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.”

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 by him. So lost in

bringing her back to reality, she screeched, “What the

want to see my

t-shirt first, “And I’m not getting naked, I’m wearing

so she halted in her quest, and turned around to face him, but he wasn’t there.

looking more of a crimson red than orange, as he swam closer to the shore, his voice deep, “Hurry up,” he called from

trust him that much, so she slipped the t-shirt back on, she hadn’t thought of why she hid the barely-there mark on

her barefoot, expecting, well she didn’t really know what she expected but the

Kalbreal, who was now in the centre of the Saltril lake, she swam further in until he

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, she could see

lungs getting heavy, she focused on the brightness, and she saw it, his wings. They were expanded about two meters wide and a little over three in length

just a tiny bit to see his wings one last time, but the water got too hot in the instant and

water. Feeling exhilarated as fresh air soaked up into her lungs, her breathing barely regulated when the water scorched her

swam as fast as she could to the shore of the lake. Her

had just caught her breath, when she heard footsteps from behind her, she slipped on her jeans, “I could see it, but

get your name back.”

of Clare refused to believe it, she didn’t say anything more about