Wingless ~Book Two of Winged~

Morning After

I wake up with my body tangled with Dominic's and a slight tingling sensation all over. I turn to look at Dominic's face to see he is already staring at me. I forgot that Demons don't sleep. He smiles and plays with a lock of my hair.

"Hi." I whisper and smile back at him, holding the black silk sheets close to my body. Dominic kisses my forehead lightly before getting out of bed and walking bare across the room and toward the bathroom. My cheeks slightly heat up as I stare at the red claw marks I caused on his back. I get up with the sheets wrapped around me loosely and follow Dominic into the bathroom. He has his back to the mirror some and is looking over his shoulder at the claw marks with a dark red towel low on his waist. Up close I can see where I drew a little blood. He looks at me and his eyes drift to the sheet around me and then his eyes go back to my face. He gives a half smirk and shrugs.

"I should get you back home. It's already morning there. Mihael will be pissed." He comments and slides past me, staring down at me, back into his room. He goes to the closet and shuffles through some clothes as I go to my shorts and slip them on. While I am leaned over, Dominic must have come up behind me because when I stand up straight his hands are suddenly on my waist and he is lightly kissing my neck. His lips lightly go to my back where he gently kisses every lash and scar before spinning me around and kissing the scar from Eli stabbing me. Suddenly he holds up a shirt and pulls it over my head. I watch him as he walks back to his closet, dropping the towel half way there. He pulls on a pair of snug fitting black jeans and a dark blue v-neck before walking back to me.

"You ready?" he mumbles as he places another kiss on top of my head. I want to tell him no, I'm not ready to go back, that I want to stay with him longer, but I know that Michael is going to be mad that I went to Dominic when he specifically said no. I slowly nod and he intertwines his fingers with mine as we walk through a passage. We end up across the street from my house again where we just ended up going back. The sun is already in the sky. I am about to walk across the street when the front door of my house flies open and Etheriel hurriedly walks down the steps. Michael appears at the doorway looking furious.

"Where would she have gone?" I hear Etheriel raise his voice toward Michael.

"With you! You two were dating! You tell me where she is!" Michael yells at Etheriel, who glances back before shaking his head and walking down the sidewalk staring at us. He doesn't seem to recognize us right away for at least a couple seconds before he stops in his tracks. I look back at Dominic to see him narrowing his eyes at Michael. Michael looks where Etheriel is looking, and I was right, his face lights up with even more anger as he stomps down the stairs and past Etheriel toward us. His eyes glare at me and I take a step back. Dominic steps in front of me protectively and I hide as I watch Michael come to a stop in front of Dominic. I glance behind Michael to see Etheriel standing on the sidewalk staring at me.

"Where the hell did you take her?" Michael narrows his eyes and seems to sense the irony in what he just said. "You took her to Hell? Are you trying to kill her, her soul is already damaged enough, it doesn't need the extra weight of you and your joy rides to Hell!" Dominic doesn't move or respond so Michael reaches around to grab me. Before Michael can even touch me, Dominic grabs his arm and twists it into an unnatural position.

"Don't lay a finger on her." He growls and pushes Michael away. Michael narrows his eyes and laughs.

"She's my daughter, I can touch her if I want, especially if it is to get her away from a Demon like you." I try to ignore how weird the 'touch her if I want' sounds out loud. "Trinity, come here." I jump when he says my name and slowly come out from behind Dominic. As soon as Dominic is no longer in between him and I, Michael grabs my arms and begins to drag me across the street. I look back at Dominic, panicked, to see he is staring at me.