Starlight by Olivia Wildenstein

Author:Olivia Wildenstein [Olivia Wildenstein]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Angels, Archangels, Love Story, Mates, Mysteries, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Seraphins
Amazon: B08RJTNKRB
Goodreads: 59430335
Published: 2021-12-27T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39

Naya

It was silly, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off my shoes.

After I’d gazed lovingly at them for the thirtieth time since I’d sat down for lunch with my parents in my home guild, Ama cocked an eyebrow. “You and your obsession with shoes.”

I startled. “I’m not obsessed with shoes. I just really like them.”

“Honey, you’re obsessed.”

Okay. Maybe I was, but the reason I couldn’t stop staring at this pair was because they were so me—unlike the jeans and black T-shirt that could’ve been anyone and everyone.

Where Ama was chirpy as always, Apa had barely said a word since landing in the New York guild after I’d texted him that my schedule had cleared up and I was free for lunch. Guilt-ridden as I was about my undercover mission, I’d barely held his gaze.

My parents were so perceptive that I once asked Ama if the ascended possessed X-ray vision that allowed them to look straight into souls. She’d laughed it off and guaranteed that no one, not even seraphim, could see through flesh and bone.

“Why are you so skinny?” he finally asked.

Ama cocked her head to the side. “Huh. You do look like you’ve lost a little weight.”

I tugged at the hem of my T-shirt, suddenly worried they’d get a glimpse of my mottled abdomen. “I just haven’t had much of an appetite.”

“Why?” Apa’s eyes had turned a frightening shade of teal.

The geometric petals on my sneakers went a little hazy as I evaluated how to best answer that question. “I’ve just—”

A ball of lime-green fur streaked through the cafeteria and leaped straight onto Apa’s lap.

Awesome timing, Nitznootz. I reached over and scratched the haccoul behind his tiny, perky ears.

“Naya?” One-track-minded father of mine.

I shifted in my seat. “My sinner’s surprisingly harder to reform than I initially thought. Not to mention she joined this humanitarian organization in Venezuela, and I guess what with relocating to Caracas, my mind has been on other things than food.”

Even though I kept my gaze locked on the purring creature in my father’s lap, I could feel my parents eyeing each other, then me, then each other again.

Ama finally sighed. “Tobias’s son reformed her right before you did. Maybe we can ask him how he went about achieving it.”

“Just took him two months to do it,” Apa grumbled.

“Maybe he wasn’t in a hurry.” I realized, only after I said it, that jumping to Adam’s defense may look suspicious. After all, my parents still weren’t aware that I knew him, and the last thing I wanted was for them to learn about it. So I added, “Most fletchings aren’t in a hurry to reach Elysium. I mean, look at Ama. She used up all her allotted time.” I wanted to pat myself on the wing for how subtly I’d slid the spotlight over.

Ama held out a green bean to Nitznootz who gobbled it right down. “I did. Almost paid for it dearly though.”

Apa’s lips flexed, the memory of how close the love of his eternal life had been to failing still fresh in his mind.

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