Blessed by Night

Chapter 156  Learning & Informing

Malachi unconsciously squeezed his fiancé a bit tighter when he heard Nadine's voice coming from outside.

Honestly, he'd forgotten all about the friendly otherworld vampire he'd inexplicably collected, and he was already wishing it'd stayed that way. Begrudgingly, he stood up and carried Sei to the bed and wrapped her in the driest sheets he could find. Pulling back on his boxers and sweatpants, Malachi opened the door and allowed a blonde haired rocket to fly through. Nadine was like some kind of exotic bloodhound, excitedly sniffing the air like she was trying to ingrave the scent into her memory. On the ground and in the bed, she found so many huge wet spots that they almost looked liked puddles, and strange drops of what appeared to be black jelly. 'Or maybe...?'

Nadine bent down and stuck her fingers into the mysterious black substance. Just before she could bring it to her lips, Malachi reflexively grabbed her wrist and prevented her from doing so. "What are you doing? Don't be gross."

"I take that to mean this is what I think it is?" n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You know what it is and you're still trying to eat it off the floor?" "I would LOVE to get some the proper way. "

This time, Malachi didn't even need to say anything as Sei hurled a pillow at the blonde woman's head. Nadine seemed relatively unbothered and she gave his fiancé a disappointed look. "Don't be greedy, human. You should learn to share a bit."

"I'm already sharing with three other women and there won't be a fourth!"

"Eh? Why? Is there something wrong with me?!"

""Everything!""

Nadine puffed out her cheeks in irritation and folded her arms. "The two of you really know how to make a girl feel insecure. "

"Given that you literally forced yourself into our lives, I think we might be even." Malachi reminded. "Forced feels like a very strong word."

"The hell it does."

Breezing past the vampire, he lie on the bed beside Sei and rubbed the irritation out of his eyes. Nadine kneeled at the foot of the bed and placed her head in both of her hands.

"Aww, come on now. Surely you must see SOME benefit to having me around. I'm quite powerful you know?"

"I'm sure you are..." The longer Mal thought about it, he realized that Nadine may have been a tiny bit right. There were things that he wanted to know about after all, so maybe this was the perfect time to learn. "Nadine... why are gates showing up in this world?"

Sei also curiously looked at her for the answer, and to their surprise she actually seemed like she was going to be helpful. "Isn't it obvious? If we don't soften you mortals up before those abominations come calling then we die alongside you.

Or I suppose, saying that we die would be the wrong way to put it. But our lives would cease to become our own."

"What do you mean?"

"You've probably seen them by now. The mindless drones inside of the 'gates' that you call them. Monsters that wear the shells of who they used to be as they act on an endless appetite for destruction?

They fought against them at first too, and now that is the fate they have received. Living hollow lives, servicing the ones who killed them to bring more worlds underneath it's collective. Underneath it's leadership."

Malachi and Sei thought back to how certain monsters behaved in gates. While there were some who behaved relatively normally and even spoke in some kind of unknown languages, the bulk of them did not. They were just like rabid animals with dead eyes who had a sole interest in killing. No one ever discovered the reason why. Until now that is. "Why don't they just come and do it themselves instead of sending all of you??" Sei asked curiously. This time, Nadine shrugged as if she didn't know the answer to that either. "Generally, powerful creatures like that don't get to run around unchecked no matter what world they originate from. So it's possible that they have some sort of restriction that's buying you a few more seconds of breath. "

Whatever it was, Malachi was grateful for the extra time it brought. If they hadn't had it, the human race likely would have perished already. Along with most of the highers. "These overlords of yours..." Mal begin. "They're called nightmares, right?"

Nadine seemed surprised that Mal already knew that, and she attributed his intelligence to the fact that he was 'special'. As far as what exactly made him that way, she wasn't sure yet. "Yes, that's correct. They're called..."

Nadine's slender hand suddenly went to her nose and she examined it carefully. On her finger, she found a trail of dark blood running from her nose and her eyes went wide. "This... What was I talking about...?" Malachi and Sei watched as the bewitching vampire's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell onto the floor hard. "Oh, gods!"

"Nadine!"

He immediately went to her side and checked for a pulse before realizing that she was fine, just unconscious. He relaxed for one a moment before he felt himself becoming increasingly wary of these coming enemies. If they could harm Nadine all the way in this world where they had no real foothold, then just how terrible were they really?

And when the inevitable day came that he and his girls had to face that threat... would they survive that terrible collision?

It was a sobering thought to think about. -

Malachi didn't need to worry about fighting the nightmares. Because the way things looked now, he wouldn't even live long enough to see the first one step onto this world. In what was probably his dumbest decision ever, he and Sei appeared in the living room of his apartment while holding hands and with Nadine's sleeping body over his shoulder. On the couch, his other three girlfriends were all waiting for him, and it was looking like they were going to tear his head off his body. They were already mad at Mal for ditching them, but now they were even more upset to see him show up with another woman's ass so close to his face. "Who... the fuck.. is.. that..?" Anna asked dangerously. Her knuckles were clenched, Bianca was starting to warm up the room with her body temperature, and Luna was staring at him with an icy gaze that could terrify a mortal soul. Malachi could feel their rampant jealousy being thrown at him without holding back in the slightest. He had never been so turned on in his life. "Girls, that's Nadine." Sei explained. "She's okay... sorta."

"You're not off the hook either, missy." Luna said coldly. "How could you guys just ditch us to go and spend the night in a hotel?" Bianca asked. "I can literally smell you two all over each other... I'm so fucking jealous." Anna muttered. Sei smiled wryly as she waved away their complaints. "I-It really wasn't planned and I'm sorry we didn't include you girls. Buttt... look!"

Sei held up her hand and showed the three girls her new ring that was courtesy of Mal's own body. "Is that..."

"Yes, we're getting married!" She screamed excitedly. Bianca: "KYAAA!! OHMYGOD!"

Anna: "NO WAY! NO WAY!

Luna: "I-I GET TO BE YOUR MAID OF HONOR, RIGHT?? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND YOU PROMISED!"

In the blink of an eye, all three girls had pushed Mal aside and started jumping up and down, clearly happy for Sei. Surprisingly, Mal expected them to feel just a bit jealous of her but the longer he searched their minds, he couldn't find anything like that. There was only pure and unbridled joy for the one they saw as their best friend and sister. It was unbelievably touching, and no one was more grateful for this beautiful scene than the man who loved them all equally. One day, they would all be his wives in body and soul. And he couldn't wait for that moment. "What's with all the screaming??"

"Is everything okay??"

Not only Serana, but Aubrey and Aisha had come out of their rooms as well, both looking around for the source of the panic. """THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED!!"""

Serana: "NOOOOOO!"

Aubrey: "Oh my god, congratulations!!!"

Aisha: "You don't have any guy friends so I get to be your best man, right? We talked about this!"

While Aubrey picked Serana up from the floor so that they could congratulate her mother, Aisha went to embrace Malachi. She did not ask why there was some strange woman on his shoulder, and instead the two merely exchanged a congratulatory fist bump. "And just so you know.. you have my blessing, so stop wasting time and become my sister for real." he whispered. Aisha blushed as she looked at Aubrey out of the corner of her eye. "Shut up.. don't rush me."

"Whatever, scrub."

Eventually, all of the yelling woke up another occupant in the home who had been sleeping peacefully draped over Mal's shoulder. "Ugh, my head... why is it so loud in here..?"

Almost immediately, Mal felt a shiver run down his spine. With how loose Nadine's mouth could be, he was almost certain she was about to ruin the feel good mood in the atmosphere. I cannot stress how much I love music bro. It took me like three hours to write this chapter cause I was listening to the new teddy swims album while I was doing it. Me and my girl just kept dancing and I couldnt focus.