Shattering Halos by Sunniva Dee

Author:Sunniva Dee [Dee, Sunniva]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Paranormal
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2014-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19 — Come Along

Gaia

The wintery gust tousled my hair as we wound up the hillside. Ahead of us, the dirt road narrowed before transforming into a field of hardy beach grass.

Gabriel lifted me out of the car when we stopped. A girl could get used to this kind of chivalry. Feet carefully placed on the ground, I took in the wild lawn I stood on. It peaked out over a cliff, and far below us, the unrest of the sea beckoned alluring and alive.

The setting sun was a luminous orange that burned the clouds into reds and purples. Gabriel turned to me, his expression suddenly eager, and pointed to the horizon.

“Can you see it?”

“The sun?”

“Shimmer’s Edge.”

Squinting, I could see the outline of a tower against the glow of the sunset. The silhouette became sharper, transforming into a tiny island that should have been white in the ceaseless ocean. Instead, its contours flickered with amber streaks. Waves caressed the granite base in brushstrokes of sparkling magenta.

He took my hand and led me to the edge of the cliff, closer to the spectacle.

“Shimmer’s Edge was built over a hundred years ago. The townsmen had planned to name it after the state governor, but seeing the lighthouse for the first time at sundown, its glow made them change their minds.”

“Wow. Do they light it at night?”

“No, not anymore.”

With our legs dangling off the overhang, we watched the last rays of daylight paint the sky. When the sun finally dipped into the water, Gabriel pulled me to my feet. His arms formed around my waist in a snug hold.

“Trust me.”

I tensed with anticipation at the pressure of his body behind me. Before I could answer, the sound of a thousand restless feathers shook the air. I gasped in surprise, and then I was airborne.

Because I did trust him, I lost myself in the current and in the crimsons and purples of the sun saying goodbye.

Clutched beneath him in his arms, I was rapt in the sensation of gliding across the sky. Gabriel’s happy chuckle filled my senses when I, unconcerned with the cold and the altitude, opened my arms in the same “T” shape I’d used before. The wind gusts made his wings vibrate.

Shimmer’s Edge closed in on us. As if on cue, the sky eclipsed with the onset of the night in the moment we landed on the balcony.

The light flowing from the windows didn’t surprise me, but peeking through one of them, my jaw dropped. The size of the room defied logic. From the outside, the lighthouse was so small!

Gabriel held the door open for me. The enormous space, circular like the lighthouse itself, would take some time to get used to.

Cassiel’s apartment had been mind-blowing, but Gabriel’s abode didn’t just challenge my senses. It challenged my imagination too. Clearly, Gabriel didn’t have to pretend in this place.

Shimmering, cream walls stirred alive in a fabric that reminded me of silk. Their three-dimensional, layered texture expanded my vision of what simple partitions could be.

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