in the bars parking lot, there was a few other vehicles parked and there was a car parked where a human family
was 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 wind
that could only be brought by demons
do you smell that? Xander asked softly
oh yea she replied wrinkling her nose the pair cautiously began to look around and then they heard the family
in the car screaming as the ground near their car suddenly cracked open
they aren't here for us they are here for them Xander said grimly he summoned his sword
and Kyra did the same summoning her scimitar swords
guess we get to have a little fun before we go home she said he chuckled
and 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
PRESENT DAY KYRAI was standing on the edge of the yard watching myself with the handsome white-haired silver-eyed boy next door watching him kiss me hold me we loved each otherknew each other so well Lucid dreaming again my heart ached for what was to come, the moment I died,it always happened at first, I tried to stop it only to realize I couldn'tI came to realize it wasn't just a dream but a memory that seemed to be stuck on replay inside my head,it wasn't my memory, not the present me but perhaps a memory of the past me in some life that had ceased to exist long agoshe looked only slightly different than I do now her hair was reddish-brown than crimson and black-streaked two-toned like mine was now,she was also slightly taller less curvy but she was also different in personality, she was less stubborn,
The morning of the placement trails dawned like a clear bell in Kyra's mind,she woke from her slumber stretching with a yawn in the early morning sunlightlistening to the sound of the forest waking around her, birds chatter in the treetops, insects buzzingthe nearby river nearby gurgled merrily,flowing along for the past two weeks she had camped out deep in the woods where she could be alone for her own intensive training in preparation of the day's challenges,she was as ready as she could ever be to take on the trialsshe got her towel and bath things out of her backpack, in the tent and went down to the river,she washed and herself clean and prepared for the day all of her focus was now internal she washed her fiery red hair and brushed it outand then carefully braided it winding it into a neat bun on top of her head so it wouldn't draw too much attention or get i
Kyra sat in her barracks and watched the remaining students complete the first round that is until it was Thanis turnknowing he was Gabriel's son they went all out on his trial even giving him an archangel as his opponentKyra rolled her eyes at the screen jeez what a show-off she grumbled watching as he strode out to face his opponentwhite and gold outfit battle outfit shining under the sunHe drew his sword proudly thrusting the blade up into the airThe stands were filled with loud roaring cheers from everyone in the standsKyra sighed just get on with it alreadyThanis began to do battle with his opponent so far he was holding his own with his swordsmanship he was also amazingly fast with his techniqueAs thanis crossed blades with his opponent a burst of power came out driving back the angel he had been f
she was thrown up suddenly hurtling upwards through the air at incredible speedshe closed her eyes feeling sick to her stomach when she landed on the solid ground again she began vomiting immediatelyshe was on the pavement somewhere in a city, vehicles were honking noisily sun was shining brightly it was the middle of the afternoon she caught her breath straightening uphumans were walking all around herholy shit! I'm on earth! she realized but the humans didn't seem to be able to see her they walked past her as if she wasn't thereSamuel, she called to her guardian he appeared immediatelyKyra, what happened to you? I have been searching for you everywhere how did you get here?I was summoned to hell by lucifer she informed himyou were what?he cried child your father would be turning in his afterlifeI don't think so this timelucifer summoned me because Azeaz
Woah she breathed as she saw a water spout shoot up in the distance as a pod of dolphins surfaced to breathe,she could hear their calls and seeing them swimming through the water faintly from the shoreshe began to feel excited as she raced across the sand along the edge of the water the view was scenic and breathtakingyou see that break in the trees ahead Samuel said pointing turn us in right there don't go too fast the house is right thereok great she agreedshe took the turn discovering a path through what turned out to be a beautiful jungle surrounded by treesand blooming plants on every sideKyra couldn't stop looking as her eyes took in everything so much color everywhere all kinds of exotic fauna and floracolorful butterflies fluttered among the many blooms of flowers bees buzzed busilybird
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
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
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
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
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
Thanis stormed into the rec room of the dormswhen he came in disturbing a few of the other new archangels throwing himself down into a nearby chair at a table with frustrationhis three buddies Aeron Ezera and Jordan came in from trainingThanis! our one and only best friend archangel buddy what's eating ya? Jordan sat down with a grindragging 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 andtheir wings even match his are silver and hers is goldyou should have seen he
as the seraphim guard found themselves surrounded by demons swarming past themand refilling the tunnels unable to hold back the horde even as they fought to destroy themtoo many were pouring out of the portal and they would soon be flooding the streets of new york once moredam it Raphael we need reinforcements! Nathaniel criedthere was a deep booming sound from above that made everyone paused even the demons froze in their trackswhat's happening? Xander yelledthere was a brilliant flash of light and from outside in the tunnels came the screeching sounds of demons dyeing someone stood in the lightbut it was so bright they were completely silhouetted the only thing they knew was that this person was an angelas wings were outlined against the light when the light fadedKyra stood there two pairs of wings u
The team quickly left and soon Kyra was busy watching the screens and directing the teamsthey had split up into units each unit taking charge of a part of her plan with so many screens around hershe felt as if she was playing a very real-time strategy video gamethe city was teeming with host troops who were in the battle fighting to protect the humansKyra's brain worked quickly and she relayed through Raphael for the surface team and Xander for the underground teamand soon the Seraphim Guard had taken command of the host troops and were utilizing them to swiftly implement a new planEverything was coming together well Kyra watched it happen staying on top of everythingKyra s plan was working very successfullywhile they used the host angels to round up the possessed humans depositing them at th
they were all gathered around the table to eat lunch sienna and Xander havingchanged their clothes Xander in a buttoned shirt and jeans and Kyra in a pair of jeans and a blouse aerilyn had lent heraerilyn had prepared lunch a meat casserole and a blueberry piethis is so delicious Kyra said eating the pie she was peeling off strips of the top crust of the pieand dipping in the filling and eating it with her fingershow did you learn to cook like this? Kyra asked theres this place near the academy that makes pastriesbut they don't taste as good as yours she said they are really dry and flakyand when you try to eat it the whole thing falls to pieces it makes you feel like you're eating crumbsbut I like yours it has a really nice chewy texture thats more like bread and it absorbs the sauce from the filling really welland your filling doesn't taste like