"Good point." Pulling up her coms unit, Lilly quickly made the order, ensuring that she would have leftovers for Gavriel if he wanted anything as well. Once that was done, she simply leaned back and sighed. "Have you ever just stopped, tipped your head back, and inhaled the scents of the night that surrounds us? It's sometimes truly wonderful." Sometimes not so much, but she was trying to be an optimist.
"She asks of one of the not-so-natural predators on this world," he muttered at her back. "It's one of my stronger senses and instinct to sniff for trouble," he said. "I inhale every single time I exit a building, get out of a vehicle, or go somewhere I'm worried about unwelcome company. The scents on the wind tell me everything from how many humans near, what animals were here or are close, the weather to within a ninety percent accuracy and, if the wind is just right, if trouble is coming."
Well that certainly wasn't what she meant, so she just grinned at him. Shaking her head, she said, "It's the night. Sometimes you simply have to let go and scent the air for the beauty that you can smell. For instance, I smell jasmine and roses, likely because there is a patch of flowers close. I smell the slightest hint of rain on the air as well. It's a wonderful scent when they are all combined. No, not all scents are good, but when you can catch those good ones it just makes the world a little better place. If only for that one moment."
"Well then, you are lucky," he commented, wrinkling up his nose. "I can't breathe in without it all assaulting me. Only strong scents or ones I'm tracking can override others, and even then it's a tricky thing. My motivation in doing the tracking helps, otherwise"-he shrugged-"everything goes in."
"As long as you can smell me and always find me, that's all that I will worry about, then. How does that sound? I just want to be able to have this life with you, with Gav. I want the happily ever after that all girls dream of, if you don't mind?"
"I don't think any of your fairy tales growing up had Vhampires in them, sweetheart. But I get your gist, mostly," he muttered. Pressing a kiss to her hair, he gave her a squeeze. "Come on, let's go see if Gavriel is awake and he can join you for pizza while I have a pint."
"Sounds good to me. And no." She laughed, she couldn't seem to help herself. "However, some of the best romance stories well before the Veil fell had Vampires in them. Different spelling, of course," she teased.
"I've seen some information on that from the old Internet, hardly realistic in nature," he said. Opening the door, he let her inside and then followed on her heels. After removing his shoes and jacket, he went up the stairs two at a time. She could hear both his and Gavriel's voices drifting down, no actual words, but it sounded like Gav was indeed up and about.
A point that was proven when he came jogging down the stairs a few minutes later. "Hello, darling." He grinned. Scooping her up in a hug, he pressed kisses on her cheeks and nuzzled at her throat. "I missed not having your sexy body next to me when I woke up earlier. Was rather disappointed, actually, that you hadn't ditched out on Ax and come home to wake me properly."
"Well you know how it is," she teased him with a grin. She hugged him tighter and nuzzled her cheek to his. "I am happy to have you holding me. Besides, you needed sleep, babe, admit it," she murmured softly and squeezed him once more. "Did you dream of me?" she teased the man with a laugh.
"I did," he said, cupping her ass and squeezing. "I dreamed of you sliding in with me and waking me up with that sexy mouth of yours doing naughty, naughty things. I, of course, was properly appreciative of the wake-up and thanked you, repeatedly and in various ways." Kissing her, he smiled and chuckled. "So, what did you do today, dear?"
"Went into the office for a bit, had sex with Ax, a lot." She grinned. "And don't worry, darling, later I will show you just how much appreciation I have for you. Later I will make your dream come true because you make all of mine come true," she promised him.
Laughing, he kissed her gently and set her back on her feet. "I'll hold you to that. But for now, I need to get something to eat and then head in to work. Gods only know what mess I'm going to find there tonight to take on." Grinning, he spun her to toward the kitchen and then, hands on her hips, pushed her forward.
"Yeah, good point. I'm sure that there will be messes, but you aren't to believe anyone when they tell you that we were bad and naughty or whatever else they will come up with. Just because I couldn't keep my hands to myself, that means nothing. Nothing, I tell you."
"Uh, sure," he said, drawing the word out nice and long. "You are so full of it. I am totally going to be asking everyone there just what you two got up to. Maybe I can talk security out of the tapes, too. That would be helpful."
Lilly grinned. "Well, I'm sure that you won't have tapes to get out of them. Ax was supposed to ensure that they got erased." She gave a look to her lover and winked. "Did you take care of that for us?" she asked softly.
"Of course," he said as he came into the kitchen. Stopping next to them, he cocked a brow. "Why would you ever doubt me? Besides, they were most willing to give them up when I asked them very nicely."
"Uh-huh." Gavriel grinned. "Somehow I'm not getting the impression that you either asked or did so nicely. That's just not you."
Shooting him a wounded look, one that actually looked real until she saw his eyes and the humor, Artaxias clicked his tongue. "You wound me, kid, you wound me."
"Well, I know that you took care of it, but I mean, did you ensure that they wouldn't remember as well? Because knowing those asshats, they likely watched what we did. That's all I was asking. And don't say that you can't do that, because I've felt the power inside of you when, well, you were inside of me," Lilly added with a blush. "So yeah."
They both leaned in slightly and squinted. "I think she's blushing," Artaxias said.
"Yup, she is most definitely blushing," Gavriel agreed. "Though I can't believe it, considering some of what we've done with her and to her. Really, shouldn't she be beyond that already?"
She knew they were giving her a moment to regain her composure. The fact they were also poking fun at her, though, didn't get missed. "Probably not yet, but in another few months, I doubt anything will make her blush like that. Yes, they will not remember anything about anything of that stuff that we did that they had on tape. Though"-he grinned evilly-"I do have a copy hidden somewhere in the house."
She looked up at Ax and then laughed. "Oh, that's very bad. Lemme guess, you are going to make Gav look for it? If he wants to see what we were up to, and all that happy jazz?" She couldn't help but smile, though. God she was happy, crazy, insanely happy.
"Nah, I'd never deny him some of the bonus features of the film. I sent it to his phone." Ax gave a shrug.
"Hey, thanks man." Gavriel grinned. Digging out his phone, he fiddled around and gave the Vhampire a high five. Humming, he pulled it up and his eyes went huge. "Holy shit," he said before busting out laughing.
Lilly growled at Gavriel, there was no other word for the sound that escaped her lips. "What the hell did you just send to him? And just how sore am I going to be when he's through with me?" Even as she spoke about being sore, neither man could miss the fact that her body's arousal went up a notch, that her pussy began to cream and her need grew.
Artaxias just shrugged as Gav's eyes got bigger and, she was pretty sure, bulged a little. His mouth was hanging open and he was slowly shaking his head. But his eyes never once left the screen. "Damn, I so wish there was sound."
"All right, I have to see," she grumbled and moved closer. When Gav lifted his phone just a bit more, she looked to Ax. "I want to know what you sent him. Hell, I need to know." Mostly because she was getting hotter and hotter with the thoughts of what they had shared during the day. "Damn. Might just have to relive those moments," she whispered aloud, and covered her mouth in shock. She so hadn't meant to say that aloud, at all.
"Hell yeah!" Gavriel teased with a grin. Pulling her closer, he kissed her hard on the lips before letting her up for air a time later, his phone nowhere in sight. "I think you and I should work on some recreation of those epic events. Though, and this is just my preference, not in front of a camera."