Broken Wings: Genesis by A. J. Rand

Author:A. J. Rand [Rand, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781461000815
Goodreads: 6262503
Publisher: ToPS
Published: 2007-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

While drifting somewhere between the state of waking and sleeping, I started to become aware of my surroundings. The burnt orange color inside my eyelids told me it had to be mid to late morning at the very least. That surprised me on two fronts, the first being that I was an early riser. Sleeping late was not my style. The second was that I was pretty certain my living room was full again with my ‘guests’. As much as everyone seemed to want a piece of me, I hadn’t expected they’d give me the courtesy of sleeping in.

That made me grimace. Okay, so maybe not everyone wanted a piece of me. Ke had turned down a big piece of me––one I hadn’t offered to anybody in a very long time. I guess it was his loss. My mind wandered to Marduk and the thought of going over to thank him today. It was a pleasant thought, but one that was going to have to remain a juicy diversion in my mind for the time being. I would never get past the angelic militia camped in my apartment without giving them an answer.

I didn’t want to think about it, but I had finally reached the point of decision. More time might have been bought if that fourth trumpet hadn’t sounded. What was it Sariel had said? Oh yeah––Baktun. The thirteenth vessel in the Mayan prophesies that heralded the end of the world. I had no idea when the fifth trumpet would sound, which meant I had run out of time.

With a low moan, I rolled over and opened my eyes. I think a small part of me hoped the Grigori had changed his mind. There was a small dash of disappointment at seeing the empty space in the bed next to me. I had to scold myself for that bit of wishful thinking. He’d already made it clear he didn’t want me in that way.

That wasn’t true, either. I continued the roll that took me to the edge of the bed. Ke seemed to want me as much as I wanted him––or at least as much as I had wanted him last night. So what was the deal then? I had no clue and a morning haze over my thought processes. It didn’t make for a good combination to puzzle my way through to answers.

The smell of coffee filled the conscious part of my brain when I finally got around to leaving my room. But that’s not where I was headed yet. I needed to take a page from Ke’s book and hop into a cold shower.

After brushing my teeth, I stared for a long time in the bathroom mirror. It was a vanity thing, one of my morning rituals. Look for wrinkles, check for grey hair––I wasn’t any different than any other woman out there in that regard. In some ways, maybe I was worse. I hung out with beings that were thousands of years old and didn’t show their age.

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