Safe, high above the city in a private aerie with a heavenly angel. Sounds romantic to me. Or at least it sounds like the possibility of romance! LOL Shall we find out if romance is in the air for Eran and Amaris? Enjoy this latest installment.
The Watcher's Guild: Sweet Nephilim
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Follow Your Dreams
Where was
the one called Eran? If this was all
true, he’d saved her. Saved her from a
demon from Hell. Amaris shivered. How was it possible? She believed in God. Went to church when she could, but the whole
angel / demon thing had never really made an impression on her. And if those two men were right... She stiffened. Could it be she was one herself?
“Is okay,”
the mouse squeaked up at her. “Eran is
good angel. You be okay.”
“How can I
understand you?” she whispered.
Carefully, she put out her hand, and the tiny animal climbed her fingers
to curl up in her palm. “I must be going
crazy.”
“No, little
angel,” came a deep voice. “There is
nothing crazy about you.”
Amaris’
head shot up, and she watched as the chestnut-haired man stepped inside the
huge window. Her mouth went dry when his
huge luminous wings folded and somehow disappeared into his back. She couldn’t say a word as he walked over and
sat on the edge of the bed.
“How do you
feel?”
It took
several tries before she could speak.
“Like...like I’m in a bad dream, and I can’t...wake up.”
He smiled
gently. “I’m sorry you were
frightened. I tried to get to you as
quickly as possible, but since Asmodeous was already there, I was unable to
prevent the confrontation.”
She barely
noticed when the mouse jumped from her hand and scampered over to climb to the
angel’s shoulder. “I’m so confused. Where am I?
What am I? Why is this happening
to me?”
Eran
sighed. “Your confusion is
understandable. All that you’ve known is
changing. I will answer any question I
can...help in any way to make it easier for you. It is what I’m here for.”
“What are
you?” she whispered. Before he could answer,
she rubbed her forehead. “I mean...I
understand you’re some type of angel. God!
I can’t believe I’m saying that, but I saw the wings. I felt your power. But why me?
Why did you come after me?”
He reached
forward and took her small hand in his larger one. The contract steadied her, just as his
beautiful eyes had calmed her earlier, during the battle. “I am a Watcher. My primary duty is to seek out newborn
Nephilim. Those who have just emerged
into their powers. As I said, we don’t
know who you are until you use your powers for the first time. It is only then, we—both good and evil—can
sense you.”
She shook
her head. “And I...emerged tonight? Is that why
I got so sick?”
His smile
flashed, and her heart skipped a beat.
He was so very attractive. “Your
new birth was precipitated by the attack.
It happens that way sometimes.
Strong emotion can unlock your true nature. Your fear of being raped gave you the
strength to allow those inner powers...powers you didn’t even know you had, to
come to the forefront. You were able to
fight off your attackers, but using that energy gave away who and what you
are.” He smiled again. “So I was able to find you.”
“And so was
that demon.”
Eran
squeezed her hand wishing he could erase the fear he heard in her voice. “He was there already. Asmodeous is a high-ranking demon of rape and
debauchery. One of the Demon Spawn
elite. He is very dangerous, and often
walks the streets just to cause mischief.
He had no idea what you were until you emerged.”
“But...now
he does.” Amaris’ eyes filled with
tears. “He knows about me. What will I do?”
Without
thinking, Eran gathered her against him comfortingly. He smoothed his hand over her naked back, and
pressed his lips to her forehead. “I
will protect you, little angel. It is my
duty and will be my joy. We have waited
long for one such as you.”
She huddled
against him as if absorbing his strength.
“I don’t understand. He said that,
too. Why am I so important?”
“You are
the first female Nephilim born in a very long time,” he answered her
softly. “And your emergence was the
strongest one I’ve ever seen. You have
much strength inside you. Power I will
teach you to use.”
A shiver
racked her. “And the demons? They won’t leave me alone, will they?”
He wished
he could tell her they would, but he was very sure the opposite was true. If she’d been a male Nephilim, the enemy
would have tried tempting him, but once under the protection of God’s angels,
it was exceedingly rare a Nephilim would turn corrupt. This female, however, would be
different. Satan would do everything he
could to bring her to his side, and temptation wouldn’t be their only
weapon. Her strength and uniqueness
would bring out the very hounds of Hell to capture her, willing or not.
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*Shiver* Too scary. To have all that evil after you. Thank goodness there is a heavenly angel around to protect Amaris. I wonder how he'll do it? Stay tuned for next Sunday's installment! And have a great week!
Hugs,
CJ England
Follow Your Dreams
http://cjengland.com/luckbealady/luckbealady.htm
4 comments:
This is just great! I wish the installments were longer as it feels like it is just getting to the good stuff when it ends! Cannot wait for next week!
I kinda wish they were a little longer also! But I understand...but it is hard to wait a whole week! lol
Can't wait to see the next installment
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