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Chapter List
- 16
- 17
- 18
Thanks a lot for your reviews. I love reviews. So please please give me a lot of them. I'm a review addict. *smile*
I'm sorry it took so long to update, I really didn't mean to keep you waiting. But my computer crashed (and I am extremely happy that I make safety copies

all the time) and destroyed the chapter I was writting at that moment (which wasn't saved yet). So I had to write the whole stuff again.
@Queendel:

Yeah, Alexander fucked things up, although he couldn't possibly forsee that Tessos would kidnap Hephaistion.
@lucious:

yeah, I'm deliberately cruel. *evil grin*

@nicki

thanks. i'm glad that you like the story.
Disclaimer. As always: Nope, not mine.
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Chapter 17 - A matter of life and death
The palace got smaller and smaller beneath them. Hephaistion felt sick and dizzy, his stomach twisting. Flying with Alexis had been a wonderful experience

but this was mere horror. His world shattered as the city below turned into ant-size.

Hephaistion could hear Alexander cry out for him in a high-pitched desperate voice. Then all noises from beneath vanished and Hephaistion was left alone with

the fearful thundering of his heart, the flapping of the hideous monster's leathery wings and the rush of the cool wind.

Tessos had taken his melted lump of a hand from Hephaistion's throat, still the warrior didn't dare to fight out of fear the monster could drop him. Although

Tessos now didn't touch his bare skin anymore Hephaistion felt terribly disgusted.
Hephaistion tried to fight back the tears, but it was useless. They streamed down his cheeks and although the night breeze dried them away gently as if to

hush his fears, horror and sadness away, still his face stayed wet as more and more tears welled from his eyes. He tried not to panic, tried to tell his

frantic mind to calm and think of a plan how to get out of this situation, but it didn't work. All he managed to do was hold back the sobs until memories of

his dreadful nightmare returned to his mind, torturing him with horrible images.
Tessos smirked in high amusement. The heavy scent of the human's fear was excitating, the thundering of his heart was like music to the monster's ears.
Hephaistion shuddered at the sound of the hideous incubus' laughter.

What was the dreadful monster going to do with him? What was on his mind? What was he planning? Would Tessos get him back to the demons' hiding place and

rape him there like he dreamt nights ago? Would he just slay him? Or would Hephaition be used as a hostage to control Alexander? None of these possibilities

did any good to soothe Hephaistion's growing panic.
It made Hephaistion crazy that he didn't know. But at the same time he wasn't sure if he wanted to know at all.
He prayed to all gods he knew and all those whom he hadn't heard of yet for help and mercy, but there wasn't much even gods could do. Alexander couldn't help

him. He was out of reach. And Alexis was fighting Ellestias. Maybe he was hurt or even dead.
Hephaistion was all alone.

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Ellestias was the toughest opponent Alexis had ever fought against. He was quite lucky that Hephaistion had hurt the deadly succubus so badly that she could

hardly move her left arm. It gave Alexis the chance to dodge and block her attacks instead of being slayed by the frenzied female within an instant. She was

nearly as tall as the incubus and incredibly fast and strong, although she didn't look it. And her thundering fury increased her strenght and quickness,

although - as always - it did no good to her tactics and kept her from thinking about what she did. And that was what Alexis counted on.
So Alexis tried to keep to her left, avoiding her blows as good as he could, using the occasional gaps of her defence to strike, while he tried not to get

entangled with her. It was most likely she would wrestle him down if he allowed her to grip him. But he knew he couldn't avoid her forever, although he could

buy Hephaistion, Alexander and Serena enough time to get out of the room and as far away as possible. He was getting tired, while Ellestias didn't seem to be

affected at all, showing no signs of exhaustion.
"Keep still, nuisance", the succubus hissed in fury, as the golden-eyed demon jumped on the bed, backing away from her fierce attacks. She had left deep cuts

of her claws on his muscular chest and broken his wrist but hadn't done much more damage as the annoying youngster kept to dodge. Her shoulder was hurting

from the damn human's unexpected attack and Alexis had broken her arm with a swift twist as a payback for his wrist when she had tried to grab him. So now

her left arm was hanging useless at her side, swaying whenever she moved, sending white flashes of pain through her body. In a furious rush she leapt after

him, not noticing that Alexis was standing with his back to the wall. When he stepped aside again swiftly she bounced full speed into the wall, staggering

back as she was overwhelmed by a sudden vertigo.
This was the opportunity Alexis had hoped for and he didn't hesitate to take it, as he knew perfectly well that this might be his only chance to get out of

this fight alive. He kicked her legs away and the icy-eyed succubus hit the ground, still dizzy. Before she could get up again he had her pinned to the ground

by mounting her, pressing her down with all his weight. He made sure she couldn't use her right arm as well and twisted it to a strange angle until he heard

the familiar sound of cracking bones. Ellestias shrieked in agony, trying to buck the incubus of, but it was no use without her arms.
She hissed and growled, cursing and insulting her subduer. She couldn't believe she had been defeated by the raven-haired predator. It had been told to her

that he was strong, but not stronger than her. She was the leader of the pack, she was queen of Babylon. It was all wrong. She couldn't die. Not now. Not

like this. She would have wept if she hadn't been so furious.
Alexis was about to fulfill his task. He clawed at the helpless succubus' chest, his claws scratching over her breastbone. He had to break her ripcage open

to get to her heart. He wanted her to die like one of her innumerable preys. He wanted her to suffer for all what had been done to Serena, Kasseiton and

Alexander. He wanted to her to die slowly and in agony. The beast within him cheered.
When Ellestias realized what he was about to do, even she paniced. The fury vanished and was replaced by pure fear of death. She began to whimper and wince,

desperately trying to get free and away from the incubus.
Then suddenly a loud grieveous cry echoed through the night. It was a name, called out with agonizing despair.
Alexis looked up, freezing in his motion, his amber eyes wide with fear and horror. "Hephaistion", he whispered, repeating the name which had been called out

instants before. Then to Ellestias wildest surprise the incubus abandoned her as if he had just forgotten about her, as if she was of no importance to him,

as if the name was a secret spell that drove him.

He was out of the window in high speed, not even bothering to look back at her.
Ellestias sat up with painful effort. "You made a mighty mistake, Alexis. You should have finished me when you had the chance", she said hoarsely,

hatred flaming in her eyes. "There won't be a second chance. I will make sure fo this."
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Alexis rushed to the sky as fast as he possibly could, trying to locate where Alexander's desperate cry had come from, which wasn't easy as the incubus was

in high panic out of fear for Hephaistion and as the whole place was buzzing with humans.

The desperate and hopeless sound of Alexander's voice was still ringing in the amber-eyed demon's pointy ears. The cry meant Hephaistion was in danger, maybe

hurt, maybe lost. Never before had Alexis felt so dreadful, fearful and lost. His heart was thundering in his chest, beating against his ripcage so hard that

he feared it might break through. It was hard for him to breathe.

He circled over the palace and it wasn't helpful at all that to the soldiers all winged predators were enemies who had to be shot down. The incubus cursed

and dodged, looking for the king's whereabouts. Instead Alexis detected a winged figure high up in the sky, rushing away from the palace. The figure carried

a human form with him.
Alexis nearly forgot to flap his wings out of shock when he recognized the demon was Tessos and the human he was holding Hephaistion.
The shocked paralysation ended suddenly when a sharp pain shot through his body as he was hit by one of the whirring arrows. "Damn it", Alexis cursed,

clutching his thigh. At least it wasn't the wings. The incubus left the arrow were it was and rushed after Tessos. He would hunt the bastard down and rescue

Hephaistion, cost what may. He would die for the fascinating human if that was the price for Hephaistion's life.
Although Tessos had a head start the raven-haired incubus overtook him in a short time, flying a if Nusku himself was at his heels. The monster looked over

his shoulders at the flapping sound of wings coming closer, his face a horrible mask of hatred.
"Alexis!", Hephaistion yelled, never feeling more happy to see the golden-eyed predator, then the last syllable stretched to a high-pitched cry as Tessos

losened his grip, threatening to let him drop.
"Don't get closer", Tessos warned, keeping his distance. "Or I will let him fall down. You don't want the king's little precious to crash, do you? Imagine

how it would look like if he hits the ground. At this height nothing more than a big blot of blood and mashed flesh and bones would be left of him."
"Hand him over to me", Alexis demanded, a deep threatening growl rumbling in his chest. "You have no chance to get away."
"And you have no chance to save him if you attack me", Tessos snorted. He knew he couldn't fight as long as what was left of his hands was occupied holding

the human. "Seems as if we are stuck here." He laughed madly. "So I advice you to fly back to where you came from, sheep-lover. You already look quite

battered."
"No, please don't", Hephaistion pleaded. "Don't leave me with him! Don't ever leave me!" He was frantic. He was hanging in the arms of a hideous monster

incredibly high up in the sky, a completely helpless bundle. Ocean-blue eyes wide with fear he stared at Alexis, begging him to help him.
"I can't leave. Not without Hephaistion", Alexis said in a dangerously calm tone, his almond eyes narrowed to slits, an inferno of gold blazing within

them.
Tessos smiled his hideous lipless grin. "Then go and get him." And he let go of Hephaistion.

Silently Hephaistion fell, the wind stealing the high-pitched scream from his lips. It tore at his clothes and his long soft hair, pressed the air out of his

lungs and made his eyes water. The ground rushed towards him in high speed, the world getting bigger and bigger, details of the city now clearly outlined

again. It would have been a beautiful sight if he hadn't been so terribly frantic. He would have closed his eyes if it hadn't made him sick.
Hephaistion had always thought it was nonsense when people said that their whole life had passed in front of them being confronted with their death. But now

it happened to him as well. He remembered how he had wrestled against Alexander when they were boys and won. He remembered the lessons Aristotele had taught

them. And he remembered the first kiss he had shared with Alexander, an embarressed quick touch of lips when they both were 14. His heart had beaten like a

thunderstorm and he had feared Alexander would neglect him. But he hadn't. And than there was their first secret meeting when they both had sneaked out of

the palace late at night to meet in a clearing nearby and make love to each other, first tenderly and hesitantly, then with growing passion and sexual

fire.
Hephaistion began to feel that his fall wouldn't last long enough to revel in all his wonderful memories. He had never before felt so sorry.
The moment Tessos dropped the frail human Alexis dived after him to catch him. His wings tightly folded to his back he shot downwards like a lightning. The

problem was that the brutal beast dived after the golden-eyed incubus at the same time, determined to stopp him before he could reach the falling

brunette.
Just as Alexis was to overtake Hephaistion and pluck him out of the air, Tessos crashed into him, throwing him out of balance. For a moment Alexis tumbled

and fell as Hephaistion did, until he managed to regain his balance.
The raven-haired incubus cursed as Tessos still was following him. He dodged, avoiding the beast only by inches, while he speeded after the human again. He

was running out of time - and so was Hephaistion. Alexis couldn't allow Tessos to distract him anymore if he didn't want to lose Hephaistion.
Tessos was right behind him, clawing at his wings, forcing Alexis to zigzag. But he couldn't get rid of his follower if he didn't delay him to buy himself

the time he needed. When Tessos got too close he stretched his wings in a swift motion, slamming them right at the monster's face. Tessos fell back and

Alexis used his advantage.
Just when Hephaistion thought it was over his fall suddenly stopped and he found himself safely wrapped in Alexis arms. The brunette clung to the incubus,

his face pressed to the crook of his neck he cried out of shock and relief at the same time. He had already accepted that he would die and now he was granted

more time. He could hardly believe it.
But the time he had been granted would be threateningly short as Tessos was determined to kill. Now that Alexis held the human his manoeuvres weren't as agile as

before and he couldn't fight.
Alexis had to get Hephaistion to the ground. The problem was the city's streets were full of the angry mob led by the priest of Nusku. He couldn't land there

without being lynched by the crowd. So his destination was the palace and he had to get there before Tessos could push him out of the sky.
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"Do something!", Alexander shouted at Serena.
"I am doing something!", Serena yelled back. She was tearing at the splints on her wings. "Don't stare, help me", she hissed at Cassander who jumped to her

aid immediately as the king shot him an evil eye.
Every move hurt and she wasn't sure if her wings would support her but she had to try at least. Alexis was really fond of this frail human and she was really

fond of her brother and she knew it would hurt him more than she could imagine if something happened to Hephaistion. Then Alexis would probably do something

very stupid like trying to avenge Hephaistion's death and she would be left all alone in this world. Serena couldn't allow that to happen. She needed Alexis

now even more than ever before as the pack was doomed, and even if it wasn't there was no way they would allow Serena to return. In addition she feared that

she was pregnant.
"Hurry", Alexander screamed, hot tears welling from his dark eyes. He was desperate. The deadly monster had taken away from him the one person he loved most

in this world and he felt guilty as he had wrenched the sword from the brunette's hand and left him unarmed, without a possibility to defend himself. "This

beast gets away with Hephaistion. We have to follow them."
"We?!?" Serena wasn't sure if she had understood the king correctely.
"Of course we", Alexander howled, anger and frustration vivid in his hoarse voice. He could ignore the pain he felt because of his wounds, but he couldn't

bear the agony of his lover's loss. His heart felt as if it would break and he knew he wouldn't be able to live on without Hephaistion. He could never be the

same again without him. "I have to rescue Hephaistion. I know you can carry me despite your dainty frame. You have done before."
Serena looked him up and down. Alexander was naked - and Serena couldn't help but notice that he had a quite big dick -, his chest looked as if he had

cuddled a full grown wild tiger and his blond hair resembled a bird's nest. "No way!", Serena stated in a tone not tolerating any contradiction or even a

discussion.
"I am the king of Babylon...", Alexander began angrily but was cut short by the crimson-haired female.
"Yeah, but I don't care. You could be king of the whole damn fucking world and I still wouldn't take you with me."
"How dare you!", the king roared waving Hephaistion's sword at the dainty succubus.
Serena rolled her eyes, pushing the blade away. "See, sweety, I give you three reasons why I won't take you flying. First because you are badly hurt. You

need to see a doc. Second because my wings have been broken recently and although they're quite o.k. by now I don't know if they will support me. It will be

hard enough to fly without extra weight. And third because I cannot fight as long as I carry you. Got it?"
"She's right, Alexander", said Ptolemy, laying a hand on the king's shoulder. "I know it is hard, but you can only trust her to do whatever she can to bring

Hephaistion back. It would be insane to force her to take you with her. And it wouldn't help Hephaistion at all."

Alexander looked so miserable and broken that even Serena pitied him. "Please get him back. I beg you. Without him I am nothing", Alexander pleaded,

clutching the succubus' hands. "He's all I'm living for."
"Sure", Serena simply said, patting the human's head. She didn't feel well at all. She was terribly afraid. She wasn't of the courageous kind and no good at

fighting. This had always been Alexis' job.
When she took off a sharp pain radiated from her wings and flashed through her body, causing her to wince. For a moment she feared she would crash, instead

she miraculously soared to the sky and rushed after Tessos and Hephaistion.
She had left the palace behind when she bumped into Alexis and Hephaistion, followed by Tessos who tried hard to force the golden-eyed incubus down, driving

him away from the safety of the palace and out of the city towards the Euphrat. He clawed at his opponent's wings and Alexis could hardly avoid his attacks.

He cried out in pain when Tessos ripped at the soft velvety skin of his wings.
Alexis started to tumble. He could regain control again with a lot of effort but was now not able anymore to speed away from the hideous monster. His injured

wings and Hephaistion's weight slowed him down too much. He tried once again to turn towards the palace but Tessos blocked his way again, forcing him to

retreat.
Alexis pressed Hephaistion closer to him. He felt the frantic thundering of the human's heart matching the panicstricken pace of his own heartbeat. He looked

at the city below and at the dancing flames of torches illuminating the streets. He had no choice. He had to land and at least save Hephaistion.
When he dived down Tessos followed. He didn't notice Serena approaching from above. She was sailing in sneak-mode, her wings stretched to full extension.

Waiting for the right moment and for some courage she hovered over the battle scene. Then she suddenly folded her wings tightly to her back and feet forward

rushed down, hitting Tessos spine in the middle of his back.
The ugly beast roared in pain and fury, tumbling downwards, flapping his wings in panic.
"Serena", Alexis called out. He was glad to see her but now she and the precious human had to leave the danger area as fast as possible. "Take Hephaistion

back to the palace. I will delay Tessos to buy you time." Before Serena could protest and point out that her wings did hurt terribly and she didn't think any

additional weight was a good idea he had shoved the human into her arms and she held the young warrior tight.
It was rigth in time as Tessos was back again. But this time he was blocked by Alexis. In a heap of wings and limbs both demons crashed against each other,

claws ripping flesh. Then they parted chasing through the night sky, waiting for the right time to strike again. They had just left the city's walls behind

when they turned at each other again and tuned with sharp cries and howls of pain the fight went on.
Serena stayed where she was. She couldn't just get back and leave Alexis. She and Hephaistion watched the battle, hovering over Babylon although Serena's

wings protseted with each single stroke.
"Just a moment", she told Hephaistion, sounding quite timid. "I want to be sure he returns." Hephaistion nodded. He was too shocked to speak, fear of death

still nagging at his heart, although he felt much more comfortable now Tessos was a good distancce away and he was safely wrapped in Serena's arms. Pressed

to her soft breasts he felt a bit like a child in his mother's embrace.
The two fighting demons had entangled to a ball of bodies and wings again, rushing towards the ground while clawing at each other. The watching couple waited

for the moment when the opponents would part and regain height again, but this moment didn't come. The demons stayed locked and they kept falling.

"Let go", Serena whispered, her voice trembling. "Let go before you hit the ground." She watched in horror as the two firgures vanished out of sight when

falling past the tree-tops.
"Good gods", Hephaistion said hardly audible. He felt numb and empty and then a merciless wave of grief washed through his body as he realized what had

happened. "They have crashed."
Serena sobbed.
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Yeah, I know, I do leave you hanging here again. I admit I'm a bit of a sadist.
Please review and tell me your opinion no matter if good or bad (although I far more like the good ones. Well, who doesn't). If you find some major grammar

or spelling mistakes tell me. I edit from time to time if I find one myself but I bet there are still thousands I don't even notice.
Thanks a lot, folks.
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