Page 90 of The Angel's Kiss
“I’m sorry I asked,” Monique said with a semi-disgusted but freaked-out look.
I chuckled, then took another bite of my food.
Rai just shook his head, all of this he knew about me, and still... he loved me. I couldn’t help myself, I leaned over, kissing him and he opened his mouth, letting me slip my tongue inside as we shared one hell of a passionate kiss. I pulled back and he gave me a peck before eating more of his pizza.
“So, you’re like ancient old, right?” Monique asked me.
I nodded.
“Have you met Adam and Eve? Are they real?” she asked.
“I have and they are, but not in the way you were led to believe how they looked. The first human was around the same time as the woolly mammoth. They looked very much like apes and they had a lot of hair to cover their bodies. Their natural way to acclimate to their climate. Like everything else, humans evolved as the Earth warmed. The woolly mammoth turned into elephants and saber-tooth tigers are just regular tigers today,” I said, then took another bite of my pizza as I was enjoying it. “Adam and Eve weren’t the pretty white people you’ve seen in drawings. They had darker skin, thick hair, and pronounced bone structure to be able to survive. They also weren’t the only ones, but they were the ones who were tested in the Garden of Eden.”
“Oh my god, this is so cool. I bet you know everything about everything, don’t you?” she asked.
I smirked. “You’d be right.”
“Oh lord, please do not feed his ego. It’s massive enough,’ Rai teased.
I laughed.
“I just think you’re both awesome,” Monique said with a smile.
That felt good. I looked at Rai. “I’m sure you’ll be hearing from Darius soon. I did speak with Terri earlier and they already knew about Satan,” I said.
“Oh, really?” Rai asked.
I nodded, then proceeded to tell him what Terri had told me.
“Well, that’s good. After that battle, I just had to sleep. I’m glad everything is settled and Lucifer is being punished still, that asshole,” Rai said.
I laughed. “Terri did bring up a situation that we find ourselves in, though.”
“Oh? What?”
I nodded at Monique. “What to do with her?”
“Me?” Monique asked as she chewed on her pizza.
Rai sighed. “Yeah, I’ve been thinking about that.”
Monique shrugged and looked down at her plate. “I mean, you saved my life. I can’t ask for more.”
“But you want to,” I said.
“Azazel.” Rai said my name in a way that let me know he didn’t approve of my approach.
“I... I don’t have anywhere to go,” Monique said, but still held her head down.
I looked at Rai and he was looking at her and I already knew what he was thinking. “Are you ready for that?”
He turned to me. “If you’re okay with it, then I can handle anything.”
“We really can’t send her anywhere and I know you’ll never feel at ease knowing she’d be unprotected,” I said.
Rai nodded. “It wouldn’t feel right to me.”
I supposed not. We’d gone through so much to save her, what a waste of our efforts it would be to leave her to the wolves. I nodded and Rai smiled, then turned to Monique.
