House Of Legions (The Angel Descendants book 1)

Kalbreal didn’t need to know that she was obsessing over William. She had many unanswered questions, to which Angel-boy seemed to have most of the answers, and so did her brother.

The wicked gleam and sudden broad smile that etched his face had her narrowing her eyes, “What’s the joke?”

“Do you still want to see my wings?”

She tilted her head, a grin playing on her mouth, “Will I die?”

“No, I can show it to you under the water, the lake’s blessed with healing properties, it’ll protect you as long as you stay emerged.”

“Okay.”

“Take out your clothes and get in the water and I’ll show you.”

She coughed out, “Angel-boy has seriously lost his mind.”

“Angel-boy? You couldn’t have chosen a better name, maybe hero or prince.”

She snorted, recalling a similar thing he said to her in his room the day before, “Prince, huh, that’ll be the day. ANGEL-BOY is much better.”

thoughts of William assailed her again. Mind drifting to the faceless man that had touched her and comforted her, as one would their lover. What’s wrong with me, she cursed her brain, cursed her skin, as it tingled with the urge to be touched

on her face, bringing her back to reality, she screeched, “What the hell.”

AGAIN, you want to see

back to him and started removing her t-shirt first, “And

and turned around to face him, but he wasn’t there.

eyes blazing hot, looking more of a crimson red than orange, as he

her back, she didn’t particularly trust him that much, so she slipped the t-shirt back on, she hadn’t thought of

looking at her legs. She touched the water with her barefoot, expecting, well she didn’t really know what she expected but the

felt. She swam closer to Kalbreal, who was now in the centre of the Saltril lake, she swam further in until he stood opposite her, “You okay?” at

of the water touched the inside of her mouth, it was clear and sweet, she was tempted to swallow, but rethought it. After seven anticipated seconds were up, she took in a lungful of air and swam down toward the lakes bed. Half down,

in length as it spread out.

a tiny bit to see his wings one last time, but the water got too hot in the instant and she couldn’t hold her breath any longer, she signalled him, that

a large amount of oxygen, freeing her lungs, as she broke free from the water. Feeling exhilarated as fresh air soaked up into her lungs, her breathing barely regulated when the water scorched

could to the shore of the lake. Her hair barely covered her black panty as she ran out

she heard footsteps from behind her, she slipped on her jeans, “I could see it, but not

since you’ll probably never get your

said it so bluntly like it was definite, but parts of Clare refused to believe it, she didn’t say anything