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I hadn't seen or heard from Eligos since the altercation. I’d called out to him every night, but he never came.
    One day Danny was working with his dad, Lucian was going with his mom and dad to visit his aunt, Jake and Lily were working and I hadn't heard from Tyler. I made myself a cup of coffee and walked outside. I stood on the porch for a moment and looked down at the ground; all I could see was Tyler laying there, his lifeless eyes staring straight at me. I got pains in my chest every time I thought about it. My eyes started tearing up.
    “Hey,” I heard someone say. “Err hello, Earth to Keira!”
    I lifted my head to see Tyler standing in front of me.
    “What’s wrong?” he asked when he saw the tears in my eyes.
    “Nothing,” I said, turning from him. “I’ve got something in my eyes. I think I’ve had grease or something on my fingers and rubbed them or…”
    “Liar.”
    He stood in front of me and cupped my face, lifting my head so I had to look at him.
    “Tyler, don't,” I told him.
    He ignored me and went to wrap his arms around me. I put my hand against the top of his chest and pushed him away. He looked so hurt. I walked over to him and put my hand on his chest again, frowning. I knew I’d felt something. I saw a silver chain around his neck; it was quite long so it disappeared under his shirt. I pulled it out and froze on the spot. Attached to it was the bullet that had killed him, the same bullet I used to kill the ones who shot him.
    “It was in your hand after you’d…so I kept it,” he struggled to say.
    I couldn’t say anything, tears rolled down my face as I stared at the bullet. He wrapped his arms around me again and pulled me close to him. This time I didn’t push him away. I let go of the bullet, buried my head in his chest and hugged him back tightly. I broke down in tears.
    “Hey, what’s all this?” he asked softly.
    “I’m so sorry.”
    “What for?”
    “I should have stopped it. Eligos told me not to let my guard down, and that night I did it again. If I’d have been on guard all this might never have happened.”
    “Keira, it’s not your fault, it was nobody’s fault. Besides we’re all OK now, aren’t we?” he said, tightening his grip on me. “Please don't blame yourself.”
    “Every time I closed my eyes for weeks after, all I could see was you lying on the porch, dead, staring up at me.”
    “And all I could see was the last smile you gave me, before I turned around and saw you on the ground,” he said, moving so he could look at me. “I don't ever want to feel the way I did that night ever again.”
    “I know.”
    “Is this why you’ve been so distant with me?”
    “Yeah,” I nodded, wiping the tears from my eyes. “Every time I looked at you, all I could see was you on this porch; it was your eyes more than anything.”
    “Well, look at them now,” he said, turning my head so he could look into my eyes. “They’re looking at you now, they’re full of life, and it’s you that put life back in them. The person they are a part of worships the ground you walk on. He always has and he always will.”
    “I’m sorry I’ve been so cold with you.”
    “It’s OK; just promise me, you won’t be like that anymore.”
    “I promise.”
    “Good, because I have something else to show you, but you need to understand something. I thought you were dead and gone forever. I needed something to help me deal with that.”
    He took me inside the house and closed the door. He took his shirt off and turned his back on me. There on his shoulder blade was a tattoo of an angel, with long black hair, green eyes, purple-and-red wings, and dressed in black and red. Underneath it, written in Old English style text was my name. I reached up and ran my fingers over it, causing him to get goose bumps.
    “Tyler, it’s beautiful.”
    “You’re my guardian angel,” he said, turning to face me. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you.”
    Once again my