“Lilith does have style,” Héctor said in approval. “She understands my Lamb deserves the best.”
I looked over my shoulder. My superior sight pierced through the mist and dust and spotted Mom standing atop the ivory tower, watching me. Her massive, silver wings unfurled widely behind her as if she wanted to leap off the tower and fly toward me.
My hellhound stood by her side. Angel had chosen to stay with Mom and guard her instead of going on the journey with us. I respected his choice, though I wasn’t happy about parting with him.
My pounding heart in my throat, I waited, wishing Mom and my hellhound could join me.
Mom’s wings slowly folded, and the ivory tower vanished from the mist. Angel howled twice, and then I no longer heard him.
A wave of sadness washed over me at the thought of never seeing them again. All good things must come to an end. I only prayed it wasn’t so with my mates.
“Shouldn’t we be sneaky?” I said, dragging my thoughts to the present. “So we can pass by the prison quietly and move onto the Field of Forever and get the hell out of the Void? That was our original plan, wasn’t it?”
“The Titans and their jailors will certainly detect our presence if they haven’t already, no matter what we do,” Héctor said. “They’re bound to the prison.”
I crossed my arms. “This parade is just Mom being vain.”
And weren’t vanity and pride the first sins that caused her and the devil’s fall? That was what the history book said.
But then, Mom must have realized that we wouldn’t be able to leave the Void quietly, so she decided to go big and present my debut in a spectacular fashion.
The beasts raced and snarled. The Amazon guards whipped them to go faster.
Paxton cupped my face, demanding my attention, his violet eyes burning with unbridled desire that made my knees weak.
“Pax,” I whispered, feeling the same heat arousing and coursing in me. I raised my face for a kiss.
He closed his mouth over mine, and I parted my lips to give him all access. But instead of thrusting his tongue into my mouth, he pulled away.
I opened my half-lidded eyes and peeked at him.
“It looks like the carriage will be running for a while,” he said, his voice laced with lust. “Let’s go to the back seat, Buttercup. I need to ravish you.”
Héctor gave Paxton a hard stare and murmured something in the ancient Olympian dialect under his breath.
I swallowed, thrilling anticipation buzzing in my veins.
Paxton wanted to fuck. He’d wanted me since he first laid his eyes on me, but there were always obstacles between us, starting with him screwing things up big time. And when we had last come together, our mating that was supposed to be epic came undone.
The unfinished mating had him barely hanging in there. Now we had finally had an opportunity to get to it.
“Okay,” I said. “We should—”
He scooped me into his strong, eager arms before I could finish and hurried toward the backseat of the vast carriage. At one point, he nearly stumbled. I almost shouted for him to be careful. I didn’t want to be thrown out of the racing carriage because the sea demigod was too horny and lost control.
Axel stood at the edge of the carriage, and Zak had parked on the other side, monitoring the security detail.
“Make it quick,” Axel snapped at Paxton. “We’re in unknown territory. Anything can happen.”
Paxton growled at him as he passed.
Zak left his position and trailed after us. “I’d better monitor the process, just in case.”
“Wait,” I called urgently, a sudden warning flaring in my mind. “I don’t think we should do it yet. I still feel the magic here. We’re still in Lilith’s realm, and she warned us that if we mated here, we’d be stuck here forever.”
Paxton’s eyes went wild. “Maybe Lilith was saying not to mate inside the tower.”
“It’s better safe than sorry, brother,” Zak said firmly. “You’ll just have to hold off until we’re completely out of Lilith’s realm.”