Chapter 36

~~~NYX~~~~

Four days.

They had four days of unending lust-filled bliss. 

Four days of nothing but each other. No worries of impending war or the possibility of Nyx dying during their first separation. It was four days of love and sex and craving. 

Nyx had drastically underestimated how strong the desire for her would be. He knew that due to her godly blood, their bond was stronger than most. But he was not prepared for the infinite, insatiable hunger for her. 

He had spent four days memorizing every inch of her. He kept his promise of fucking her on every surface in the cabin. The smell of their intertwined scents filled the air, making it impossible to smell anything else. 

On the eve of the fourth day, their bubble popped as a knock on the door rang out. 

Nesta stood there, her face scrunched in disgust at the scent of the cabin.

Nesta.

Every instinct in him screamed to kill the woman sneering at his mate (she wasn't but to him, it felt like the valkyrie general was preparing to attack).

No! She is your Aunt. She is mated. She is not a threat. She. is. not. a. threat.

He began talking himself down, growling at his poor aunt who lost the coin toss of who would have to go fetch them. 

It couldn't be a male and they had to be mated so the bat boys and the crows were a no-go. It also couldn't be anyone that was attracted to females so Mor was out. So that left the Archeron sisters and Amren. Feyre had argued that she shouldn't embarrass Nyx by showing up to end his mating honeymoon, Amren said she would be seen as too much of a threat.

 Nesta told them to shove their excuses up their ass. Nesta eventually lost and was sent to break up the party. But now being on the receiving end of a growling newly mated high lord heir, who just so happened to have a stronger bond than normal fae... She should have sent Cassian, at least it would be funny to see him get his ass kicked.

 "We need you both back in velaris. We worry Xesha is making a move and we need to monitor the first separation sooner than later so that Nyx has a recovery period before war breaks out... We also want to be there to stop Nyx when you are first around unmated males." Nesta spoke to Loki, knowing Nyx was in no state to hold a conversation. 

Loki wrapped her arms around Nyx and he melted into her touch. 

"We will get ready and meet you at the house of winds," Loki said pulling Nyx into her a bit. 

Nesta left, accepting their answer. Nyx immediately had Loki against a wall the second his aunt was gone. 

"You, my love, need to calm yourself before we enter a house with unmated males." Loki purred against the side of his head as he bit harshly into her neck.

An animalistic growl filled the air when Loki mentioned other males. They were warned before what to watch out for when mated to a godling... But the inner circle was not prepared for experiencing the brunt of it. 

They stood outside, Cassian said it would be a great idea to do what he did when Feyre and Rhys came back from their mating... flirt, antagonize the newly mated male, break that edge a bit. 

As a mated male, Cassian wasn't the best candidate. 

The shit-eating grin on Finch's face told everyone who the next asshole in line was. 

So they waited, preparing to take a beating if it meant cooling Nyx's protectiveness a bit. Amren warned against this idea as they were not a normal bond... as usual Amren's warning to not do stupid things was completely ignored. 

As Nyx and Loki landed in the training ring all eyes turned to them. 

Loki looked far more lively than she had, her eyes and skin were back to normal. Nyx however looked as if he was ready to kill. Every muscle in his body was prepared to attack, he held Loki to him like she would disappear the moment there was a breathe between them. 

Finch took a step forward and everyone else stepped back in preparation for what was about to happen. 

A smirk over took Finch's features as he stepped closer, a warning growl from Nyx shook the ground around them. 

"Well Loki, I would expect you to look more tired. Was Nyx not exhausting you enough? If you want I could always step in-" Finch was cut off by an explosion of pure Night. 

Darkness filled the area as a roar of unchecked furry shook the earth around them all the way through Velaris. 

Unlike Cassians memories of being pummeled by Rhys, Nyx looked as if he was aiming to kill. Finch dodged the first few lunges but once Nyx snapped his arm like a twig the inner circle began to realize the extent of what was happening. 

Nyx's blue eyes were dark as the night sky as he mindlessly attacked his cousin, ready to kill him with his bare hands. 

Cassian, Azriel, and Rhys all jumped in, quickly receiving the brunt of Nyx's unadulterated wrath. 

Cassian received a broken nose and burns down the length of his arms. Azriel received a snapped leg from where Nyx had kicked his knee in the wrong direction. Rhysand got the worst of it, a broken wing, claw marks down his face, three broken ribs and a nasty black eye. 

No matter how they attacked, they were at the disadvantage of trying to subdue Nyx rather than kill him. Nyx was not in the state of mind to differentiate family, from threat to his mate. 

Loki called out to Nyx, but he couldn't hear over the roar of his power. 

So Loki casually took out a knife and sliced it across the palm of her hand, allowing the pain of it to shoot down the bond. 

The smell of his mates blood along with the pain through the bond made Nyx pause. His head snapped to her and he was beside her in a second, carefully cradling her wrist in his hand. 

"You need to calm yourself, my love. There are no threats here." Loki whispered calmly in her usual cold raspy tone. Her fingers lightly brushed his onyx hair back as the darkness in his eyes began to fade. 

"You are hurt. Don't do that again." He grumbled.

"You are psychotic. Stop attacking family members." The amusement in her eyes shone brightly even though she meant the words. 

He pulled her close to him, inhaling her scent to calm himself a bit. Ignoring the men who were grumbling about their injuries. 

The crows watched in amusement. Matthais, Wylen, and Jesper did sweat a little knowing they would eventually have to talk to their boss and hopefully avoid being on the receiving end of the Heir of Night's mated rage. 

"Well. That was fun!" Nina sang as she looked down at the wreckage of a training ground. 

"Nina! Fix up the Night court boys, will you? They got their asses handed to them." Loki crooned with a wicked smirk. 

Once they sent Loki unamused glares, Nyx was back on red alert letting out another warning growl. The only reason he didn't attack was Loki's death grip on his arm. 

She stood on her toes placing a light kiss on his sneering lips, he eventually relaxed into her hold but not without sending one final glare to the males surrounding them.