while in Tommy’s shell, but my eagerness betrayed me, more’s the pity.”
Arturo swallowed the reply that had almost sprung to his lips. It would not do to tell his liege that he would do anything to prevent Dakar coupling with the vampire—any vampire, human or any other demon for that matter. Seeing Dakar in his present mode of dress was giving Arturo many forbidden sensations, but he could barely quell them. The way Dakar’s polo shirt was stretched across his broad chest, defining his pectoral muscles and making visible the tiny hard nipples, while the tight jeans showing Dakar’s ample bulge was enough to make Arturo salivate. But as a sub-demon he was allowed only certain privileges and making the first move was not one of them.
“Arturo!” Dakar barked at his lieutenant. “What is the matter with you? You look dazed. Wake up, man!”
“Yes, my liege, I’m sorry.” Arturo gave himself a shake. “So, what is the plan?”
“Lord Kardis has given me a second chance at Verano’s assassination. I had to claim the right of Damacian’s Sword in order to gain this second chance,” he said with a prideful inflection in his voice.
Arturo gasped. “Damacian’s Sword! But that meant…”
“Yes, and I sent the puffed-up fool to the fires of Hades forever. Kardis had chosen a new champion in my absence—can you imagine such a thing?”
“No, I can’t!”
“Quite right. But Lord Kardis changed his mind and reinstated me. Still, there is the matter of the task at hand. Marcus Verano must meet his final death. He must not be able to rise again. If I fail this time, Arturo, Kardis will sentence me to execution—and all those closest to me.”
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Arturo shuddered at the implication. He would die too, if Dakar failed. All right then, failure was out of the question. “You have a plan in mind then, to kill the vampire?”
“Not yet. It will take time to formulate any plan that is foolproof. Marcus Verano is more powerful than Kardis ever suspected, plus he is surrounded by vampires and mortals who regard him as some kind of vampire demi-god. But even gods have been known to fall from grace…”
“And he has instituted a code of honour that could work to our advantage,” Arturo said with a deal of sarcasm.
“Yes, the vampires who follow him have sworn not to kill the mortals they feed from—
but make no mistake, Arturo…” Dakar still could not quite eradicate the memory of being held in Marcus’ arms hundreds of feet above the earth, and how Marcus had shown no compunction whatsoever about dropping him to his death. “…Marcus Verano is a killer. He may show compassion to mortals, but his enemies cannot expect that same consideration.
When we go against him we must be fully prepared—and we’ll need reinforcements. Send out a message to those demons among us you can trust and who have the stomach for fighting. Only the strongest will do, Arturo.”
“Yes, my liege.”
“And we will have to recruit from among the humans. It will take a little time to get a sufficient number of them in my thrall, to do my bidding, but of course, I can do it.”
Arturo smiled. “Yes, indeed you can, my liege.”
“Now…” Dakar popped the metal button at his jean’s waist and pulled down his zipper. “Fulfil your other duty to me.”
“My pleasure,” Arturo murmured. He dropped to his knees in front of Dakar and gripped Dakar’s flaccid cock at the base. He lapped at the head then licked and sucked his way up and down the prodigious length, bringing the shaft to an almost instant hardness. He moaned as he savoured the copious pre-cum that spilled over his tongue.
As dangerous as his job might well soon become, Arturo would definitely remember this moment as one of the perks that made it all worthwhile.
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Chapter Seven
Tommy had a ‘movie date’ with Roger and Micah,
Teresa Watson
Leia Stone
Stefan Bolz
Jesse Browner
Stephanie Jean
Bruce Wagner
Daisy Harris
Benjamin Hulme-Cross
Judith Tamalynn
Zoe Fishman