A Mother's Love by Melissa Storm

Author:Melissa Storm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Partridge & Pear Press

Elizabeth’s new home was filled with joy in the months that followed Floramaria’s birth, a pleasant difference from how the time following Daisy’s birth—and her own death—had been. She enjoyed being part of this new family. Floramaria was the third child but first girl, and everyone doted on her—not just the immediate family, but the extended one as well.

A constant stream of visitors flowed through the cramped living room, bringing home-cooked meals and telling stories, watching Floramaria as she learned to crawl. Her brothers, as they played nearby, kept watch over the newest member of the family. Elizabeth was happy her daughter had found such a good home the second time around, but also saddened by the fact that she hadn’t been the one to provide it for her.

She thought often of Theo and Tina, of how their lives must be in the wake of Daisy’s death, of what things would have been like for them all without the arrival of the Larsens, what things could have been like had she never died in the first place, had she been allowed to raise her daughter the way nature intended.

A few months after Floramaria and Elizabeth joined the family, the other angels decided to announce themselves—and they formed a veritable choir, the four of them plus Elizabeth together.

“I’m Julio,” one of them said. “She’s mine.” He pointed to the wife. “Alexis here looks after him, and Naomi and Vlad watch the boys. Not a lot tends to happen. And, hey, that’s for the best, right? So, anyway, tell us about you. Tell us about the new girl. You are a protector, aren’t you? You look like a protector. Not one of those…”

“Julio, hush,” Alexis warned as if they too were some sort of married couple.

“One of those what?” Elizabeth asked. She hated being the last to know, especially given what had happened the last time other angels had attempted to keep a secret from her—that had been the beginning of the end for Daisy. As far as she knew now, there was no plan. Although obviously there was a plan, it just wasn’t known to any of the angels yet. She hoped this time Peter would confide in her first. Was that too much to ask?

“It’s nothing.” Alexis shot Julio a dirty look. “He just meant the wardens, and you’re clearly not one of them.”

The other four angels shuddered.

“What are the—?”

“See?” Alexis gloated. “She doesn’t even know what they are. You must be a baby angel, huh? How many births has little Floramaria had before this one?”

“Just one.”

“Oh, wow! You are young. You probably even remember your human life, don’t you?”

“Yes, I—”

Alexis eyed her with contempt. “Well, be careful about that! Angels like you can really do a number on their charges.”

“Hey, that’s not fair!” Elizabeth felt meek and foolish, something neither Daniel nor Duke had ever done to her. She missed them now, almost as much as she missed her human family.

“This is true,” Vlad said with a thick Slavic accent.

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