me, and I give a little sigh of relief.
“Come on then,” Ire says as he starts leading the way down the hall. “The second bedroom has the largest bed, so we can use that.” Vudu tosses one more handful of tater tots in his mouth before leaving the bag behind as the three of us follow Ire.
He brings us to a bedroom that has black tile floors and bronzed accents on the dark gray walls. There’s a balcony off to the left, and even though the room is a little plain, it doesn’t need anything else, because the giant bed is all the embellishment required. I nearly whimper at the sight of all the plump pillows and plush bedding.
“I call the middle!” I say, and then I dive into it, immediately sighing at the feathery pillows beneath my head. “Oh my gosh, this is Heaven.”
“This is Hell,” Ire corrects with a smirk as he comes up on the right and wastes no time getting into the bed beside me. He looks up at Vudu and Toreon. “Come now,” he says. “We have to learn to share nice when it comes to the pocket-sized Annulus. Just neither of you bastards better spoon me. Especially the giant.”
“Fuck off,” Vudu grunts with a roll of his eyes, but then the big guy snags a pillow and lies spread out on his stomach at the foot of the bed. He reaches up and grabs one of my feet, and I get pulled down a little until he can rest his palm on my ankle. Seemingly satisfied now that I’m touching him, he stuffs the pillow under his head and closes his eyes.
Toreon hesitates at my other side, but I glance up at him and pat the empty spot beside me. I worry for a moment that he’s going to turn and walk away, that maybe this is too much for him too fast.
“Come on, T. I’m dead on my feet, and I know you are too,” Vudu mumbles.
Toreon glances from Vudu to me, but I don’t want to push him. I open my mouth, ready to tell him that it’s okay, that he can go sleep alone if that’s what he’d prefer, but before I can, he slips into bed beside me.
I turn my head to look at him as soon as he’s settled. “This okay? You don’t have to stay if you’re uncomfortable,” I say quietly.
“No, I want to stay here with you,” he replies.
I look at him dubiously, but he convinces me when he reaches over and sweeps his arm beneath my head. I scoot over, immediately finding that delicious crook that shouldn’t be comfy but somehow is as I turn slightly on my side to cuddle on top of him.
“Better?” I ask, one hand resting gently on his chest.
“Perfect,” he replies, and then he kisses the top of my head.
“Mmm, I get the ass now, so I agree about this being perfect,” Ire says behind me, and I laugh, a warm blush coming up my chest as I feel him scoot closer, resting a hand on my hip. “Pull your wings a little closer against your back, Snarls,” he tells me.
I do, and Ire taps my butt like he’s giving me a job well done pat.
I fall asleep like that almost instantly, with all three of my mates touching me, surrounded by their warmth and affection and safety. And even though Ire is right—we are technically in Hell—he’s also wrong. Because this is most definitely my heaven.
43
I look down at the dress I’ve been shoved into and frown. “Umm...you can see my nipples,” I point out to Lousen.
She’s a demon with colorful polka-dotted skin and really long black hair, the ends skimming against her kneecaps. Tazreel sent her here to help me get ready for tonight’s festivities, much to Ire’s irritation. As soon as she arrived, she marched me off into one of Ire’s large bedrooms to get me ready, shifting in with some questionable makeup and hair products, and I’ve been stuck with her ever since.
The she-demon just looks at me blankly like she doesn’t see the issue. “Yes, Sablepierce. They’re lovely nipples,” she offers, as though a compliment is what I was after. She also keeps saying my name like it’s one word all shoved together, even though I’ve tried to correct her multiple times.
“No, see...” I begin, taking a deep breath and trying not to show too much frustration. “The nipple thing isn’t lovely, because you can see