Chapter 141: *We weren’t expecting you so soon*
Liam, after bringing him home, let himself be guided to his living room, where Ian came to snuggle up in his arms, and Ian whispered to him, his head in the crook of his neck, "It’s only been two weeks since you came back, and you already have to leave; it’s so unfair."
He then added, because he didn’t want Liam to feel guilty, "Thanks to Kevin, I understood the need for this mission better, but next time I would like you to stay longer with me."
Liam hugged him a little tighter and whispered back, "I’m sorry, my love; so sorry."
Ian pulled back a bit and tiptoed to kiss him on the lips. Liam put his hands on his waist and pressed his body more tightly against his; he intensified their kiss, and Ian responded fiercely, with his hands behind Liam’s neck, preventing him from breaking their kiss.
When Ian stopped kissing him, he bit his lower lip, and he bit it until it bled. Liam cursed and looked at him, a little surprised by his behavior.
Ian snuggled up in his arms again and said to him, "That way everyone will know that you are already taken."
Liam chuckled and reminded him, "Since the day I met you, you have always been the only one for me, and believe me, every time it gets harder and harder to leave you... especially after last night."
Ian then said to him, moving away from him and blushing a little, "I don’t want you to go either; I wish that we had more time together, but I understand why you must go."
He moved away a little further and, with a heavy heart, told him, "Go ahead and get back as soon as possible."
When Ian saw Liam pull out one of the Teleportation Talisman papers, he hurriedly said, "Wait!"
Liam stopped and looked at him, wondering why he had stopped him so suddenly, and Ian blushed again, but he said to him in a tone that he hoped Liam would understand wasn’t negotiable, "Come back here right after you finish your mission. I want us to live together from now on and I want you to come and live here with me."
Liam crossed the distance between them and kissed him passionately. He said to him against his lips, "If you could only imagine how many times I have dreamed of hearing that..."
He continued to kiss him and slammed him against the wall behind him. When Ian started to rub against him, Liam groaned in frustration and forced himself to pull away from him a bit.
They were both still panting after their fiery kisses, and Liam ended up resting his forehead against Ian’s and said to him, "Go get my things from my apartment; you have the key anyway... I will come back here, my love, and I won’t leave you again anytime soon, I promise."
When Liam saw a tear roll down Ian’s cheek, his heart sank, and after drying it tenderly with his hand, he kissed his lips one last time but added nothing, and he directly used the Teleportation Talisman paper before losing what little will he had left.
This vortex was different from the one he had used before; it wasn’t brown like usual but silver, and it was bigger too. Before crossing it, he took out a long black cape that he put on. This cape had the advantage of having a large hood, which allowed him to hide half of his face but, above all, to hide the color of his hair, which would attract too much attention and make him easily recognizable.
After one last glance at Ian, he walked through the teleportation portal and came straight to Solomon’s refuge, where he was greeted by a dozen fully armed demons who, when they recognized him, immediately relaxed. Kerry, who was Solomon’s little brother, greeted him and said, delighted, "Liam, damn it, it’s really you! We weren’t expecting you so soon; what a relief!"
Liam, who would have preferred to spend the night making love to Ian, found it hard to share their enthusiasm, but he said to him all the same, "Hi Kerry, I came to find your brother; let’s not waste any time. Every minute counts—show me where you lost his trail."
Kerry immediately became serious again and said to him, "Alyssa will come with us; you are right, there is no time to waste."
Kerry gave his orders to the remaining demons that were in the refuge, and they left immediately after. Kerry was a formidable fighter, not as much as his older brother Solomon was, but to Liam, Kerry was even more important than Solomon.
Kerry was a low-key but highly efficient type; while Solomon had the charisma and strength of a great leader, Kerry was always the mastermind of their operations.
Kerry was the same height as Liam, and he had an athletic body. He had short brown hair and brown eyes, and you could tell he was a demon only because of the red circle around his pupils. As for Alyssa, she was one of the best mages he knew. She was an expert in poisons, sleeping pills, hallucinogens, and she could summon a type of creature that no one else could.
They were called Elementaries, and she could summon the Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth Elementaries. These creatures could use powerful spells, and they were really hard to deal with, but as these creatures were powerful, it also consumed almost all of her Soul force each time she had to use them. So, Kerry and Solomon only used her summoned creatures when it was absolutely necessary, as the resulting mental fatigue was terrible for her.
She was small and cute, 1.60 meters tall, with long red hair and green eyes, still having that red circle around the pupils that was the hallmark of Pure Demons, and she was greatly respected by the other demons.
Once outside, Alyssa used a Teleportation Talisman paper to take them close to where they had lost track of Solomon, and Liam immediately deployed all his senses to their fullest. Right now, he preferred to stay in his human form, but if he really couldn’t find anything, he would use his wolf form, which was much more effective for this kind of mission.
After going through the teleportation portal, they arrived in a forest, and no city seemed to be near where they were.
