Chapter 4

Four

Minos carried Adam out of the judgment chamber and back to Limbo, Tim gaping at them all the way. He did notice Adam sticking his tongue out at his ex, but Minos wisely refrained from commenting on that.

He would have done far worse.

He hoped he still would get to do far worse, but he wasn't getting that feeling from Adam. His little soulmate was not nearly as bloodthirsty as he was, and all he sensed from Adam was impatience and a bit of disgust toward Tim.

He set Adam down when his soulmate patted his chest, and they strolled back to the table where the leadership team angel and demon were waiting. They'd once again been joined by Pandora and Arioch, who were chatting animatedly while those two looked on. They were also definitely sitting closer than they needed to be. Perhaps Adam's matchmaking dreams would come true after all.

Adam and Minos sat down in the booth, and Cutie and Scowly—he supposed he would have to get used to calling them those names—looked over at the two of them and raised their eyebrows in unison.

"Well, darling—did you rip him limb from limb?" Pandora asked.

Minos shrugged grumpily, then turned to Adam. "Why do I sense my dreams of death and dismemberment will not be happening?" he grumbled.

Adam giggled and leaned into him. "I have the perfect revenge!" Adam stated.

"The pits? The labyrinth? An impossible task he must attempt to complete over and over again?" Arioch asked.

"I think we should…"—Adam paused dramatically, and everyone leaned forward—"..send him back," Adam finished, crossing his arms and smiling smugly.

"Send him back?" Pandora asked incredulously.

Arioch merely hmphed and slumped down. Cutie and Scowly looked confused.

"But… how is that revenge?" Cutie asked.

"Tim is a narcissistic asshole. He gets by in life by fooling people into helping him, but he doesn't actually care about others outside of what they can do for him, and he doesn't actually take responsibility. Right now, everyone knows that. They're all mad at him. He lost his friends, his job, and his apartment. Despite the fact that his parents dote on him—which is probably partly why he is the way he is—he absolutely hates living with them. Living out his time topside and having no one fall for his narcissistic bullshit will be revenge enough," Adam explained.

Minos grunted. "I still like dismemberment better, but I do have to admit it was rather satisfying to hear how horrible he thinks his life is."

"It just doesn't seem like enough," Ari argued. "What if he gets a whole new group of people under his spell? I've seen it often enough, and I've seen the damage done by people like that. I think perhaps we ought to cause a little more chaos in his life, and at the same time make sure he can't fool anyone else."

"We can make sure he fools no one else," Scowly cut in.

Cutie nodded his head in agreement. "It would be easy enough to put someone on him to watch over the situation, and that is within our jurisdiction. It isn't usually used in such a manner, but if it's helping others, I think we could make an exception."

"We can make people see through his personality fairly quickly," Scowly agreed. "Chaos would probably fall under your department, Arioch."

Ari nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, it would, and I know I'll have plenty of lesser demons who would enjoy just such a job." He smirked then.

Pandora sighed. "It all seems rather… anticlimactic. I was hoping for something more spectacular."

Minos simply shrugged. "Sometimes, Pandora, leaving people to their own fates and to the situations they've created is the best punishment out there."

Adam added, "He'll have no one to blame but himself, and he's never taken responsibility in his life. Perhaps he'll even learn something from it."

Cutie nodded. "No one is irredeemable. And if he doesn't learn something from it, then there's always reincarnation for souls just like this one. Eventually they figure it out, even if it takes a few dozen lifetimes."

Minos grunted in approval. He'd have to make do without torture and gore for now, but if his soulmate was happy, he was happy.

He felt Adam wiggle on his lap. Yes, he could use a little time to reconnect with his soulmate. He had been rather worried about how his little one would take all the uproar.

Adam gave another wiggle, pressing his ass down and grinding a bit. Cutie and Scowly were both staring at them and blushing, but Minos decided leadership team romance was something to consider another time.

"Ok, then, we're all set! Minos and I will head off to our place! Long day and all that!" Adam cheerfully announced.

Ari snorted, and Pandora chuckled.

"You two aren't fooling anyone," Pandora smirked, but she and Ari got up and left the booth, leaving Cutie and Scowly behind.

"You two go spend some time together. In your room. Talking about the plan. Yes. You are officially exempt from all corporate retreat activities in order to spend time together. You can get to know each other better. In all ways," Adam announced.

Cutie looked innocently confused, but Minos thought Scowly got Adam's suggestion, because he grabbed Cutie's hand and pulled him out of the booth.

Minos and Adam were finally alone.

"Come, my soul. It's time for us to get to know each other better as well," Minos murmured, waggling his eyebrows.

Adam laughed delightedly, and Minos picked him up and carried him. Ah, how he loved his mate's laugh and the joy he brought to everything. He leaned down to whisper in Adam's ear, "I shall get to know you in all ways." Then he nibbled softly on Adam's ear, giving it a little suck.

Adam moaned, pressing his body against Minos, reaching his hand up to gently flick Minos's nipple. Minos squeezed Adam tighter to him. His one hand was resting firmly on Adam's ass, and he pressed his fingers between his lover's cheeks, eliciting another moan from his sexy soulmate.

Minos folded space and time a bit to end up back in their home, and when Minos placed Adam gently down on their bed, his soulmate looked around, mumbling "Afterlife physics," under his breath.

Minos laughed, making Adam smile fondly at him.

"I love that I can make you laugh," Adam said softly. "I love you, Minos."

"I love you too, my soul. You have taught me what love and happiness are," Minos replied.

"Are you gonna show me, big guy?" Adam flirted, stripping his shirt and pants off.

Minos simply watched as Adam's beautiful cock was bared to him. Adam was already hard and his cock was bright red, the tip glistening with precum.

"Yes, my little human, I'll show you exactly how much I love you," Minos grumbled, stripping his own pants and baring his cock.

Adam licked his lips, and he lifted himself on his elbows, ready to come and suck Minos, which he loved doing. Minos had other plans though. "Stay," he ordered.

"I'm not Cutie and Scowly," he laughed, but he stayed where he was.

"Show me that beautiful hole, little one," Minos commanded.

Adam groaned and his dick twitched, another drop of precum leaking from the tip. He did as requested and lifted his legs, baring his ass to Minos.

"So beautiful, my soul," Minos whispered. He gave his cock a long stroke, and then he kneeled on the bed, moving forward so he was over Adam.

He stared into his soulmate's eyes as his tail snaked forward to rub against Adam's hole. His human moaned, staring into his eyes, and Minos could see love and eternity in that stare.

Minos's tail gently pressed into Adam, slowly sinking into that hot, tight channel. Demons, Adam felt so good inside. He moved his tail until he found Adam's sensitive bundle of nerves, and then he pressed against it, making Adam twitch and groan, his eyes sliding shut.

"Yes, little one, just feel the pleasure," Minos rumbled.

He reached out and stroked Adam's dick with his hand, squeezing tightly at the head and making Adam's entire body jerk.

"Please," Adam moaned.

"What do you want, my soulmate? Anything is yours," Minos promised.

"Inside me, Minos. Please," his soulmate panted.

Minos slipped his tail out and positioned himself over Adam. "Look at me, my soul," he commanded.

Adam opened his eyes and stared into Minos's, and they stayed locked together as Minos's cock filled Adam, one inch at a time, both of them groaning in pleasure.

When Minos was seated in Adam, his lover reached up and placed a hand on his cheek, a soft smile gracing his face.

"My soul, you are everything to me. I would do anything for your happiness. I would end the world for you," Minos promised.

"I know you would. I love you, Minos. You healed my past, and you are everything I want for the future," Adam whispered.

Minos leaned down, kissing Adam, gently at first. Then he pulled his dick out and pushed back in, and both of them moaned, their kiss growing frantic. Minos sucked on Adam's tongue before leaning up. He reached his tail forward, wrapping it around Adam's dick.

"Oh my god, Minos! Yes!" Adam cried out.

Minos used his hands to pull Adam's hips up, and based on Adam's mewling, the new angle was hitting Adam in just the right spot.

Minos let all his worry and frustration go then, thrusting into his lover and thinking of nothing but pleasure.

The feelings rebounded between them, their love and pleasure in each other growing with every thrust, until Minos was steadily growling and Adam was practically screaming.

His cock pounded Adam's hole, his tail squeezed Adam's cock, and he reached the tip of it up to slide along Adam's slit, gently pressing into it. Adam did scream then, his cum painting his chest, his channel squeezing rhythmically around Minos's cock.

It sent Minos over the edge, and he thrust deeply as his own orgasm overcame him.

When the pleasure subsided, Minos rolled onto his side, pulling Adam into his chest and cleaning them off with a simple thought.

They lay there together, basking in each other, gently breathing.

"Do you feel better, big guy?" Adam finally asked, lazily rubbing his hand along Minos's chest.

Minos chuckled. "You know me so well, my soul. I did worry you would be hurt, and I'm glad you were not. And I always feel better when I am with you."

Adam murmured, "Me too, big guy. You make everything better." He gave Minos a tight squeeze before he rested all his weight on Minos's shoulder and side.

Eventually Minos could tell his soulmate had drifted off to sleep from his deep, even breathing, and Minos closed his eyes, ready to enjoy the human pastime of napping. Even a corporate retreat, a troublesome ex, leadership team assholes (although maybe Cutie and Scowly weren't actually assholes), and meddling friends couldn't dull his pleasure in the afterlife now that he had Adam.

Minos didn't know what he had done to deserve Adam's light and beauty, but he would thank both heaven and hell for the gift that his soulmate was. With an eternity of happiness ahead of him, Minos drifted off to a peaceful slumber.