I held up the key card in front of her and she shut up.
“I believe the words you are looking for, Angel, arethank you.”
Valory sighed, pausing dramatically if only to aggravate me so.The desire to make this woman kneel, listen to my word, was overwhelming, but I knew now was not the time.I needed to get Mercy to the hotel, where she would be safe.Where she could sleep off Heaven’s jet lag.
“You have not done anything deserving of my thanks yet.”She held Mercy in her arms, taking one step forward toward me.She nodded in the direction I had arrived from.
“But the day isn’t over yet.Lead the way, Endor.”
I scoffed at her attitude, but my cock clearly had other ideas and I had to shift as to not to draw attention.
“As you wish, Valory,” I said smoothly as my wings flexed once more.
“I do hope you can keep up.”I smirked as I let my wings carry me up, into the dark night.Soft flapping sounded behind me, echoing my own wings, and I couldn’t help but feel like the night would be never ending.
CHAPTER2
Valory
Some things never really changed,and hotels are one of them.
Though the outsides may get fresh makeovers, the insides, the operations were solid and unwavering.I watched Mercy as she snored softly, like a baby.I knew the journey ahead of us wasn’t going to be easy, but I also knew more than anyone how precious life was, how people didn’t really appreciate the fleetingness of it all until they were staring at the end after thinking all they had was time.
Time waited for no man, and I knew we had only a handful of days to find Mercy’s body and give her the chance to live again.
But I’d also promised Matthew that I would do whatever it took to persuade a lost soul to our side.
The lost souls are like sponges, according to my boss.Impressionable and moldable, and being an angel would be the highest spiritual gift to someone who is lost.
That is something that was ingrained in me from the time I was old enough to walk.
Do good things and you’ll get into heaven, Valory.
My pastor’s voice echoed in my head and I had to wonder what he’d say about a situation like the one I was in.
Tasked with not only saving the sweet, precious soul that was the girl who walked into my office, looking for her place, but also put in the position of having to put up with a sourpuss of a demon who made my blood boil, who thought he was the one calling the shots.
So what if he’s hot?
He’s a demon, he can not be trusted.
And I need to stay one step ahead if I want this to end in heaven’s favor.
“You should get some rest too, you know,” I said as Endor stopped his pacing.
“I will not rest until Mercy has found her body,” he grumbled.
Maybe I was tired, or maybe Endor just had a way of getting under my skin like no one else, so I couldn’t help but respond.“And just exactlyhowdo you plan on doing that, hmmm?”
Endor stared me down with a dead stare that both made my skin chill and my insides twist with warmth.The sensations were jarring and overwhelming.
Endor held up his hand, calling a flame to his palm.I watched as the edges curled like ribbons around his fingers.
“Hold her still,” he said, the fire of his flames reflecting in his dark pupils.The hair on my arm rose like a ghost in the night, my breath catching in my throat.
A part of me was awed by his display of power, his ominous stature as he stood before us, wings slightly open, reminding me who he was.
Whathe was.
