Thanis stormed into the rec room of the dorms
when he came in disturbing a few of the other new archangels throwing himself down into a nearby chair at a table with frustration
his three buddies Aeron Ezera and Jordan came in from training
Thanis! our one and only best friend archangel buddy what's eating ya? Jordan sat down with a grin
dragging a hand through his hair with an annoyed look I saw Kyra today!
and you didn't arrest her? Aeron chuckled dragging up a nearby chair and sitting on it backward,
we cant! Thanis growled she didn't desert the host she was drafted and ascended into the Seraphim Guard, she's the Seraphim of Mercy now and she's mated too,
are you serious? dude thats huge! Ezera cried who is she mated to?
The Seraphim of Justice he answered she even has his mark on her neck and
their wings even match his are silver and hers is gold
you should have seen he
you're late a voice growled in the shadows as Azeazel entered a den hidden in the depths of hell to meet his allyof course, I'm late what the heck do you expect when everyone trying to hunt me down Azeazel snarledyou failed us the voice spoke again what do you want me to do? I told you that raising an army was too obviousand now I'm running for what little is left of my life because of you he answeredwe were expecting to lose some of our forces in the initial attacks to test the waters a necessary sacrificebut you got all of our forces destroyed and now the seraphim guard has its newest memberDaughter of Michael and we have nothing the voice snarled you are completely useless to usI did everything according to your plans even though I told you it wouldn't work Azeazel shot back you refused to listen to meGabriel might be a dumbass we can
Kyra woke up slowly she was wrapped in warm sheets in Xander's bed still she was aloneit was the early morning she had slept for several hours right through the night she must have been more tired than she realized but now she felt full of energyXander came into the room carrying a tray of foodyou're awake he said smiling I figured you might be hungry since you slept for so longI'm starving actually she repliedyour body must still be adjusting to the ascensionhe set the tray down as she sat uplet me go wash up real quick she said sliding out of bedshe rushed off the bathroom for a quick shower and brushing her teeth only to realize she didn't have any clothes to wearXander, she called him from the bathroomyes, love what is it? he answered coming into the bathroomI need to borrow something to wear she admittedhe chuckl
good morning Aerilyn said greeting her as she passed her in the hallwaygood morning Kyra repliedwhere are you off to? Aerilyn asked with a smileshopping with Xander he says going to take me to Los Angeles Kyra answeredLA is gorgeous have fun Aerilyn saidKyra waved bye to her and she went down the stairsmeeting Xander in the living room he had changed into a pair of ripped jeans a T-shirt with the words Phat Farmand graphic designs on the front and black jacket with white stripes on the sleeves and arrows in an X in the backhe looked really good you're ready to go he asked she noddedhe took her hand in his and led to the kitchen to a door in the back picking up a set of keys from a rack next to the doorhe opened the door to the garage her bike was parked here alongwith two other vehicles one a big black SUV and the other a lar
Xander not letting her use her own cards that her father left for her to pay for anythinghe was completely covering all her expenses todayDo you want to try Bloomingdales? he asked as they came to the store she shrugged I'm not very familiar with brandsthen ill introduce you he grinned he led her into the store getting the sales assistants to help andbuying her some nice outfits before leaving the store and entering the next onehe took her around from store to the next getting hereverything from casual outfits in jeans and blouses she personally preferredto beautiful fancy dresses with elegant high heel shoes that she protested she wouldn't have anywhere to wear themas lovely, they were it's not like angels went to balls or fancy events where they would be required to dress up all fancyhe still made her try them anyways so he could take pictures of her
in the bars parking lot, there was a few other vehicles parked and there was a car parked where a human familywas getting ready to leave as well it seems they had spent the day on the beach a dad with his wife and three children but there drifted the unpleasant scent of sulfur and rot on the windthat could only be brought by demonsdo you smell that? Xander asked softlyoh yea she replied wrinkling her nose the pair cautiously began to look around and then they heard the familyin the car screaming as the ground near their car suddenly cracked openthey aren't here for us they are here for them Xander said grimly he summoned his swordand Kyra did the same summoning her scimitar swordsguess we get to have a little fun before we go home she said he chuckledand they raced towards the family in the car at a dead run as a glut demon crawled out of the crack in the gro
30 YEARS AGO"Hey Shakyra where are you off to this early in the morning?"called the curious tones of my best friend.As I hustled out the back door and across the yard,Xander D'Angelos eighteen-year-old boy that lived next door,I peeked over the wall that separated our homes,and spotted him going through his usual morning Taiichi exercise routine with his dad.He was shirtless, and I felt heat flush my cheeks at the sight of all his exposed muscles,something that had been occurring more often lately.In recent months, I had grown very attracted to my best friend of the past seventeen years of my life,and it was getting ever harder to ignore, It didn't help that between his Japanese dad and American mother,he ended up with the
Xanders Pov"What the hell was that?" Azeazel demanded the moment she was out of hearing range,He was still going through the Tai-chi exercises,but he was pissed because of what I had doneHe had been the one to raise me and train me ever since he had found me In that orphanage."She's my true mate and I've decided that I will claim her"I stated"Xander we have talked about this," he said his tone told me he was at the end of his patience,"No, you talked about this" I responded pissed off as well" you're the one who told me that if I claimed her, I would be making her target for our enemies,that her life would forever be in constant danger, that I could never be with her if I wanted to truly protect her, and yet despite all of that,she and I are mea
Shakyra's PovI stepped off the bus at the Fifth of Maine street along with everyone else,Its was pretty much the main bus stop if you wanted to get anywhere in the city so it was usually pretty crowdedThere were a few younger kids who were on their way to summer camp,at the junior high school just across the streetthe kids were crossing the street at the pedestrian crossing in the middle of the intersectionwhen the sound of screeching tires on asphalt brought a halt to their little procession,looking up I could see an out of control car flying towards themthe other kids scattered dashing across the street in panic,and getting out of the path of the oncoming vehicle,all except for one little girl about eight or nine years old,she