Angel Exalted by C L Coffey

Author:C L Coffey [Coffey, C L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912644087
Publisher: Axellia Publishing
Published: 2019-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Rogue Angel

The hospital Luke was in was East Jefferson. Although it was still very early in the morning, it was a busy hospital, and there was a constant stream of people and traffic. I didn’t really pay much attention to where I was going. I no longer had a destination. I had never made it to archangel status, and therefore didn’t have the ability to nip anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. I had been brought here by an angel and there inconveniently wasn’t an SUV to hand. Then again, I had just left the convent, so there would never be an SUV to hand.

I ended up at a Wendy’s. I wasn’t hungry, but I ordered a meal on autopilot, taking a seat in the window. What had I just done? I had nothing other than my weapons – my swords, at least – the clothes I was wearing, and one of the convent credit cards. I had abandoned the angels and left them alone to be ruled by Zachary, and most likely, Savannah.

More important than any of that, what was going to happen to Joshua now? Heaven would surely know Lucifer was possessing him by now. Had I done the opposite of protecting him? Would Heaven really see the sacrifice of one to be worth the lives of humanity?

If I was being completely honest with myself, the answer to that would be yes. If it was anyone other than Joshua, I would probably be agreeing with them. But it was Joshua. I refused to believe that I was made his guardian angel for him to die like that.

At that moment, despair flooded me. That. That was what I was supposed to be protecting him from. I had failed. I had let Joshua down in a way so catastrophic, there was a good chance it could end his life. My head sank into my hands, but no tears would fall. I felt empty and numb. It was like when Michael had died – I’d handed Joshua a death sentence.

And now what?

I discarded the meal I’d bought, leaving it untouched, and left the fast food chain. Outside, it was raining. I didn’t pay any attention to it. For the first time in a long time, my head felt clear of thoughts. Everything had been replaced with fog.

At some point I realized I had made it to the underpass of the I-10. The traffic on the interstate above was now at the rush hour peak. I stopped underneath, sitting down abruptly against one of the support columns and stared down at my lap, watching the water drip from my hair and pool in front of me.

“You look like you need this more than me.” I looked up as a cup of steaming coffee was thrust in front of me.

“I can’t take your coffee,” I told the homeless man.

The man sat down beside me, wincing as his knees cracked at the effort, and offered the cup again. “Call it a gesture of friendship,” he said.

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