but I hadn’t
meant it to be funny. “Yes, all of this I can explain. And I also
want you to know that you aren’t in danger. You looked pretty
frightened when you first arrived.”
I nodded in agreement. ‘Frightened’
was a good word to describe how I’d felt. I had come to find my
dream visitor, not really believing I’d get the opportunity, and I
had gotten so much more than I’d bargained for. But I had to admit,
if this wasn’t a dream, finding this mob of people in the woods was
pretty cool. Now that I knew I wasn’t in danger.
Theoretically.
I allowed my eyes to sweep over the
rest of the small crowd, and I counted. Including Iris, the nurse
and my dream guy, there were eight of them – Piper and the boy she
had moved to stand beside. He had tied his coppery hair back,
exposing his striking face with its neatly trimmed scruff. He and
Piper held hands and were the exact same height. They must be a
couple and looked perfect together – both attractive and
slender.
My eyes moved to another couple beside
them, also attractive. They looked the same age as me, as well. The
boy reminded me of Ronnie – a tall beast with short dark hair and a
strong jaw, but his lips were thinner, his eyebrows bushier, and he
didn’t seem as cordial. The girl his arm hung around was a classic
beauty with flourishing auburn curls, long lashes and a killer
figure. A figure I would die for.
Everyone here was gorgeous. I suddenly
felt inadequate with my big forehead and flat butt.
The last of the group was a boy, also
around my age, who stood alone next to the beast and auburn Barbie.
I could tell he wasn’t short by any means, but next to beast-boy he
looked that way. His blond hair was almost brassy compared to Iris’
but shimmered in the firelight, and his facial features had a
feminine quality – round eyes with dark lashes, high cheekbones and
full lips. He seemed too pretty to be a boy, but like Levi, I
imagined most girls would swoon for him.
And then there was my dream guy in
front of all of them. My breath caught when my eyes rested on him
again. They could stay there forever.
Iris cleared her throat
pointedly.
I shook my head and took
another small sip. Focus. When my eyes refocused on her glowing face, I
realized that although she was beautiful – probably the most
beautiful of everyone here – she and the nurse were also the oldest
of the group. In their early thirties maybe? “So who are you guys?”
I asked, my voice shockingly small. I felt small in the midst of these
gods and goddesses.
“Well, Kat,” she said, looking to the
nurse for confirmation. He gave a terse nod of approval. “We’re
like you.”
A nervous giggle
escaped. Hardly. I was hardly like any of these people.
She disregarded it and motioned for
the nurse to hand her something. “What I mean is,” she said,
wrapping her fingers around the vial of blood he placed in her
palm, “we all come from the same origins as you. A divine
origin.”
It wasn’t clicking.
She offered a knowing smile, leaning
closer. “Angels, Kat. God’s army.”
Astonishment seeped into my
expression.
“You didn’t know?” she asked,
misinterpreting the meaning behind my gaped jaw.
“No, I… I kind of knew. My mom used to
be an angel. I just didn’t know there were others.”
“Not many. But there are.”
“How did you know about
me, though?” It couldn’t be on looks
alone, I mused . I didn’t look like an angel, or at
least as stunning as everyone here. They
all looked divine, like ethereal royalty.
She again looked to the nurse, and he
nodded his agreement. “Are you aware of what an aura is?” she
asked, focusing back on me.
All too aware. That’s why I was at
this school… I was scouted out because of my aura.
“Yes.”
“Good. Well you must know, then, that
your aura is different from most.”
“Yes. But I was told it was because I
was gifted. Nobody ever said it had anything to do with
this.”
She rested her hand on my
meant it to be funny. “Yes, all of this I can explain. And I also
want you to know that you aren’t in danger. You looked pretty
frightened when you first arrived.”
I nodded in agreement. ‘Frightened’
was a good word to describe how I’d felt. I had come to find my
dream visitor, not really believing I’d get the opportunity, and I
had gotten so much more than I’d bargained for. But I had to admit,
if this wasn’t a dream, finding this mob of people in the woods was
pretty cool. Now that I knew I wasn’t in danger.
Theoretically.
I allowed my eyes to sweep over the
rest of the small crowd, and I counted. Including Iris, the nurse
and my dream guy, there were eight of them – Piper and the boy she
had moved to stand beside. He had tied his coppery hair back,
exposing his striking face with its neatly trimmed scruff. He and
Piper held hands and were the exact same height. They must be a
couple and looked perfect together – both attractive and
slender.
My eyes moved to another couple beside
them, also attractive. They looked the same age as me, as well. The
boy reminded me of Ronnie – a tall beast with short dark hair and a
strong jaw, but his lips were thinner, his eyebrows bushier, and he
didn’t seem as cordial. The girl his arm hung around was a classic
beauty with flourishing auburn curls, long lashes and a killer
figure. A figure I would die for.
Everyone here was gorgeous. I suddenly
felt inadequate with my big forehead and flat butt.
The last of the group was a boy, also
around my age, who stood alone next to the beast and auburn Barbie.
I could tell he wasn’t short by any means, but next to beast-boy he
looked that way. His blond hair was almost brassy compared to Iris’
but shimmered in the firelight, and his facial features had a
feminine quality – round eyes with dark lashes, high cheekbones and
full lips. He seemed too pretty to be a boy, but like Levi, I
imagined most girls would swoon for him.
And then there was my dream guy in
front of all of them. My breath caught when my eyes rested on him
again. They could stay there forever.
Iris cleared her throat
pointedly.
I shook my head and took
another small sip. Focus. When my eyes refocused on her glowing face, I
realized that although she was beautiful – probably the most
beautiful of everyone here – she and the nurse were also the oldest
of the group. In their early thirties maybe? “So who are you guys?”
I asked, my voice shockingly small. I felt small in the midst of these
gods and goddesses.
“Well, Kat,” she said, looking to the
nurse for confirmation. He gave a terse nod of approval. “We’re
like you.”
A nervous giggle
escaped. Hardly. I was hardly like any of these people.
She disregarded it and motioned for
the nurse to hand her something. “What I mean is,” she said,
wrapping her fingers around the vial of blood he placed in her
palm, “we all come from the same origins as you. A divine
origin.”
It wasn’t clicking.
She offered a knowing smile, leaning
closer. “Angels, Kat. God’s army.”
Astonishment seeped into my
expression.
“You didn’t know?” she asked,
misinterpreting the meaning behind my gaped jaw.
“No, I… I kind of knew. My mom used to
be an angel. I just didn’t know there were others.”
“Not many. But there are.”
“How did you know about
me, though?” It couldn’t be on looks
alone, I mused . I didn’t look like an angel, or at
least as stunning as everyone here. They
all looked divine, like ethereal royalty.
She again looked to the nurse, and he
nodded his agreement. “Are you aware of what an aura is?” she
asked, focusing back on me.
All too aware. That’s why I was at
this school… I was scouted out because of my aura.
“Yes.”
“Good. Well you must know, then, that
your aura is different from most.”
“Yes. But I was told it was because I
was gifted. Nobody ever said it had anything to do with
this.”
She rested her hand on my
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