*Meadow*"I talked with Viorra today, while you were with Aeneas and the Wind King, and she is so excited that Kade has finally marked her and she can hear him. I think it is wonderful." I smile as I tell this to Caleb. He tilts his head up smiling from his new favorite pillow; my belly."That is good, but why are you still a bit worried?" He says as he caresses me. He is wonderful, noticing small details like this, that I didn't even know it had me worried.I sigh. "You told Kade to take her to the pack lands, for safety. But she is supposed to be the person taking my place at the company, how is she going to do that if she starts missing work days? I am trying to figure a way to excuse her with Carter."He finally sits properly in front of me and, with a hand resting on my belly, he looks at me straight in the eyes. "Then perhaps they can remain in the city. I don't think the necromancers will dare to go in the city yet. We don't know exactly what they are capable of for now, bes

*Zareen*I feel weak.But the itch is gone.I want to smile and dance and scream and laugh. But I feel too weak."You will regain strength slowly, you went through a high-stressing situation, but you survived." I hear his soft whisper in my ear.That is true, I am in his arms, and he is taking me to my room. I want to say thank you, I know I should, but I am too weak. Am I?Why is it so hard for me to let others help me? Why is it so hard for me to let them be closer to me? Why is it that I can't say thank you? I hold myself tighter to him, this stranger who has helped me survive the hardest thing in my life."Is she awake? Can she hear me?" I hear my father say. Oh no, he must be so worried for me, I should really say something now."She is going to be ok now, Aeolus. But at the moment she is slowly recovering her energy and strength. She will be awake and be talking to us all in a few hours."My heart pounds faster, I really have to thank this stranger for knowing exactly wh

*Meadow*I am nervous and can't stand still; I pace here and there, everywhere. We have only been waiting for a few minutes, but I need to know what is happening. I want to know what is this creature aware of that involves our children. They are restless; they usually move a lot but now they are still. Waiting.A mental brush of warmth reaches me, and seconds after Caleb's arms wrap around me. 'Angels are creatures that never intervene with this world. They are constant watchers…'I nod and relax in his arms. 'And fallen Angels?' I ask.'They want more… they don't want to stay just watching… they don't like to be just observers and they change… it is not necessarily for evil, but some wanted to intervene by doing good too. They just didn't want to remain as observants.'' He says as he turns me around and kisses my lips softly.'So he might not be a bad creature, right?' I smile at him, hopeful.'If he is, he won't be able to hurt you or anyone. He needs more than that. We all are

*Meadow*After our talk, I feel relaxed and safe. I am not letting my guards down completely, but in some ways, having an Angel, fallen or not, at my side is a big deal. I try to ponder what his presence really means to me, apart from discovering yet another set of fantasy creatures that are actually real. When he is around me, I don't feel any alterations to myself. No behavior that would change is something I embrace. Cyrus' control of emotions and connections, powers or abilities, is a dangerous weapon which we have luckily at our side as well.Caleb is now preparing something for us to go out and explore the last area where the wind creatures saw the necromancers and I am waiting for him patiently. Demark is holding Pearl and I smile as I watch them both. He is very cute when he is with her, a new side of him."Meadow, why don't you try resting here with Pearl? It can be so dangerous over there." He says as both he and Pearl look at me.I chuckle and smile at them. "It has cros

*At some city, far from the forests*He watches her from a distance; she finishes cleaning the last table and then heads to the back of the bar and through the staff's door so she can finally change her sweaty clothes.Today was no different than any other for Eloise; she finished her part time job at the library as a bookkeeper and then, after lunch, she went to the other part time job she had at the local bar. It was hard to get used to it at first, but she was now fine with it. At the beginning, this was only temporarily, to get enough money to go to college. But now, college seemed far away, and she had made friends.Tonight she was doing a favor for one of those new friends, staying over extra hours while said friend was taking her son to the hospital again. Catty had been having a bad month with her son being sick and her bills piling up. Eloise knew this and didn't hesitate to say yes to give her a hand.This was not the first time he was watching over her. When he found her