning me against him. "You are mine, and you really think you can get away?" His voice was low and dangerous, and I trembled against him. "Lucifer" I stopped struggling "Lu, please" I gasped as his grip got even tighter "Please don't do this" he gave a humorless laugh. "But isn't this what you really desire of me?" his voice hot in my ear, and my body responded, my nipples aching for his touch, everything south of my belly button filling with a fiery heat. "Please" I could feel him hard against me, and I writhed against him "Please Lu, I need you" his teeth dug into my neck, biting deep until I cried out, eager for more.

I was suddenly sent sprawling onto the floor, I whimpered and looked up at him, and I felt my breath leave my body. He was naked, wings spread, eyes dark and dangerous. The cold floor against my bottom and the realization that I was naked also, splayed out before him. My breath hitched as he walked slowly towards me, and I couldn't move, not that I wanted to. He knelt between my legs, hands sliding across my knees and down my thighs. "Such a good little whore for me" my face burned and I felt a rush of heat between my legs. "Lucifer, please" he slapped my face, just hard enough to sting my cheek. "My whore will speak when spoken to" his nails dug into my thighs as he yanked my legs further apart and leaned down over me. I whimpered and bit my lip, watching as his mouth descended towards my breast. He grazed it with his teeth, then bit, making me cry out.

He growled as his hands slid to my hips, and I almost blacked out as he thrust his cock inside me, burying himself to the hilt. "Whore" he growled in my ear as he fucked me, hard and uncaring, nails digging in. I bucked and arched my hips as he thrust, my hands fisting the lower parts of his wings. "Lucifer" I screamed his name as pleasure caused my body to arch up off the floor, body shuddering as I came. His teeth sank into my neck as he came, and his nails raked my back. We lay there, gasping, our labored breaths the only sound, save for one.

Gabriel's amused voice, saying, "I really need to work on my timing…"