Page 76 of The Angel's Kiss
Fuck!
For them to go through such extremes to get to her, maybe they knew for a fact that Monique was the Chosen One. And since they had her blood, I didn’t need to go to the Magic Shop now. I needed to go to the Guild. We had to stop the demons.
“What’s going to happen to me? Will I become a demon?” she asked.
“No, that’s not how that happens. I think they needed your blood corrupted with theirs in order to activate the demon essence that was already lying dormant within you,” I said.
“This fucking sucks,” she said, tears flowing down her cheeks.
I hugged her. “I know... I’m so sorry you’re going through this. It’s not your fault. Don’t worry... I won’t let anything happen to you again,” I promised.
She hugged me tighter.
“Can you stand up?” She nodded and I helped her to her feet. I turned to see Marcel standing, yet staring at me, a mixture of awe and fear in his expression. “Are you okay?” I asked him.
“I was dead,” he said as he touched his freshly healed throat.
I licked my lips and nodded. “I brought you back,” I said.
He frowned and took a step closer to me. “But how?”
“Azazel helped. We are one now. Marcel, I will explain more, but we have to go. The demons have what they want and we have to stop—”
He held a hand up. “I get it. Let’s go.”
Being trained the way he was, he understood when shit was urgent.
“Give me your hands,” I said.
They did and I teleported us to the Guild, but I wasn’t allowed to enter. We landed outside of the border. Maybe it was because I was still bound to Azazel. We landed and Monique shook in revulsion.
“I really don’t like doing that,” she said and swallowed.
“I know, I’m sorry,” I said. But it was the best way to travel.
“Let’s go,” Marcel said and ran off toward the main building.
“Marcel, wait, take Monique with you,” I said.
Marcel stopped and turned, then held his hand out for her to join him.
“Is this place safe?” Monique asked.
For someone who’d been through hell tonight, she was holding up well. But then, I had no idea what her life on the streets had been for one so young. This could just be a regular day of the week for her with a little bit more horror.
I nodded. “Yes. Go with him.”
“I trust you,” she said then turned to join Marcel, only when she took two steps forward, she hit the invisible barrier. “What the hell?”
My thoughts exactly. I walked over to where she was standing and held my hand out, but felt nothing but air. Was it only Monique who was forbidden to enter? I decided to test that theory and walked to where Marcel was standing and yet Monique couldn’t join us.
“Holy shit,” Marcel said. “She’s a demon.”
“She’s not,” I corrected. “But she has demon corruption in her. I think that’s why she can’t enter.”
“If you’re merged with Azazel, then how can you enter?” Marcel asked.
“Because—” the voice of Darius startled us and we all turned to see him walking toward us. “You have reached the highest level a Guardian can, Rai. You and Azazel have become the Divine Weapon.”
