Page 82 of The Angel's Kiss
“Monique, it’s safe here. See, no one will bother you. We have to go,” Rai said. “I know this place is strange and scary. But you need to be brave.”
Monique hugged him suddenly and he hugged her back. “I’ll stay,” she said.
There was something about Rai that made people want to trust him. I didn’t know if it was his ethereal beauty or his personality, probably both. It may also be his aura, that of a Guardian that instilled hope and trust in those he protected. Whatever the case, Monique walked into that room and took a seat closest to the door.
Survival instincts were what kept her alive.
“Follow me,” The Owner said, then he led Rai and me to the back room. I’d never been, but knew of its existence. A portal to all things, to all worlds. “You must become one now.”
“Okay,” Rai said, then he turned to me. “Are you ready?”
“Take me deep inside of you,” I said with a seductive tone on purpose.
Rai scoffed, but smiled. “That’s my line.”
“Ooooh, yes, baby,” I purred and he grabbed me by the back of my head and pulled my face down for a kiss that rocked my demonic soul.
“I love you,” Rai said. “I think I have for a long while.”
Hearing the words again and knowing they came from Rai was everything to me. I’d never had such genuine words spoken to me, let alone words of love. Nothing I’d ever done in my entire demonic existence gave me so much joy and fulfillment than knowing that Rai loved me. That I belonged to him and he to me. I knew my eyes were glowing because I could see their indigo reflection in Rai’s turquoise gaze.
“I love you and yes, I have for a long time,” I said.
I didn’t know what emotion it was that I felt whenever I looked at him or was in his presence. I just knew I could not lose him. I could not exist without him.
Love... that was what it was we both felt. Love, a four-letter word that was bigger than anything. I would fight for love, die for it, my love for him. For Rai.
I kissed him again and when we parted, The Owner was smiling at us.
“What?” Rai asked, because that was his style.
“I’m glad to see that you have become enlightened,” The Owner said.
Rai smiled then and nodded. He turned back to me. “Let’s do this.”
I nodded and when he closed his eyes, I felt him draw me inside of him and I embraced his pull. Soon, I was filled with the warmness of his essence, of his body. I could see what he saw, hear what he heard. We were one.
“You are finally ready, Rai Harrington and Azazel,” The Owner said.
“I’m ready, but still a little scared shitless,” Rai said.
The Owner nodded.
“I’ve got you, baby,” I told him.
I felt his body heat up and knew that he felt comforted by my words and presence. I’d never abandon him.
The Owner stood in front of a set of black double doors and traced a symbol on them as he chanted a phrase I had no knowledge of. The doors opened to a red light in a room with swirling red and black smoke. A normal person would have to be insane to walk inside that portal, but Rai was a Guardian. The last line of defense for the human race and he had me. He could do this.
Rai took a deep breath and entered.
Chapter twenty-four
Rai
In For the Fight of Their Lives
The portal felt coldon my flesh and it was powerful, pulling me through it so fast, my skin felt the velocity of the speed at which I traveled. It kind of stung. When I landed, I fell to one knee, panting and sweating. It was the most intense teleportation I’d ever experienced and I was at my height of strength because I had Azazel with me.
