Her glances shot to Lucifer, and a surge of energy, strong and volatile, whipped through her blood, snapping her back to reality. Electrically charged air grew around her, building and growing, feeding off the rage brewing inside her.
“No,” she cried out, and stepped back, out of Lucifer’s clutches. “No,” she yelled again, and held her hands up, palms out.
“Come, my pet. No need to fight it.”
Nicole shut her eyes tight and visualized a door. She could feel it being inched open and did everything in her power to close the widening gap. She pushed on it, but wasn’t strong enough to shut it. Somewhere in the back of her mind she could hear Lucifer laughing, mocking her.
Then suddenly, deep in her haze, Connor was standing beside her, and he put his hands on the door next to her and together they pushed. Suddenly, Lucifer’s laugh changed to an angry bellow before the door slammed shut in his face.
Nicole felt herself fly backward and hit the ground. She opened her eyes to find Connor crawling toward her.
Her glance shot from left to right. “Where—”
“He’s gone,” Connor said. “Jesus, Nicole, you did it. I knew you were strong, but I had no idea just how powerful you really are.”
Connor flopped down next to her, and she reached out to touch him, to make sure he was real. “I couldn’t have done it without you.”
“We make one hell of a team.”
Incredulous, they both remained on the ground staring up at the night sky as they fought to catch their breath. A short while later, Nicole asked, “So, Connor, this thing between us, it’s real?”
“Yeah, baby, it’s real.”
“And it’s not just because we’re both guardians?”
“That might be what brought us together.” He tapped his chest, right around the vicinity of his heart. “But what I feel for you in here is what is going to keep us together.” When she smiled, he rolled into her and pulled her in tighter. “I’m not going anywhere, sweetheart. Besides, you need me to show you how to nurture your powers, how to control them and how to make them grow.” He leaned over her until his mouth hovered only inches from hers.
“Well, there is one small thing I’ve learned to grow,” she teased.
“Oh, yeah, do tell.”
She cupped his cock and said, “Let’s go inside. I’d rather show you instead.”
Connor’s beautiful green eyes widened in sheer delight, then moments before his lips closed down on hers, his head came back with a start and he said, “Hey, what do you mean small?”
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Raise a Little Hell
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