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Throwing his head back, he let out a genuinely amused laugh.

“Oh Pet,” he said, when he finally regained himself, “that’s not it at all! I told you it’s for your protection, didn’t I? That
is
the truth whether you wish to believe it or not. If they see you getting privileges such as food, water, and even that sack they’ll think that I favor you. I must admit that in a way I do,” he said looking me up and down with curious eyes. “I’m not sure why, but I do. But you’re an angel and I’m not, so it would never work, you know?”

I felt repulsed for some reason that I couldn’t quite figure out at that moment.

“Of course, I could always make it work,” he murmured to himself.

“I don’t want to be here anymore. Why are you keeping me here? I’m not a caged animal. I’m not an exhibit. Why Deveraux? Why not just let me leave?” I rambled desperately.

Looking down, he looked as if though he were trying to find the right words.

“I know you’ll never believe this, any of your kind, but we didn’t start this. We didn’t work with the Thunderbirds and we didn’t ask them to do this. It was a small sect of humans who thought the world would be better off destroyed so they pleaded with us first to destroy your kind. I refused as did the rest of the Elders. That’s when they got the brilliant idea to call upon the Thunderbirds,” he said sarcastically. “If only they knew that once they released them that the world would be worse than anything they could imagine, they probably would’ve held hands and just jumped off of a small cliff instead. Hell, if I knew that’s what they were going to do, I would’ve pushed them all over myself. I’m one of the few Elders that wanted to save your kind. In a weird way we need each other don’t we? Angels and Devils. Good and Evil. I like to think that the world is more interesting with you goody goodies around and now it’s just destruction and chaos. I mean I should be happy about that, but now there’s no one around to try to stop it so it takes the fun out of everything. I know it’s been days since I’ve left you in here Lucy, but that’s because I’ve been thinking of ways to fix this entire mess.”

Days? It felt like years.

“Would you be willing to join us?”

The look of clear outrage on my face caused him to quickly reword his request.

“No I don’t mean become one of us, I mean join our family. If we worked together and found the other angels, I’m sure that together we could rid the world of the Thunderbirds and get you all back to where you belong. Then we could go back to where
we
belong, because to be quite honest with you, I’m tired of living on the Earth when all I want to be is below it.”

I turned my back to him and looked out the small window carved out of stone. I didn’t know what to do. I desperately wanted to save my brothers and sisters, but if I joined them I’d never be able to go back home.
Don’t be selfish, Lucy, you know that they would do this for you.

“What would I have to do?” I asked quietly.

I heard him approach me.

I closed my eyes as I felt him trace a finger over the scars of where my wings used to be.

“Give yourself to me,” he whispered.

My mind raced. There was no way I could do this. I couldn’t give myself to
anyone
let alone one of his kind. It would damn me forever. I would be banished to into the hellfire and I’d never see my brothers or sisters again.

“I can give you your wings back,” he said softly.

I turned and faced him. He was standing so close to me that I could smell the faint sandalwood on him. That was something I desperately wanted. I wanted my wings back and to not have to hide from the Thunderbirds and the humans but if I gave in to his request I wouldn’t need them any longer.

“They’ll be beautiful, Lucy. The colors of dusk and dawn until the world is whole again, and then they’ll be the pure white they once were. Give yourself to me,” he persisted again running a hand over my face gently.

I closed my eyes lost in his gentle caress.

“Will you promise no harm will come to my brothers and sisters?” I asked quietly.

“I swear it.”

“They’ll never accept me,” I said opening my eyes and looking over his shoulder.

A small group of what I was now referring to as tourists had formed outside the bars. He turned slightly and glanced at the group.

“They won’t have a choice if you stand by me, they’ll either accept you or face execution,” he said more to them than me.

The group quickly scattered in fear leaving us there in the cell alone again. I couldn’t think of why I shouldn’t do this. I mean the eternal damnation would be something I’d never get used and I would miss the beauty of Paradise but if I did this one thing I would be able to start to save them all.

“On my honor, I will give myself to you and join your family,” I promised looking into his eyes.

He searched my eyes for signs of deception, but there were none. Angels can’t be deceptive and even though he knew that he had to be sure. Reaching down he placed his hands on my collar and began to unscrew the bolt that held it place when he realized it wasn’t there. He pulled off the collar and examined it. When he saw the bite marks a knowing smile crossed over his face and he looked at me.

“I see you’ve met Keilyn.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said with a waiver to my voice.

“Mm. I’m sure you don’t. She’s such a mischievous child. I could only imagine what she would say if she wanted to speak. She’s not mute you know, she just chooses not to speak. Not to mention that she must like you. Normally she’s the one that attacks and kills the prisoners, not frees them,” he said as he lifted me up into his arms, cradling me close as he walked up the stone winding steps.

As we reached the main hall, I saw most of his flock was watching us curiously while others did not dare to look in our direction. Sighing, I looked over to the right and I saw a head of white blonde curls jumping up and down in excitement. I knew it was Keilyn and I smiled. The group of children she was  playing with looked over at us and one of them gave her a nudge and she turned her eyes to follow the child’s stare and when she saw me she squealed in happiness and waved at me, revealing razor sharp teeth that I had not noticed before.

No wonder she was able to bite through the chains.

I waved back at her and she ran over to us, still barefoot but in play clothes; a cute denim ruffle skirt and a black V-neck shirt with a starry glitter patter shooting across the front of it. She looked up at me and Deveraux and lifted her arms. I thought for a moment she wanted him to carry us both, but instead he smiled and placed me into her arms. Keilyn held me with ease and squeezed me close to her before rocking me back and forth for a moment like a baby doll.

“That’s enough Kei,” Deveraux said reaching for me as she started to walk away with me.

She looked up at him with a pout before he grabbed me away and I looked at her. How could a child who was as kind and loving as her be such an evil soul? How could she be a killer when all she seemed to want to do was take care of me?

“She’s never seen an angel before,” he said reading my thoughts again.

“But doesn’t she know...”

“Of course she does. She’s very smart; more than some of the greatest minds I know. But she’s still a child and a child is naturally curious, no matter what they might be. And to be honest with you, having Keilyn on our side will greatly improve our chances of getting approval with the other Elders. She scares the hell out of them.”

He carried me in silence the rest of the way. We went up a grand staircase, then down a hall and took a left. There was another staircase there, but this one looked carpeted and curved slightly to the right. The hallway was dimly lit by small archaic lanterns and as he walked closer to the large double doors at the end of the hall I noticed no other rooms on this floor. I realized that this must be his floor. This entire upper wing of the house was his and his alone, and now he was taking me into his bedroom.

Eternal damnation, here I come
.

He balanced me in his arms and used a hand to open the heavy wooden doors. The room was big and it was beautiful. There were black curtains that looked to be made of silk carefully hanging on the windows. The bedroom floor was carpeted in gentle scarlet and in the center sat a large bed that was being held together by a black oak frame. The large mattresses were covered in black and white sheets that somehow seemed to fit just right with the décor in the room. The walls held candles in Victorian holders; tapers half burned away and new ones in the holders next to the bed. The faint smell of sandalwood that I had smelled throughout Deveraux’s opulent home was much stronger in here.

He placed me gently on the bed and went back to the doors and pulled them closed. I lay there with my eyes closed and heard the
click
of him locking the doors and began to tremble. This was forbidden. What I was about to do to save my brothers and sisters was
forbidden
. How could I disobey such a request to stay pure? It was a privilege to be as I was and now I was going to throw it all away because the devil with the dreamy amethyst eyes and the perfect touch said that he would give me wings and help me save the other angels.

“Be still Lucy,” he said as he came back to the bed and lay down next to me. “I have your word on your honor that you will give yourself to me and because you’re a goody-goody, I know that you won’t go back on your word. But I also won’t take advantage of how weak you are right now. I’ll let you rest in my chambers for the next few days and I’ll have Keilyn watch over you and keep the others away. I know she’ll keep you safe. You have three days to get better. We’ll have a meeting with the Elders Council in seven days and I want to show them that you are on our side,” he said as he pulled the sheets over the both of us and closed his eyes.

I closed my eyes and fell into a deep slumber with his last words of the evening running rampant through my head.

You have three days to get better.

Four

––––––––

W
hen I awoke the next day that would be morning, I opened my eyes to find myself staring into the large curious eyes of Keilyn. She smiled shyly and jumped off the bed when our eyes met. I pushed myself up and looked over the foot over the bed where she went back to busily coloring a picture.

There were crayons spread out all over the carpeted floor and she had a hard piece of wood to keep her picture from getting ruined by the carpet. I stretched out over the bed on my stomach and watched her as she drew and colored with a fierce concentration on her face. After a few more touches she smiled and held up the picture to me and I gasped.

She had drawn
me.
And she drew me so well that it looked like the picture was alive. I was standing on a mountain top half naked as I was right now and I had wings. Beautiful blue and purple wings with tips of dark orange. She had drawn me with the wings that Deveraux had promised me.

Keilyn stood up from the floor and clasped her hands in front of her watching me anxiously.

“Thank you, Keilyn. This is absolutely beautiful and it means so much to me,” I said sitting up and embracing her.

She let out a happy squeal and hugged me back placing the top of her soft curls against my face.

The door opened and in he walked looking as glorious as ever in a pair of black slacks and a crisp blue shirt that hugged his strong body like a jealous lover. He was wearing shiny black dress shoes and his hair was in place as it was before.

And he looked quite amused.

“I wish I had a camera right now,” he said with a chuckle.

Kei quickly turned her head and stuck her tongue out before going back into my arms to continue our hug. I brushed my hands softly over her hair and held her close.

“Is it okay with you if I show him what you drew?” I asked her gently.

She let me go and nodded, taking a seat next to me on the bed.

I held the picture up to Deveraux who held it in his hands examining it carefully. Finally after a few moments, he looked at her and crouched in front of her and spoke in a language that I was never meant to understand. I watched as she nodded earnestly and how he placed a hand on the back of her head and gently pulled her forward to kiss her on top of her head.

“Then I promise that’s how it will be,” he said smiling at her.

She grinned widely revealing her row of deadly teeth and gave me another hug before she skipped out of the room. He smiled after her before he stood and placed the picture on the bed next to me.

“She’s great, isn’t she?” he asked thoughtfully.

“I’m very fond of her,” I agreed getting to my feet.

“How are you feeling today?” he asked turning his attention back to me.

“A little better. I can stand on my own so I think that’s a good sign,” I said with a small smile.

“Very good,” he amended. “Would you like something to wear? I don’t know what angels wear but I’m sure that they aren’t naked all the time. Or half naked anyway,” he said stealing a glance at me.

I wrapped my hands around myself, covering my breasts, suddenly aware of how I was exposed again and nodded, “That would be nice, thank you,” I said softly.

“I’ll be back then,” he said as he retreated from the room.

After a few minutes he came back with a simple sapphire colored slip on dress and some soft black sandals. He also had presented me with a pair of black cotton panties.

“Don’t worry. I’ve given you three days, and you’ll have them. Well, two now anyway. Also I’ll turn on the water so that you can shower before you get dressed. You look a bit trodden which is understandable. I’m... I’m sorry for the conditions I kept you in,” he said quietly as he hurried through a door into the next room.

I heard the rush of strong current of water in the next room that reminded me of a waterfall in Brazil I had once went to. The tropical surrounding was beautiful and the water was so crystal clear that you could see everything below you. I remember swaying in the water watching the different fish as they swam below me and how the water felt as it crashed on top of me.

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