House Of Legions (The Angel Descendants book 1)

Liam frowned as a figure announced itself next to him, “I wasn’t expecting you here so soon.”

Kalbreal appeared from the air itself, sitting directly next to Liam, who had remained on the other side of the Bayou where Alexa had left him. The night sky still, windless, regardless of the invisible and protective shields lifted. He was watching the activities that were taking place across the Saltril lake, just to keep tabs on Clare. He wanted to make certain she was safe before he left, and get his fill of her presence.

He sipped from the bottle of cognac he had brought with him, to quench his thirst as he watched the ceremony. First, he eavesdropped on Alexa and Clare’s conversation, which really rallied him in the wrong way, for reasons he didn't want to admit. And then Clare’s loss of control. When she screamed, he hated that nobody even held her, or consoled her, that made him glow. He decided to loosen his mind, as his brother Kole, solemnly would put it.

He should’ve insisted Jullie be there, she would’ve known what to do, he was on his third bottle, when he was now interrupted.

Kalbreal’s face was faint, he wore dark stone denim and a cream loose linen shirt which was opened to the chest, revealing his chest.

Liam knew that look, there was something wrong, but Liam was not one to really care much, so he took a swig of his cognac, and Kalbreal scowled. He was not amused by Liam’s lack of compassion, clearly daunted by something, and that almost brought a smile to Liam’s face.

He knew Kalbreal better than he would openly admit, even to himself. The Angel was not easily swayed, his suspicion was confirmed by Kalbreal’s voice, it, was too soft, not crowded by his conceitedness, “Ceremonies are not my thing.”

“The rare few things we have in common, cognac.” He held it up, a bottle of Camus.

Kalbreal took it without a thought and gulped quarter from the bottles half in one go, “Deceptors, they do make a good drink.”

Liam slanted his mouth into a weak smile, “And food too, what’s up with you.”

was pretty versatile with all his years of speaking. When there were things to do he knew how to get it done, but now Kalbreal needed

in his eyes, and Liam knew it wasn’t

stash he was drinking, but then again, what better way to seek some satisfaction for his brother’s recent

happening with the ceremony. He stood up from the old wooden bench and

what was happening parallel from him, “The ceremony has started.”

on his plate already. He kept his back faced to Kalbreal, he’d known him long enough to know that Kalbreal was not one who you fooled easily but then neither was he - “Oh, when did he

much attention, he

to be all over

got up off the bench and walked toward Liam, “UFO’S,”

the looks of it, “Aliens and flying saucers, I wonder what’s next, you never could put anything past

“you would think by now they would have

but much less bulky, but older by at least a few thousand years, “There’s

laughed, “I would drink to that, except,

thoughts, soothe his horrors, but he knew there was no good going to come from

from what Liam gathered, Angel’s arrival seemed to stem from more than just the ascending of his son, “No, but I’m sure there’s more at the manor,

with Clarabella, have you

instead, he just admired the fire which mirrored on the lakes waters and the reflecting stars which dusted

it comes to the opposite sex,” Liam said, as he willed himself to stay calm, from hearing her full name spoken from Kalbreal’s lips, “I was hoping you’ll be more informative.” Liam flexed his jaw muscle, hating the sarcasm in his own words, and continued, “When I agreed to help Franchesca, I didn’t consider you to have an