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thought I was human or didn’t care about me being a fallen angel.”
“Yet you didn’t even think to warn me that demons could pop into my life?” I put my hands on my hips. “I’m half angel, like it or not. And how the hell did you miss that he was Death? Seems pretty damn obvious to me.” I clenched my fists as I yelled at her.
She trembled slightly. “With my abilities limited, I can’t always tell when someone isn’t human.” She snatched up her suitcase and motioned for us to continue forward like nothing happened. “Where did you learn to fight a demon?”
I laughed and it defused the situation a little. “My first night here Ruthie, Aeron, and I were attacked by one. Death summoned Ruthie one night and I went along for the ride. He’s been teaching me since.”
“Death…” She shook her head. “Many angels wanted him, but apparently he’s a one-night stand kind of horseman.”
I held my arms out. “Why didn’t you warn me about this? All those times I knew the death toll of a situation, every time I showed signs of anything odd you pushed it away. There was no Halloween, no scary movies…”
“I was trying to protect you. I didn’t want you to be raised to fight demons and be assigned a human to guard your whole life. I wanted you to have what I wanted.” She hesitated. “That’s neither here nor there right now. You’re a Child of the Apocalypse, that’s much different than being an angel.”
Had Ruthie been forced to watch over me my whole life? She had mentioned every creature held freewill, so she had to have chosen to stick with her assignment. “Either way, demons were going to become part of my life.” I pointed out.
“Not if you didn’t develop abilities. When you turned eighteen and nothing came, I thought we were safe. That’s why I let you move here.”
I whistled. “Boy were you wrong. Did you know that twenty percent of the United States population will die from the plague if we don’t find Pestilence and get him back to work?”
“You know the death tolls.” She nodded. “That’s the only thing you’ve been able to do.”
“Until now, now I can summon my weapon.” I shrugged. “From what I understand, this is what I am and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
She stopped in front of the hotel and faced me. She cupped her hands around my face. “That’s not true. You can leave all this behind you. Run from it and choose not to join the others.” There were tears in her eyes and I knew that’s what she wanted. “Come with me and I can protect you.”
I opened my mouth to say something, but spotted Ruthie behind her. “Ruthie!”
My mom kissed my cheek. “Just think about it, please. Think about those who care about you and make your choice on that.” She pulled away and turned around. “Ruthie, so nice to see you again.”
“Sorry I wasn’t there in time to help with the demon, Kaleb and I got trapped at the library by a low level one. By the time I made it, Sammy had it taken care of.”
My mother nodded. “A nasty one that was.” She sneered at Ruthie. “We’re lucky Sammy’s abilities started to shine through or we would have been dead. You should have been there to protect her.”
I didn’t miss the venom in my mom’s voice. “Okay, stand down. Let’s enjoy our weekend and we’ll work out our issues later.”
They both nodded and my mom held her hand out. “Truce?”
“For now.” Ruthie shook it. “Where’s the car?”
“It’s at the shop, it wouldn’t start.” I motioned to the hotel. “Mom, why don’t you get checked in then we can walk to the theater to see what’s playing.”
She nodded and kissed my cheek again before walking into the hotel. I looked at Ruthie and sighed. “She truly thought I was human. I got tossed around by the demon a bit, so did she.”
“You okay?” She walked around me, her eyes scanning over me and I imagined she was taking mental notes of damage. “Some dirt on you,
“Yet you didn’t even think to warn me that demons could pop into my life?” I put my hands on my hips. “I’m half angel, like it or not. And how the hell did you miss that he was Death? Seems pretty damn obvious to me.” I clenched my fists as I yelled at her.
She trembled slightly. “With my abilities limited, I can’t always tell when someone isn’t human.” She snatched up her suitcase and motioned for us to continue forward like nothing happened. “Where did you learn to fight a demon?”
I laughed and it defused the situation a little. “My first night here Ruthie, Aeron, and I were attacked by one. Death summoned Ruthie one night and I went along for the ride. He’s been teaching me since.”
“Death…” She shook her head. “Many angels wanted him, but apparently he’s a one-night stand kind of horseman.”
I held my arms out. “Why didn’t you warn me about this? All those times I knew the death toll of a situation, every time I showed signs of anything odd you pushed it away. There was no Halloween, no scary movies…”
“I was trying to protect you. I didn’t want you to be raised to fight demons and be assigned a human to guard your whole life. I wanted you to have what I wanted.” She hesitated. “That’s neither here nor there right now. You’re a Child of the Apocalypse, that’s much different than being an angel.”
Had Ruthie been forced to watch over me my whole life? She had mentioned every creature held freewill, so she had to have chosen to stick with her assignment. “Either way, demons were going to become part of my life.” I pointed out.
“Not if you didn’t develop abilities. When you turned eighteen and nothing came, I thought we were safe. That’s why I let you move here.”
I whistled. “Boy were you wrong. Did you know that twenty percent of the United States population will die from the plague if we don’t find Pestilence and get him back to work?”
“You know the death tolls.” She nodded. “That’s the only thing you’ve been able to do.”
“Until now, now I can summon my weapon.” I shrugged. “From what I understand, this is what I am and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
She stopped in front of the hotel and faced me. She cupped her hands around my face. “That’s not true. You can leave all this behind you. Run from it and choose not to join the others.” There were tears in her eyes and I knew that’s what she wanted. “Come with me and I can protect you.”
I opened my mouth to say something, but spotted Ruthie behind her. “Ruthie!”
My mom kissed my cheek. “Just think about it, please. Think about those who care about you and make your choice on that.” She pulled away and turned around. “Ruthie, so nice to see you again.”
“Sorry I wasn’t there in time to help with the demon, Kaleb and I got trapped at the library by a low level one. By the time I made it, Sammy had it taken care of.”
My mother nodded. “A nasty one that was.” She sneered at Ruthie. “We’re lucky Sammy’s abilities started to shine through or we would have been dead. You should have been there to protect her.”
I didn’t miss the venom in my mom’s voice. “Okay, stand down. Let’s enjoy our weekend and we’ll work out our issues later.”
They both nodded and my mom held her hand out. “Truce?”
“For now.” Ruthie shook it. “Where’s the car?”
“It’s at the shop, it wouldn’t start.” I motioned to the hotel. “Mom, why don’t you get checked in then we can walk to the theater to see what’s playing.”
She nodded and kissed my cheek again before walking into the hotel. I looked at Ruthie and sighed. “She truly thought I was human. I got tossed around by the demon a bit, so did she.”
“You okay?” She walked around me, her eyes scanning over me and I imagined she was taking mental notes of damage. “Some dirt on you,
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