Free Love Beyond Oceans by Rebecca Royce Page A

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    Marina had kissed him. She'd set his body aflame and made his cock harder than it had been since his teenage years. He was a man in serious trouble. How was he supposed to keep his hands off her now, and why the fuck hadn't he pushed her away when he'd had the moment of recognition right before she kissed him?
    There was an easy answer…he wanted her lips on him.
    "So I think we have to find Alexa." Marina held up her hand to stop Leonardo from objecting when he made a noise to do so. "And when we get to her we'll get to the demon, stop him from harming the scribe, and we'll rescue her at the same time. Two birds, one stone."
    A muscle ticked in Leonardo's jaw. "Go ahead then. Gabe. Drew. One of you pop over there and then drag the rest of us with you."
    Drew could think of almost anything he'd rather do than pop over to the wild-eyed Alexa. Like take Marina, strip her naked, and give in to what his body demanded. Instead, he tried to picture the dark-haired woman in his mind. The image came easily, he'd only seen her the day before, but his body wouldn't move.
    His powers didn't want to bring him there. "Anyone else blocked?"
    "Motherfucker, I can't move either." Gabriel responded before tearing over to the window, Loraine close on his tail.
    "I'm still good," Charma said, "My powers are working."
    "So it's only Alexa we can't get to." Gabriel popped out of the room and then came back in to illustrate he could. "The demon must be blocking her."
    "That's all right. We don't need her." Drew stepped forward.
    Enough was enough. He'd been prepared to do this earlier and, since the universe handed him another chance, he might as well use the pent-up frustration inside of him to be helpful. "We don't need Alexa when we have me. I can find Sebastian all on my own."
    Marina rushed to his side. "Are you sure?"
    Having her so close did nothing to alleviate the heat pouring from his pores. "No, I'm not sure of anything. I need to open this up to see what's going to happen. I'll find him for us. I can't promise what will happen afterwards. Step back."
    "I'm not leaving your side. Have you lost your mind?" She shook her head vehemently even as the male Outsiders started to surround her. "You can all get as intimidating as you want. I don't care. Drew is mine."
    He tried not to feel pride when she said that, only he did. A smile crossed his mouth for a moment before he shut it down. There was no time for niceties.
    "I won't have you hurt, Marina." He nodded to Gabriel hoping the other man would know what he wanted without having to say anything.
    To his relief, Gabriel did. One second Marina stood next to him, the next she was across the room. She gasped and tried to storm forward but the other male Outsiders had surrounded him again. This time he wouldn't be interrupted. Bringing the demon back inside of him constituted his choice and not any manipulation by Leonardo.
    Marina wanted to find the demon and save the scribe so that was what they would do.
    He'd make it happen. He could give her what she wanted, and knowing he'd be the one to bring her what she said they had to do made his skin tingle. Providing for Marina was what he had been born to do. The years where they had been oceans apart were long past.
    Drew took a deep breath and for the first time in twenty-seven years he let go. At first nothing happened. He stood waiting in the center of the room, everyone's gaze pinning him down, and he wondered if he'd made the whole thing up. Had he been fooling himself for years about what would happen if he let go and allowed the demon inside?
    "Well this is exciting." Kal rolled his eyes. "Best time I've ever had."
    Christophe snorted. "Are you capable of not being an ass?"
    Pain scorched Drew's body and he had no ability to follow their nonsense anymore. He doubled over. He'd known the process would involve some agony. How could it not? What he hadn't anticipated was the scent of sulfur permeating throughout the