Free Angel Kin by Jana Downs

look before he  climbed out of the car after the nephilim.
Bren took a couple deep breaths. He really hoped Cross got here  soon because he didn’t know how much longer he could keep the  nephilim and Yuri content.
A knock to the side window made him jump before immediately  feeling relief as Dex’s massive frame came into view. He hit the little  button on the side of the door that lowered the window.
“God, you scared the shit out of me. Is everyone all right?” Bren
asked. The serious look on Dex’s face made his heart do an
uncomfortable somersault. “Who got hit?”
“Marius. Michel and Cross are carrying him to a healer a few  blocks west of here. Cross sent me ahead to tell you because he knew  you all would worry. Did I see Madigan across the street?” Dex  leaned his arm on the top of the car and bent down so that he was  more eye level with Bren.
“Yeah. I had to do something to distract them. They were about to  freak out over not knowing where you guys were,” Bren explained.  “How bad was Marius hit?”
“Took an arrow through the arm that lodged in his right lung. He’s  lucky it went through his arm first. It slowed the momentum of the  shot enough to keep it from piercing his heart. It was a hell of a shot  to make. The archers were unexpected, but we muddled through  okay.” Dex’s eyes went across the street, keeping an eye on the  nephilim and Yuri as they came out of the shop and crossed the street  into the realty office. Madigan must’ve seen him because he waved.  Bren could practically see the tension fade from Madigan’s shoulders.  His lover was going to need a back rub from heaven to get all the  kinks out of his body.
“He’ll pull through?”
                           
“Should pull through with no problem. It just has to be removed  and patched up before he gets sent home. Cross is also going to ask  the healer to see Yuri at some point. Don’t know if he’s going to be  able to arrange a home visit yet or not, but either way, he’ll make sure  he’s seen by one of the Fallen physicians that can heal the magic  damage as well as the physical kind.” Dex let out a breath that he  seemed to have been holding for a long time. “Other than that minor  glitch, we made it. That’s all that matters. We need to get to Marius  and his nephilim’s house and get everything arranged so that we can  get our own house situation taken care of.”
“Agreed. Cross and Michel will meet us there?” Bren reached up  and tugged Dex’s hair as it fell over his sweaty forehead. “You need a  bath, Dexirus.”
“Tell me about it. I’ve been sweating bullets.” Dex smiled a little  at that. “And yeah, they’ll be meeting us there.”
“Dex!” Madigan’s voice called out an instant before his arms  wrapped around the angel’s sweaty waist. Dex turned with a chuckle  to accept Madigan’s kisses of welcome.
“I should leave on missions more often if this is the greeting I get  in return,” Dex teased as Madigan babbled on about how worried he’d  been for Dex’s safety and how he wished that they had been able to  all travel together because he didn’t know if he hadn’t been sure if  he’d get to see them again and not to worry him like that ever, ever  again. The tirade was cute as hell.
“Everyone get in the car, please. We’re going to meet the rest of  the guys at Marius’s place,” Bren instructed as the other two nephilim  started looking uneasily around as if searching for their own angel.
At his order, everyone piled back into the SUV, but not before  Yuri stole a kiss from Dex. Erik handed up an address along with  some directions they’d gotten from the real estate office, and Yuri  read them off as Bren drove them to their temporary home.
“I’ve got some listings that the real estate agent gave me. Her  name is Julianna, and she was very excited to know that we