Hearing what sounded like scratching underneath him, Michael stopped and leaned over the railing seeing the dark edges of a narrow passage exposed just under the concrete he was standing on. His eyes narrowed wondering what kind of monsters were down there.
Glancing back up the tunnel, Michael hissed not seeing Angelica. With all the hatch and maintenance doors, not counting the fact that there were sub tunnels under this one, he would have to figure out which way she had gone.
Speeding up his movement, he became little more than a blur, slowing down when he came to a cross section that broke off in four different directions.
Syn, Michael whispered not liking the odds.
He felt Syn brush against his mind letting him know that Angelica was all right and in good hands. He wasnt about to ask his father any questions about that and almost wondered how Syn knew he was there. It would have been a stupid question Syn always knew where his children were.
Michael looked to the far left, sensing his fathers aura down the darkest tunnel and felt relief knowing his mother was safe. Feeling the vibration of another train coming, he leaned back against the wall and stared straight into the long train as it passed.
Sharpening his sight, he caught the quick images of people in their seats then noticed something else. As each separate car went past there was a lapse between them to where he could see the other side of the double track. Standing there staring back at him was a woman with long platinum blond hair blowing around her from the wind coming off the train.
Michael no longer cared about the passengers as he focused only on her. She was dressed in an oversized white shirt that fluttered from the pressure of the air. He noted the top four buttons were undone and dangerously close to exposing more than just her flawless cleavage.
He lowered his gaze to see her shirt came to mid-thigh along with the edges of a black pleated skirt that was covering maybe two inches more than the shirt was. The bottom of the cloth was followed by long shapely legs. Slowly raising his gaze back to her face, Michael wondered if she had enthralled him. Even dressed like a street rat, she was the loveliest thing he had ever seen.
Aurora had been caught off guard when shed felt the power near her skyrocket and crept out of her hiding place. She readied herself for a fight thinking maybe one of the master demons had caught her scent and was closing in on her. She was tired of running from the powerful ones shed been running from them since escaping Samuel and coming through the rift.
She wasnt a coward though shed killed most of the demons shed come across, but there were those that actually frightened her so shed spent an equal amount of time trying to stay one step ahead of them. She knew what would happen if she was captured by the wrong demon Samuel had taught her that lesson the hard way.
Zeroing in on the soul in front of her now, she felt confusion having nothing to compare it with. The soul wasnt human nor was it demon. It was more akin to staring into the sun. Her lips parted as she drew her gaze away from the soul and looked at the man with strange amethyst eyes in wonder.
Michael gripped the guardrail ready to leap over it as the end of the train came closer. No matter what she was she appeared lost and alone and she was staring at him as if he were her savoir.
Aurora inhaled sharply when he was suddenly inches in front of her but she still didnt feel the need to run or fight as she did with the demons. She slowly raised her gaze, pausing at his perfect lips before staring up into the most beautiful eyes shed ever seen.
You shouldnt be down here its dangerous, Michael warned fighting his instinct to reach for her to save her from whatever she feared.
Auroras eyes lowered right back to his lips as he talked and she took a step closer. Are you real? she raised her hand wanting touch his face but hesitated. Can I touch you?
I wish you would, Michael breathed as every emotion within him strained to shatter. The second her soft fingertips touched his cheek, one emotion broke free of the rest want. Dipping his head, he captured her lips in desperation.
Chapter 2
Aurora inhaled the strangers shuddering breath, sliding her fingers into his silky hair to grip it and pull him even closer. She tilted her head back when his arm came around her like a steel band and jerked her flush against him. His show of strength didnt frighten her it only made him more real to her.
Michael backed her up against the block wall as he deepened the kiss. He could feel the swells of her breasts touching his chest as she started moving against him in a very seductive rhythm but nothing could be more seductive than the sounds she was making against his lips.
He had a fleeting second where he wondered if she was some kind of demon that fed on sex then pushed the thought away. At the moment he didnt care if that was what she wanted then he would feed her as much as she needed.
Moving his hand down to her upper thigh, he lifted her and guided both her legs until they were wrapped securely around his waist. As his hand slid up in under her skirt to hold her, he lost his breath again feeling her naked ass in the palms of his hands.
Michael growled straining upwards toward her. He couldnt have been any harder as he pressed himself against her core feeling her heat all the way through his clothing.
Aurora was heady with the sensations of being kissed so fiercely and held by the only male Fallen shed ever encountered. Running her hand down his chest, she marveled at the rippling muscles the shirt concealed. In her rush, she didnt take time to expose what was hidden there her true destination was lower.
She reached down between them and cupped the straining hardness she found there. It pulsed against her eager hand, causing her to make a strangled sound deep in her throat. On instinct, she used her hold on him to lift herself and quickly free his thickness from the confines of the cloth. In one smooth motion, she had him where she wanted him.
Michael pulled back from the kiss and stared into her eyes as the throbbing head of his erection pressed upward against her tight, heated opening. His breath left him when that tightness encased and squeezed the first inch of him with disturbing slowness. Their gaze held as she gripped his shoulders for leverage and pushed impaling herself down on him.
The air rushed back into his starving lungs as he thrust upwards to get even deeper inside her. Did she have a clue what she was doing to him?
Surging forward, Michael trapped her against the wall burying his face in the arch of her neck when his fangs suddenly lengthened. He growled harshly against her ear and lifted her only for her to fight the separation and force herself back down on him. She rolled her hips and ground against him shattering any control he had left.
Planting his palms against the wall on each side of her, they met thrust for thrust ignoring the train that was coming.
Closing his lips so she wouldnt see his exposed fangs, Michael leaned back and watched her ecstasy as the wind from the subway train made her hair flutter around her angelic face, her cries mingling with the thundering sound of the train as it passed. He felt her pulsate around him as she came and knew the sight of her like this would forever be ingrained within his minds eye.
Aurora pressed her back hard against the wall, keeping one hand on his shoulder and moving the other up to grip a pipe that was jutting out of the wall above her. Using the pipe to her advantage, she pushed and pulled on it forcing him into a harder faster rhythm.
This was different from the times Samuel had been inside her. This time, she hadn't had to fight and lose first, nor had she been seduced to the point of giving in just to satisfy the betrayal of her body.
Grinding herself downward on him ripples of sweet pain and disturbing pleasure gripped her and made her strain against him. Feeling him pulsate inside her the same way he had done in her palm, the incredible sensation magnified tenfold. Unable to hold back, she threw her head back and cried out letting the sound disappear with the subway train as it roared pass.
Michael traced his lips across her exposed neck, reinforcing the rhythm she had demanded from the start. When she pressed her flesh harder against his lips, he jerked back before he tempted fate and moved his hand up under her hair to cup the back of her head. Using his other arm he trapped her, stalling her movements so he could slow the rhythm to a slow pounding pace.
After only a couple torturous strokes, she broke loose from his hold and rode him at a frenzied tempo dominating him completely. Michael felt her sucking at the part of him deep inside her and growled as he tried to hold back. When she tightened around him and pulled upwards, he grabbed her and pushed her back down as she came.
Aurora threw her head back and arched making no sound this time as all breath left her and bliss rushed in to fill her up.
Before he could stop himself, Michael struck fastening his sharp fangs to her neck, breaking the skin as he came hard and fast shooting his hot seed deep inside her.
Aurora jerked and her lips parted when she felt his fangs enter her. Samuel had done this feeding on the power of her blood. Her first instinct was to fight, but the sudden spamming of multiple mind-blowing orgasms wouldnt let her. She whimpered through the blinding pleasure of it all realizing he wasnt a Fallen.
Michael felt their hearts begin to beat together as he gave one hard tug on her essence of life and swallowed. He quickly became disoriented as her blood entered him unleashing something he hadn't been aware of. Retracting his fangs, the sound of their labored breathing filled the thundering silence.
Aurora gripped the front of his shirt and gazed up into glowing amethyst eyes feeling betrayed as his power spiked. Not trusting what was happening she used every ounce of her strength and pushed him backwards, landing on her feet when he went through the railing instead of over it.
She clenched her fingers around the piece of cloth that shed ripped from his shirt then jerked her gaze to the left feeling even more power approaching at a dangerously rapid pace. Her breath left her in a sob and echoed around her when she felt the after pulses of the orgasm she hadn't given enough time to finish.
Michael hit the electrified track so hard that for a moment, he just laid there still caught in the aftereffects that claiming her blood had caused. The electrical current was nothing to him only adding to the erratic buzz he already had. The world around him pulsated with the thump of his heartbeat as he sat up and slowly gained his feet.
Looking back up at the broken guardrail, he growled not seeing her. Turning full circle his growl intensified not finding her anywhere.
No, Michael roared and fisted his hands not understanding what had just happened and not liking what was still happening.
Slowly glancing back the way he had come, Michael felt the glimmer of a pull in that direction and took off as fast as he could go. Pulling the shadows around him, he passed the humans in the station and traced up the steps until he was bathed in the rays of the late day sun.
Michael instantly lost his breath as pain seared him and it took him a moment to realize it was the sun doing it. Fighting the pain, he reached up to finger the necklace in confusion then growled again not finding it.
Shielding the sun from his sensitive eyes, he retreated back into the safety of the underground and leaned against the wall wishing the world would stop moving for a damn moment so he could think clearly. It wasnt the sun that had done this to him it was her blood.
Glancing back up toward the exit, he wondered if she had known what it was and took it to keep him from chasing her.
Pulling his cell phone from his pocket, Michael glared down at it when it crunched in his tight grip. Blinking in disbelief, he decided maybe he needed to cool off and just wait until the sun went down. Tracing back to where they had made love, he looked around for any evidence of where she had come from to have just been standing there so suddenly.
The intersection broke off in five directions but only two of them were on this side. Not finding any evidence that she even existed, he grabbed the guard rail giving in to the anger riding him. Ripping it from the concrete, he flung it down one of the tunnels so hard that when it finally found a target to crash into the echo was barely a whisper. How dare she do this to him then vanish like a phantom.
Feeling his power pulse again in a disturbing manner he looked up seeing the flickering of light down one of the two tunnels. It wasnt just one light flickering it was several and coming toward him in a wave.
Michaels amethyst eyes glowed and he bared his fangs just as the darkness slammed him into the same spot on the wall hed just made love at and a strong hand wrapped around his throat.
Samuels lips pulled back in the perfect sneer as he looked the man over. He quickly became curious since he was using all of his strength just to hold him in place. Hed been tracking Aurora since coming out of the demon rift but every time he caught up to her, she would hold him at bay with that damn blade of hers and escape. She hadn't been able to summon the blade in the demon world but coming back here had somehow unlocked its power.
Now it seemed shed started taking a new tactic to avoid him hiding within the areas other demon masters were still fighting over. It had left him with no other choice but to help her kill the demons coming near her just in case one of them was strong enough to actually claim what was his.
His dark eyes narrowed on what he assumed was a master vampire one that smelled of Auroras sex and blood.
I see you have found my Aurora, Samuel inhaled the lingering scent of a heated mating and felt his own rush of memories feeding his jealousy. What he wanted to know now was how this man had gotten past her blade. I can smell her on you.
Michael actually smirked, silently thanking the demon for telling him the name of the woman that had eluded him. Feeling his jealousy surface he responded in a cold voice, She didnt seem like your Aurora a few minutes ago while I was deep inside of her.
Samuel lowered his eyelids hiding his darkest intentions, Do you think you can replace me by making love to her one time? She has been mine for over a millennium and one fling in the sewers will not break the hold I have over her supple body.
Michael felt undeniable rage thrum through him as the image of Aurora under this demon surfaced. Hed been taught that it was a sin to come between a man and his mate but this wasnt a man and right now he really didnt give a damn.
Samuel stilled himself when the mans eyes began to glow in warning and power he was not familiar with pricked the skin of his hand where they were touching. It would be a mistake to show this one fear.
Leaning forward Samuel smirked and lied, If she was truly impressed, then why did she leave you to come find me? He realized his mistake when the tunnel started to vibrate under his feet and he knew he was looking at the cause of the earthquake.