Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 199

Erika

I wake up to the apartment shaking as if struck by an earthquake. There aren't supposed to be any this strong in Lunaris. What the hell is happening?!

Paintings fly down from the walls. The walls seem to come alive, and the sound of a vase shattering into pieces fills my ears. "Levi?" I widen my eyes when I realize Levi isn't beside me in bed. "Levi, where are you?!"

The entire apartment shakes again, and stuff flies off the walls. I shriek, and Levi comes rushing out of the bathroom.

"What the hell?" A towel is wrapped around his waist, and his expression is wild. Water drops cling to his muscles and drip down on the floor. "Are there supposed to be earthquakes in Lunaris?!"

"No," I tell him and clutch the blanket to my chest. "This isn't normal at all! I've never experienced an earthquake like that!" "Are you sure?"

"Positive!"

Levi sniffs the air. "It smells like sulfur in the air mixed with rotting flesh. That is the usual sign of demons, but the aura I can sense is too strong to be a normal demon. That can only mean one thing-another one of my brothers has broken free from hell." I get up from bed. "Can you tell which one?"

Levi's mood seems to darken. "Beelzebub. My ears are buzzing, and only he can produce that sound. He is a giant fly. Hideous. Disgusting, and he loves to eat human flesh."

I stare at him, slack-jawed. "What is it with demons and wanting to eat human flesh?"

He laughs, showing me his sharp white teeth. "I don't know. Does it disturb you?"

"Of course it does! Why wouldn't it? My kind is seen as a delicacy by your kind, and that's messed up!"

He shrugs. "You eat cattle."

"Those don't talk."

"It still wouldn't stop you."

"Eww, Levi," I stick out my tongue to prove my disgust. "I certainly f*****g hope it would stop us."

"One can hope," Levi smiles. "Anyway, we should probably head outside and see if the others-"

Suddenly, his eyes turn eerie black, and I stare at him.

Levi is acting weird. Every hair seems to stand on edge on his body, and a growl leaves his lips. It worries me, and I place a hand on his broad, muscular shoulder. "What is wrong?"

He peers down at me with endlessly dark eyes. "Mammon is here too. Beelzebub isn't alone."

"Oh, then what do we do?"

As I ask that question, I hear Leo through the mind-link.

'Erika?' Leo sounds out of breath. 'Can you hear me?'

I stare out into space as I answer him. 'Yeah?'

'Listen, Blake, and I are fighting Mammon right now, but Beelzebub is headed toward your apartment. Could you and Levi keep him busy while Blake and I defeat Mammon?'

I swallow thickly. 'Do we have another choice?'

'No, you really don't.

'Consider it done.'

I look up at Levi. "We have to take care of Beelzebub-alpha's orders."

His eyebrows shoot into his hairline. "Are we supposed to defeat him? No offense, but... I haven't had human flesh or blood in a long time, so defeating Beelzebub won't be a walk in the park." "Would you be fine with my blood?"

"No," he gives me a sad smile. "It wouldn't be enough. Beelzebub must have spent days feasting on humans to be able to make it to the human world without being the king of hell. That takes serious power because he broke the magic I had placed on him and Mammon."

"Well, Leo told us we only need to keep him busy, and we should be able to handle that, right?"

"Right."

I head for the door and don't bother to pick up my clothes since I will shape-shift as soon as we are outside the building. Levi is following me, and I quicken my pace.

"Aren't you going to wear clothes?"

"No," I glance over my shoulder, meeting his eyes. "I'm going to shape-shift, so it won't matter."

Levi's answer is a smile, and we walk down the stairs.

My old neighbor in his mid-forties is staring at my breasts, but it doesn't matter. His memories will be wiped out by the vampires living in Lunaris after the demons are defeated. They are cool like that.

I push up the door leading outside, and the wind hits me in the face and fans my hair around my face. "I'm going to shape-shift."

Levi places a giant paw on my shoulder, smiling. "No offense, my brave warrior, but I think you should fight alongside me. I get stronger when you're close."

I blink at him. "Really?"

"Yes, it's a mate thing. I've noticed it recently myself," Levi tosses away the towel around him, and I blush. He grins at that, and his eyes crinkle by the corners. "What is this shyness coming from? You've seen me naked plenty of times before!" "I know, I know! It was just very sudden!"

He chuckles. "You're cute... Anyway, I'm going to shape-shift, and you get on my back, okay? I think this is the best way to fight."

"Okay, I trust your judgment!"

Levi steps back, and I can see his face going from his smiling, carefree self into a fighter. His demonic aura grows, and I turn to the skies when I notice a giant, grotesque bug hovering over the houses in the area. "Eww, is that Beelzebub?"

The response I get is a loud reptile-like sound from Levi. I call it "the dragon purr" and smile. My mate has already shape-shifted into his dragon self and lowers his head. Large nostrils flare above my head before slowly lowering to let me pet between them.

I giggle.

Despite being as big as a house, Levi, in his dragon form, is a sucker for being scratched over his dark blue muzzle. It's covered in sensitive scales, and I tenderly rub the area. "Hello there, big guy," a smile stretches over my lips. "Now isn't the time to be petted, but I promise we can cuddle later. I could even give you some belly rubs." Levi chuffs, and like a good dragon, he flattens his neck to the asphalt to let me climb up.

I'm well aware of the stares we receive from various humans. Luckily, down the road, I can see that vampires loyal to Evan already place people in a trance.

It will sort itself out. Evan takes care of these things in Lunaris. He has a sense that tells him when a human remembers too much and can easily wipe their memories.

It's good because I can't imagine the trauma a human would have from seeing a gigantic fly in the skies. Not to mention dragons and werewolves shifting into wolves. "I'm ready whenever you are," I clap Levi on the side of his neck, smiling when his large eye meets mine. "Yip-yip."

Levi lifts his head and cracks his shoulders before sprinting down the street. The wind hits me in the face, and my stomach plummets when he throws himself into the air.

Car alarms screech behind us, but it doesn't matter. We have to get to Beelzebub, who is busy destroying buildings. The sky is turning black, and with his mosquito-like snout, the monster picks up humans and brings them to his awaiting mouth. A shudder sweeps down my spine. "I'm so glad your diet doesn't consist of eating humans."

Levi screeches, and I roll my eyes. "Look, I don't care if you ate them before you met me, but keep that information to yourself. I don't want to hear about it."

There is another screech, lighter this time, and I know Levi is laughing even though this hardly is the time for that.

A giant fly is on the loose, and as we get closer, Levi slightly opens his mouth to gather blue fire. I brace myself and hold on to his scales as the flames spread in Beelzebub's direction.

The fly emits a deafening scream, but the fire hardly seems to damage the monstrous creature. Levi is much smaller in size-Beelzebub is humongous, and his demonic aura is only growing stronger for every victim he consumes. "f**k!" I swear over the winds. "How do we defeat that thing?!"

Levi responds by breathing fire again, but Beelzebub seems immune to his attack. He has a thousand fly-like eyes yet doesn't give the smaller dragon the time of his day.

I curse under my breath. "This isn't working..."

Levi seems to have come to the same conclusion, and still, he isn't giving up. He keeps attacking the other demon over and over again.

It seems to anger Beelzebub.

He buzzes at us, and one of his disgusting arms strikes Levi in a quick movement. My mate easily evades, but I'm not as lucky-Levi only needs to turn slightly for me to fall off his back. "No-no-no!"

Fear slashes through me as I fall down from the sky. Time seems to pass in slow motion. Every second feels like an hour. I'm paying too much attention to everything: Levi's eyes flashing in horror and Beelzebub noticing I'm an easy victim. Another insect arm comes my way, and I close my eyes.

It feels like I'm plunging into death, and the scariest part is that there is nothing I can do about it.

Shape-shifting won't save me. I'm falling and falling, and my life flashes before my eyes.

The fear in my heart breaks me down and builds me up.

I'm confident I will die, but suddenly everything stops spinning. And when it no longer feels like I'm being pulled into a whirlpool, I finally open my eyes to see what happened.

I'm hovering in the air, and slowly, I land on the back of a black-scaled dragon with hints of red and crimson-colored horns.

I gasp when its eyes meet mine, and the mate-bond is set into motion. Time turns back to normal, yet it takes a while before I have landed, but as soon as my eyes settle, I shed a tear. "Lucifer..." I whisper. "You saved me..."

The black dragon screeches happily, but the sound is interrupted by Beelzebub striking us with an arm. But he doesn't merely hit Lucifer-he grabs the poor dragon by the throat. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE INTERFERED!

I shudder at the voice that can only come from Beelzebub, and then I'm forced to hold on tight not to fall.

Lucifer is clawing at the insect hand holding him, screaming and flapping his wings, but Beelzebub won't let go of his neck.

I'm clinging to Lucifer's scales, terrified of the enormous eyes belonging to Beelzebub creeping closer.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE SIDING WITH THE HUMANS, LUCIFER! IT'S SUCH A SHAME BECAUSE THAT MEANS I HAVE TO KILL YOU!

Beelzebub tightens his hold around Lucifer's neck. There is a sickening sound of bones breaking, and then Lucifer is no longer fighting against the hand holding him.

His wings fall limp, as does the rest of his body, and my heart cracks when I feel the mate-bond slowly beginning to fade away.

"NOOOOO!" I scream. Tears are prickling behind my eyes, and a storm arises in my chest. I don't want this. "YOU CAN'T DIE ON ME!"