Awakening

Chapter 25

An Unwanted Past

As Basil walked with them towards the hangar's exit, he leaned close to Caliope and smiling he whispered to her "The ring suits you... congratulations sweet Caliope..."

She smiled and blushed, by instinct she looked down at her finger. The soft glow of the fabric ring was still there as if Amra had just put it seconds ago "Thank you... I feel it belongs there..."

"And it does! you belong to him as much as he belongs to you... my wife always felt fear for what was to come when she accepted to be mine, but once she was there, she felt it was everything she wanted... wish she was here to talk to you, but she is with our daughter."

"I believe you, and I am not afraid anymore, I feel safe... strange, with all this war ideas and suspicious people in every corner."

"Among all the Angels, you are with the most enigmatic and strongest of all, of course you are safe my dear."

"Enigmatic? what do you mean?"

"It is such a rare sight to see an ancient one, the others have been here and there on each earth throughout history, Amrafel came to Earth only, once... briefly... his presence only was strong enough for things to get solved. He did not need to do much but be here... and now, you are aware of all the things going on... and how he went from dormant to full awake, all because of you..."

She blushed and felt each word from him slowly slide down her body with a chill. Each time she heard people talk about Amra, it was almost as if they were talking of two different people. She felt flattered without doubt, and blushed smiling at Basil who chuckled and lowered his head "Oh I talk too much, my apologies dear... I do not want to overwhelm you."

"Thank you for your words, I really appreciate your warm welcoming and everything you have said to me, I really do." She leaned towards him and kissed his cheek. He took her hands in his, lifted them towards him and kissed them both "Enchanting... you have a safe trip now, we will see each other again soon at the main meeting."

She smiled and nodded as Elaine reached them both and hugged Basil saying goodbye. Pronab was a little sad to leave the Haven so soon but he agreed to return at some point. Amra politely said goodbye to all and held Caliope's hand until they took the cars and headed towards their airplane.

As soon as they took their seats, Caliope smiled and leaned on her seat with a new found peace and serenity. It was only after the plane took off that she turned to see Amra and chuckling she asked him "Where is our next destination?"

"We are going to London, it is not going to be too long to get there."

She nodded and leaned back in her seat, smiling as the next stop was as exciting as the previous ones. And the trip was short, they arrived at London's airport a few hours later, and since Caliope nodded off during part of the flight, she barely noticed the distance.

London was cold, and as soon as they left the main building and jumped into the waiting cars, Caliope shivered and squeezed Amra's arms searching for warmth. He smiled at her and held her close. Elaine took a coat from her handbag and offered it to her.

"Thank you, Elaine... I guess I need to use some of the money I earned working, with some shopping."

"There is no better place to shop than London, well... except for Paris, of course..."

Pronab winked at Caliope "She can have my business credit card, I never use it..."

"And I don't know why... but yes, give it to her."