Page 49 of Far From Center
She stopped abruptly. “Seriously? I mean, you can really do that? And I wouldn’t drown?”
He turned to face her. “Well, if I tried to share that with you now, we’d both drown. But as an angel, I can give you the ability to breathe underwater.” He reached out and ran his fingers through her wet hair. “I could gift that to you, so you’d always be able to breathe in the water, even when you’re not with me. It wouldn’t be quite the same as becoming the ocean, but it would be close.”
Her heart twisted. He’d do this? He’d give her something so precious? He’d said that angels liked to give gifts, but she’d never heard of them doing such a thing as this. She’d always assumed that the gift that Gabriel’s eldest brother had given her was a once-in-a-trillion event. And she’d always felt that gift was more about showing how much the angel loved Sam than any feelings for her. She was like Sam’s adopted daughter, therefore Sam’s angel also saw her in that regard.
But this…this would be a gift for her alone. And from an angel she’d, accidently, turned into a human. “I would love that, but I’ve done nothing to deserve such a thing,” she confessed.
He tilted his head, an adorable smile curling up those beautiful lips. Once again, he was so earnestly transparent. It was like she could see right down into his heart even without her gift. “Nyalla, you’re my friend and my love. You deserve such a gift just by being you. There is no need to do anything else.”
It was one of the nicest things anyone had ever said to her, and she felt her eyes tear up at the thought. It wasn’t just the gift; it was that he was so confident nothing would change between them once he was an angel again. She reached out her hand, entwining her fingers with his, and tugged him along.
“When you are once again an angel, I will be happy to accept such a gift from you.”
