Bloodfire Awakening by Indiah Winter

Author:Indiah Winter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Raph knew in his heart that if Kiz left him he wouldn’t be able to handle the rejection. In his life he’d watched his siblings fall from grace and had to observe from Elysium as they suffered and died painful deaths, forbidden to intervene.

Then when he’d taken a chance, his life had been flipped as he’d gotten his ass thrown in the pit.

He wanted Kiz to have a life. Not subject him to ill treatment by those who saw Raph as beneath them. His association with Kiz would damn him to the same fate. His sudden fear of hurting Kiz—emotionally and physically—made his bones lock, becoming unmovable.

“Do you n—o wanna mate with me, Raphael?” Kiz asked, jolting Raph back to the conversation. Kiz seemed to think hard before he questioned softly, “It ‘cause I no get pregnant?”

Jerking away, Raph looked down at Kiz, a lot confused. “Huh?”

All mate good for is make babies. I no even give him that. I kill self. I—

“Whoa!” Raph said, interrupting Kiz’s inner thoughts. “I don’t give a shit about babies, Kiz. Now if you think one more time about killing yourself, I’m going to chain you to the bed until you change your mind. Okay?”

“On Tibu, mate are good only—”

“You are not on Tibu, Kiz,” Raph said angrily. “We do things differently here on Earth. Number one thing is, matings are not done to further the species. They are done for friendship.”

“But Koro say babies are—”

“Stop,” Raph interrupted. “I don’t even know why we’re talking about this. I can’t procreate anyway.”

“B-but—”

Raph shushed the other-worlder. “I can’t procreate. I’m from an earlier group. I’m an ‘L’ model.”

“‘L’ model?”

Raph sighed. “The angel hierarchy is more complex than what you’ll hear about on the street. I’m not going to explain it.”

Kiz pulled away from him, slid off the bed, and walked to stand before the door leading into the hall. “You right.” Kiz’s voice came out raspy. “Get out.”

“What?” Raph jerked to a sitting position. He hadn’t meant to shout. The word just popped out without thought.

Suddenly, a mental block formed, keeping Raph out of Kiz’s head. He groaned inwardly, and his anger soared. He hated having to inquire aloud to get info he could pluck out of a brain in seconds. If only I had possession of my normal abilities…

Not knowing what had set Kiz off, he wondered aloud, “What do you want? I won’t bore you with stories of my people if you wish me not to. Just let me stay.”

Kiz spun around and said harshly in a clipped tone, “It ‘cause I dumb? That why you no explain your angel things to me? I not get you, Raphael. I not know what to say so you want me. I guess it ‘cause you think I’z too stupid to understand.”

“Kiz, you’re confusing me,” he said, running his hand through his hair. “I don’t think you’re stupid.”

“Then why you no teach me?”

“I will,” he said, still unsure. Was Kiz feigning interest? He has to be. “What do you want me to explain?”

“The ‘L’ thing.

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