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as she was at me, the fire in her eyes made me feel warm inside. She cared enough to give me hell.
“No, of course not. Because you are so focused on trying to make sure that everyone sees your dark side that you forget when you let your good side out. It’s there.” She leaned down and jammed a finger against my chest. “Your heart beats pure. I know that because I don’t believe for one second that love can be born out of darkness. No matter what you do or what you say to convince me otherwise, I know you. You are my other half and with you I am whole. We complete each other. Light and dark. Both co-exist, and both can be used to bring good things into this world. I think that’s what we were always meant to do, Riley.”
I swept her up into my arms and kissed her. She squirmed against me at first as if she still wanted to have her say, but as I rained kisses over her cheeks and hair and finally her lips, they parted in welcome for me. I kissed her with a fierceness born out of love and possessiveness and gratitude for bringing her into my life. I wouldn’t ever take her for granted. She was right. I had a second chance. A second chance with her, and a second chance to right the wrongs that haunted me.
As I finally released my hold on her waist, I saw her cheeks were flushed, and she was breathing a bit heavier than normal. I grinned at her. “I love it when you give me a swift kick in the ass.”
“God knows you need it more often then you should,” she whispered. Then she smiled back at me. She held up her hand and put up one finger. “First, we’re going to find Bruno Proctor and get control of your little army back.” She flipped up another finger. “Then, you’re going to send them all packing.” She flipped up her middle finger. “Last, but not least, we’re going to give the archangel squad the ol’ heave ho and send them packing too.”
I laughed at her understated innuendo. I would be more than happy to give them the old ‘fuck you’ salute as well. “Anything else on the to-do list?” I landed a butterfly kiss on her nose.
“Well, there is the matter of that other original angel who has been sulking about for the last thousand years. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him yet, but Viho and Klein said he was pretty badass and damn near indestructible,” she said.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about that,” I said. “Even in my crazy, madness filled brain I had Adam in mind. He might be nearly indestructible, but I have a plan for him.”
“You are finally going to be useful then? No more Mr. Mopeyhead?” She pulled a long face and looked forlorn clearly making fun of me.
I started to tickle her, and she let out a short screech. “Shhhh,” I warned. “We’re in a graveyard. You’re going to wake the dead.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck and rocked back on her heels as she gazed up at me. “I think I already did.”
CHAPTER EIGHT – PAIGE
I was happier than I could remember being in quite a while, and that was despite the fact that there was still the rather insurmountable task of stopping an angel-demon war in front of us. Riley wrapped his wings around us again, and this time I heard him whisper words that I thought must be his way of guiding us to the right time and place.
I felt safe inside the small cocoon created by his arms and wings. It was as if, for a short amount of time, we could forget that the rest of the world existed. It was just the two of us. I liked that.
When his wings unwound from around my body, I blinked at the sun high overhead. We were in the middle of a deserted street. I saw the van parked next to the curb, though, and realized that we were back in Kansas City. I just didn’t know when.
“So what’s the plan?” I asked.
Riley strode to the van and slid the door open. Klein sat inside, and an arrow shot into the air square at Riley’s chest. My breath caught in my throat, but Riley caught the arrow in mid-flight and
“No, of course not. Because you are so focused on trying to make sure that everyone sees your dark side that you forget when you let your good side out. It’s there.” She leaned down and jammed a finger against my chest. “Your heart beats pure. I know that because I don’t believe for one second that love can be born out of darkness. No matter what you do or what you say to convince me otherwise, I know you. You are my other half and with you I am whole. We complete each other. Light and dark. Both co-exist, and both can be used to bring good things into this world. I think that’s what we were always meant to do, Riley.”
I swept her up into my arms and kissed her. She squirmed against me at first as if she still wanted to have her say, but as I rained kisses over her cheeks and hair and finally her lips, they parted in welcome for me. I kissed her with a fierceness born out of love and possessiveness and gratitude for bringing her into my life. I wouldn’t ever take her for granted. She was right. I had a second chance. A second chance with her, and a second chance to right the wrongs that haunted me.
As I finally released my hold on her waist, I saw her cheeks were flushed, and she was breathing a bit heavier than normal. I grinned at her. “I love it when you give me a swift kick in the ass.”
“God knows you need it more often then you should,” she whispered. Then she smiled back at me. She held up her hand and put up one finger. “First, we’re going to find Bruno Proctor and get control of your little army back.” She flipped up another finger. “Then, you’re going to send them all packing.” She flipped up her middle finger. “Last, but not least, we’re going to give the archangel squad the ol’ heave ho and send them packing too.”
I laughed at her understated innuendo. I would be more than happy to give them the old ‘fuck you’ salute as well. “Anything else on the to-do list?” I landed a butterfly kiss on her nose.
“Well, there is the matter of that other original angel who has been sulking about for the last thousand years. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him yet, but Viho and Klein said he was pretty badass and damn near indestructible,” she said.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about that,” I said. “Even in my crazy, madness filled brain I had Adam in mind. He might be nearly indestructible, but I have a plan for him.”
“You are finally going to be useful then? No more Mr. Mopeyhead?” She pulled a long face and looked forlorn clearly making fun of me.
I started to tickle her, and she let out a short screech. “Shhhh,” I warned. “We’re in a graveyard. You’re going to wake the dead.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck and rocked back on her heels as she gazed up at me. “I think I already did.”
CHAPTER EIGHT – PAIGE
I was happier than I could remember being in quite a while, and that was despite the fact that there was still the rather insurmountable task of stopping an angel-demon war in front of us. Riley wrapped his wings around us again, and this time I heard him whisper words that I thought must be his way of guiding us to the right time and place.
I felt safe inside the small cocoon created by his arms and wings. It was as if, for a short amount of time, we could forget that the rest of the world existed. It was just the two of us. I liked that.
When his wings unwound from around my body, I blinked at the sun high overhead. We were in the middle of a deserted street. I saw the van parked next to the curb, though, and realized that we were back in Kansas City. I just didn’t know when.
“So what’s the plan?” I asked.
Riley strode to the van and slid the door open. Klein sat inside, and an arrow shot into the air square at Riley’s chest. My breath caught in my throat, but Riley caught the arrow in mid-flight and
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