Page 45 of Hades

Frank takes a left, then we go right towards the elevators. There is a crowd waiting, this place seems to always be hopping.

“We should’ve taken a service one,” Drevi complains as we wait a handful of minutes for one to take us up.

When it’s finally our turn, we are pushed into the back corner. The guys form a triangle around me. As if they are protecting me.

Aww, they are so sweet.

With each level the elevator empties more and more, but the guys don’t budge.

That is, until my nephew enters the lift with us.

“Oh, Auntie, you look like an animal caged. Better get used to bars, if you survive tomorrow they will be all you see,” Ares says as he pulls his wife closer.

He is trying to taunt me, get a rise and freak me out.

“Honestly, I don’t know why you’re so obsessed with me. I’m your aunt. Besides, I wonder what my sweet niece would think about you having your arm around her descendant. You know that she can’t take the place of your true love, right?”

His face sours, and he faces forward and ignores me until we stop at his floor and my lips tip up into a smirk. As he exits, he turns to face me. “Remember, tomorrow it’s just you and me. If you bring these pretty boys, they won’t interfere. I hope you’re ready.”

“I'll think about leaving them if you come alone, but we both know you won't,” I remind him.

And just to piss him off, I pull Drevi into a long, noisy and wet kiss, until the doors close again. Once he is free, he wipes his face with the back of his sleeve.

“If that’s how you always kiss, you need some lessons.”

In response, I grab him again, and lightly press my lips to his before deepening it. As I grab his ass, he squeals in my mouth, bringing a smile to my lips.

We break apart again. “Better?” I ask.

The dazed expression on his face tells me more than his words would have.

“Me, next,” Pyro whispers in my ear, his hot breath fanning my neck, as the elevator stops on their floor.

“I think that can be arranged.” I smile. “I’m going to freshen up and chat with Lainie, give her a heads up about tomorrow.You two”—I point at Drevi and Pyro—“pick the movie. War, will you show me the bathroom?”

“Hey, I thought I was next?” Pyro protests.

“You, I think I’ll make you wait a little longer,” I reply with a wink.

War takes my hand and leads me down the hall to a black door. The interior has the same color scheme as the door. He walks past the unmade bed and into his private bathroom.

“Here you are, my lady. If you need anything, I’ll just be right outside this door,” War says.

“Well, I do need something,”

“Anything,” he vows.

“You know that thing you were poking me with in the pool?” I purr, stepping close and running my hands up his chest, enjoying the hard planes of his broad chest. “That’s what I want.”

A smirk lifts his pouty lips, and he leans in, moving his mouth right next to my ear. His warm breath flitting over my skin has goosebumps popping up all over.

“Then you shall have it,” he murmurs.

Iknew by the smug smile on War’s face that the bastard had just gotten lucky. What did I have to do to get Hades alone, again? It wasn’t the fact that she wanted all of us, that I could handle, but not this pull to have some skin to skin time.

“What movie did you two pick?” War asks.

“Drevi wanted some mushy love story,” I groaned.

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