Angel Warrior: The Complete Series by Angel Immortal

Author:Angel, Immortal [Angel, Immortal]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Fallen Press, LTD
Published: 2016-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

5

Gillian

I wake later to find that Brion is already awake, simply content to lie there and hold me. I’m not embarrassed by what we’ve done, but I realize there’s so much more I don’t know about him. “Did you have family? I mean, before you became an angel?”

He chuckles. “My little scientist, always full of questions.”

I blush. “Sorry. I’m not really sure what most people talk about, you know… after…”

“It’s fine.” He’s quiet for a moment, and the muscles beneath my hand tense. “So many of the men I knew had wives and children. But our jobs were dangerous. They were inevitably left behind when…”

“…when their husbands died,” I finish for him.

He swallows. “Yes.”

His words silence me, because beneath them I know what he’s not saying. He knew one day his job would kill him, and he didn’t want to leave behind a grieving wife and broken children.

“That’s why you didn’t remarry. Why you didn’t have children. You didn’t want someone mourning you when you died.”

His eyes open wide and he looks at me. “How do you know?”

“I just know,” I say softly.

“But it was more than that.” He can’t seem to finish, so I finish for him.

“You didn’t want to lose them either.”

He says nothing, but I can sense the hurt within him. And what else he wasn’t saying. What he fears more than anything now.

I sit up, staring down at him. “You don’t need to be afraid. I’ve already chosen a side. I love you.”

He closes his eyes.

I can tell he wants to believe me, but he is still afraid. “When I was in danger, it was you I called for.” And I love you. But for some reason, I don’t say the words out loud.

He opens his eyes, but gazes at the ceiling instead of me. “I knew there was something special about you, but I had no idea it would be something this big.” He gives me a gentle squeeze. “I’ve seen how seductive demons can be. I want you to know now that I love you. And if you choose the other side, I will still love you. I will understand.”

“There’s that beautiful heart again,” I whisper, cupping his face, willing him to look me in the eyes. “Brion, my heart lies with you. I could no more choose the other side than cut it out of my chest. I believe in truth, and honesty, and free will. And all of the things that make the human experience bright and beautiful. I don’t want to sacrifice that, no matter what they offer me.”

He finally meets my gaze. “I believe you.”

Suddenly I’m kissing him again. But it’s deeper this time. Brion lifts me over him, wrapping his arms around me and kissing me as if his life depends on it.

Maybe it does.

I want this moment to last forever. I wish time could stand still.

But I have machines to build and a world to save.

We rise not too long after, setting to work on the machine again. Our bond feels stronger and weaker all at once.

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