She Speaks to Angels (34 page)
“
Understand what?’
“
You are not human anymore. You are like me. Your touch no longer diminishes my wings.”
I stood dumbfounded for a few moments, probably the same way Samuel felt as he stood in the grove watching me become an angel.
“
You mean...we can touch, kiss...”
“
Yes. We are the same now. The rules exist between my kind and humans only.”
I could have swooned and fallen into his chest. His arms caught me. “So, will you go to prom with me, now that we can touch?”
“
Is that why you didn’t ask me earlier? Because we couldn’t touch? I would have said yes anyway,” I told him.
“
I didn’t want to take away your only memory of Junior Prom by your being with someone whom you could barely dance with or kiss.”
I rolled my eyes and huffed. “You could have asked me.”
“
I’m asking you now. So what is it, Ali? Will you go with me?”
I paused as if there could be any question in my mind, but I wanted him to squirm just a little. “Yes!”
Kian grinned his largest grin, and then he took my hand. He walked me to English class and let me go at the closing door.
“
Time for first period. I’ll be here after the dismissal bell.”
“
Just like old times,” I teased.
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Except there is no high school demon to contend with,” Kian corrected, puckering his lips. We kissed, and the relationship felt real, like a real boyfriend and girlfriend. For the first time, I could show him how I felt on a physical level, and that felt good.
Walking into English class, I waved goodbye to Kian. As my eyes searched for my seat, I noticed the vacant chair where Dameon used to sit. His absence left me feeling satisfied. I had Kian all to myself now. I would be his AngelGirl and he my AngelGuy, and we would be able to connect on all levels now, not just emotionally. And Dameon would not be here to interfere, at least for now. I wanted to daydream about all the time Kian and I would spend together, discovering each other all over again. But throughout the day I couldn’t shake the itch to ponder all the unresolved problems.
Despite Dameon not being at Millennium High, he would still be in Manhattan, in New York. I would have to watch my back. Newborn demons would be encouraged to become Were and Fanged. The city would be at war. Dameon would be able to sense that Samuel still existed and would stop at nothing to kill him. I would have to learn how to fly and fully control my wings and gifts. What was my gift anyway? I still had that to uncover. And then I would have to fight alongside the angels to put a stop to Dameon and the newborn demons.
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At home that evening, my head felt dizzy with all the thoughts of the future...until Kian appeared. His mist crawled up alongside the window and through the crack and over my bedroom floor and onto my bed. Then the sun set, and purple-orange hues intermingled.
As the mist dispersed, his shape took form, and he had never looked more appealing. The colorful sky glowed over his golden skin, and my wings ruffled out of their skin shell in innate reaction. Tousled hair, with one leg up and the other down, I waited for Kian to slip in next to me. Didn’t take long.
He usually kept his distance at night while he watched me, but now he didn’t have to. There were no more rules keeping us apart. Sliding in underneath the covers, he curled up alongside me and our warm bodies exchanged heat, energy. For the first time we didn’t have to fear being close. We didn’t kiss. We didn’t have to. We stayed like this all through the night. Being this close after so long became enough for us...for now.
THE END
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