STORY EXCERPT

“Do you think Nash was telling the truth about him traveling back sixteen years in time?” Marius asked while he and Devon were sitting in the waiting area for all of the guests who had appointments with somebody who resided on the estate. “He said he was forty-four years old when he was attacked by Lyra’s hired assassin. Then he made a deal with a god. Hes…Hes something.”

“Hesmoladium.”

“Right!” Marius exclaimed with a grin at Devon. “Anyway, it sounds so fucking crazy. Nash can’t even access his magic.”

“Blood is usually a last resort for a mage,” Devon reminded. “As long as you have magic within you, using your blood can create wonders. Miracles. I don’t know what Nash’s artifact is like. We both saw it when he video called us. However, I need to hold it in my hand and study it properly to learn more about it.”

Marius nodded. “Let’s do it later after our meeting with Callum. We haven’t met up in person with Nash for almost two weeks now. I miss that motherfucker.”

Devon gazed into Marius’s eyes, and he had a serious expression on his face. “Do you miss Nash or his ass?”

Marius grinned. “Both.”

Devon scoffed loudly, but he didn’t utter a single word in response. Marius didn’t know why he was still friends with Devon. He was the easygoing type while Devon was an uptight asshole at least ninety-nine percent of the time. Marius preferred to crack jokes and have fun. Devon was kind, caring, perceptive, and understanding, but he looked like he would rather die than smile at somebody. One of their common friends and lovers was Nash, whose personality and character were somewhere in between Marius’s and Devon’s.

The three of them also grew up together in the orphanage, but unlike Marius and Devon, both of whom had chosen to utilize their magic for freelance jobs, Nash wanted something much more stable because he couldn’t freely access his magic. He applied and was successfully employed by the Elsher clan despite his inability to do anything magical. He was smart and resourceful, graduating at twenty-two years old from the best university for mages in Illinois as a researcher. The clan must have required someone like him. Otherwise, the clan wouldn’t have hired Nash and paid him every month for almost six years now. Marius and Devon had attended the same university as Nash, but their focus was on battles against demons and other supernatural creatures.

“Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Bardot,” a woman called out while darting her eyes among the crowd of people who were seated all over the waiting area.

Marius and Devon quickly got up and approached the woman, who introduced herself as Hannah. The two of them followed Hannah all the way out from the building through a different door than the entrance that they had passed through approximately fifteen minutes ago. The five-story building they had just left was apparently the public one. It was a place for the Elsher clan members to do business with outsiders, but Callum wished to have the meeting somewhere much more private. Hence, Hannah’s task was to lead Devon and Marius all the way to Callum’s house, which was supposedly really far away from the public building.

“Are we going there on foot?” Devon inquired.

Hannah shook her head while pointing at a carriage that looked like the one that a prince or a princess would ride on in some of those fairytales that used to be popular many centuries ago. The carriage had no wheels or a driver, and no horses were attached to it. Hannah, Marius, and Devon boarded the carriage and sat on the very comfortable seats. Then Hannah released a bit of her magic, which seeped into the carriage.

“Master Callum Elsher’s sanctuary, please,” Hannah said.

In the next instant, the carriage gently and slowly rose about ten inches above the ground before moving on its own. Marius was amazed.

“How many such carriages does the clan own?”

“A hundred,” Hannah answered Marius’s question with a smile. “The number of clan members, including our leader and his family, recently reaches exactly ten thousand, but the majority of us don’t rely on the carriages. If the distance is far, we will either fly or teleport. The carriages are for the guests’ convenience. Not sure if the two of you have noticed, but you can’t access your magic within the estate. We have applied restrictive magic all over the estate. Anyone who isn’t a member of the clan can’t do magic here. Well, unless that person is a boundless mage.”

“That restrictive magic must be really powerful,” Devon complimented.

Hannah nodded. “It is. It has been in place since the time of the first leader of our clan, and it’s reinforced every year. We also have protective magic everywhere, mostly against the demons and other supernatural beings.”

After that, Devon and Hannah discussed different types of large-scale magic. Fucking nerds! Marius had no interest in boring things. He opted to enjoy the view outside. The carriage drifted past beautiful gardens, which were filled with all kinds of flowers, fruit trees, bushes and shrubs, and herbal plants, on either side of the paved walkways. Marius wasn’t an expert in herbology, but he recognized some of the plants in the gardens, and he knew most of them were magical, having medicinal, therapeutic, and other uses.

He could also sense the soothing sensations of magic everywhere outside through the open window on his side of the carriage. No wonder the Elsher clan members were so powerful. They were surrounded by magic every second of the day. Not many regions within the country had so much magic in the air. The air inside the Elsher estate was literally overflowing with magic. Marius didn’t know why the clan had so many buildings within the estate, but he assumed every single one of them had an important function.

ADULT EXCERPT

Callum didn’t know what was going on with Nash, but the younger man was a lot more touchy-feely that evening. Nash had also been quite flirty for the past two hours or so. He wasn’t shamelessly blatant with his words and actions, but he was definitely making it really obvious that he was interested in Callum. He gazed into Callum’s eyes a lot while speaking softly in that maddeningly husky and sexy tone of voice that he sometimes used, especially early in the morning before a big cup of coffee. He complimented Callum’s muscular body. A lot! Nash also stared at Callum’s crotch quite often, and he would be visibly blushing all over his cheeks, neck, and ears while doing so. Callum thought that was insanely sexy and cute, and it made him extremely horny.

Then again, in all honesty, everything about Nash got Callum’s blood pumping down south toward his nether regions. Callum got even more sexually frustrated when Devon and Marius behaved in ways that were out of the ordinary, touching his arms, shoulders, and thighs, and even the back of his neck while chatting with him. It took everything in him not to snap and pounce on all three men before tearing their clothes off and having his way with them.

“N-Nash,” Callum stuttered in astonishment.

The celebratory dinner was over, and everyone, aside from Callum, Marius, Nash, and Devon, had gone back downstairs. Callum had decided to sit on one end of the long wooden bench, which was placed in one corner of the rooftop. Then Nash had abruptly laid his head down on top of Callum’s thigh. Under normal circumstances, Callum would have been a hundred percent fine with it. However, Nash seemed to have intentionally done it with his face a mere inch or two away from Callum’s groin. Callum bit back a moan while struggling not to get an erection, but it was a futile attempt, and because his hard cock, which was straining downward toward his knee, was so freakishly massive, the resulting bulge was obscene and painfully uncomfortable because it was being pressed down by Nash’s head as it throbbed repeatedly. Nash sat up a bit and stared at the enormous, swollen area where Callum’s cock was located. Then he gasped.

“Fuck! That’s…wow! Shit! Is that real?”

Callum nodded in mortification. “Yeah. Sorry about that. I’m not going to make up excuses for my physical reaction, but I really can’t help it. I’ve desired you for a while, and I haven’t gotten laid for what feels like forever. Then you started breathing in and out right against my—”

He didn’t get the chance to complete his sentence because Nash had gotten up and straddled his thighs before kissing him so ferociously that it felt like the younger man was trying to suck out his soul completely. He was surprised for a second or two, but he wasn’t a fucking idiot. He had been given the green light to make out with Nash, and he was going to take it for sure. He had so many questions for Nash, such as what their relationship status was supposed to be, but he would leave them for some other time. He wrapped both arms around Nash’s lower body and made out with the man he had been lusting after. The two of them battled it out with their lips and tongues, and a lot of spit was traded back and forth between them while they groaned, grunted, and fought for dominance.

Callum totally lost the war when Devon and Marius, both of whom had been occupying a couple of chairs nearby, joined in, attacking his ears and neck, nibbling and lightly biting them. Marius and Devon also squeezed his chest and pinched his nipples. Callum had no choice but to surrender. He let Nash, Marius, and Devon do whatever they liked. He got so lost in the moment that it took him a moment to realize that Marius was whispering in his ear. He had to ask Marius to repeat himself because he didn’t catch the words.

“We should pause and head into one of the bedrooms,” Marius said with a snicker. “Well, unless you’re an exhibitionist, and you don’t mind people watching the four of us going at it right here on the rooftop.”

Callum laughed upon hearing that. “My bedroom. Let’s go!”

He didn’t resist when Nash, Devon, and Marius got up and then grabbed his hands before dragging him toward the staircases. Once they reached the first floor, where most of the bedrooms were, they ran toward Callum’s room. After they had entered the bedroom, Callum quickly shut the door behind them. After that, he pulled Marius toward him and began making out with the older man. Meanwhile, Devon and Nash were doing something similar right next to them. It wasn’t long before they started tearing each other’s clothes off. Not literally, but close enough. Then Callum got to kiss Devon on the lips while Nash and Marius were pairing up.

Callum didn’t know how he ended up on his back on the bed because he had been too focused on the feel and taste of Devon’s lips and tongue. However, he wasn’t surprised when Marius, Devon, and Nash started staring at, touching, and running their hands all over his cock and balls. His cock was twenty inches in length, and it was so thick that he required both of his hands to properly hold on to it. Even then, his hands weren’t big enough to fully grasp on to his cock completely. Each of his two balls was quite a bit larger than a single duck egg. Hence, his ball sac was huge.

“Damn!” Devon exclaimed, sounding awestruck.