The Witch's Angel - #JustWriteIt #OnceUponNow

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I was lost in those gray-blue eyes imagining what he told me and my body remembered how it felt. It's like I didn't lose my memories at all but It isn't clear.

It's so frustrating to see those eyes with a rainbow of emotions dancing inside of them and not being able to reach them. I wanted to remember, I really did. It's confusing, I know but something inside of me tells me that I should remember all of it.

"Then how did I lose my memories?" I said and saw him straightening his back and clenching his jaw. "My... dad told me a little about it. He said that we had problems at the time."

"We didn't have any problems," he said with a stern voice, "we did have a little disagreement but nothing big just... you didn't want me to do something that I had to do. They took that opportunity of me not bring there and they took you with them." His eyes were shining with emotions, "I'm never letting you out of my sight anymore."

"Then why it took you four months to be here?" I said with hurt in my voice and he noticed too. He got up from the stool across from me and walked to my side spinning me in my stool to stand between my legs.

"Hey." He said in a soft, soothing voice, "I have been here the whole time. The only moments that I wasn't with you were when I had to solve the situations in Florence to know for sure it would be safe to take you back. I knew you didn't remember me and even if I wanted to be with you, I couldn't force you to remember so soon but I swear I didn't let you alone one day. You are not in danger." and I believed him. I knew it's stupid because I couldn't remember and he was still a stranger to me but I knew in my heart I could trust him.

"So what now? What do we do?"

"Simple." he said pulling me to his chest making that ache in my heart disappear and all his warm and scent wrapped my senses bringing calm to me, " We go to Florence but first we need to do a quick stop in Rome. You have to promise me something. " He tightened his hold on me.

"And what would that be?" I said melting in his embrace, "Never leave me." he whispered.

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We took a flight to Italy in a private plane, might I add the same day. It seems like mom and dad have been already informed of the plan and they didn't questioned why I wanted to go or if I had my memories back.

Now that I knew that I have met Gabriel well, actually dated him and so I could see it was pretty serious. I mean, I lived with the guy. It made me feel crazy, to trust some stranger-no stranger but he made me feel safe. In the end that's all that matter right now because I haven't felt safe this past four months.

"How are you? If you feel bad just tell me, okay? Said Gabriel.

"I'm okay." I said with a smile sitting in this comfortable fluffy seat, "Where are we going to stay when we get there?"

"We are going home, our house in Florence. Then, when we rest a little, we'll go to Rome to talk with my friend there, who's checking the security of our house." he said and I noticed that he always said 'our home'.

"Oh. You had all perfectly planned, didn't you?"

"You have no idea of what I have planned for us." he said with heat on his eyes. That made shivers ran down my spine and made me want to change the topic. I didn't think I was ready for that kind of interaction yet.

"It isn't weird?" I said, changing the subject.

"What?" he said, letting me change the subject.

"To fly on a plane when you have wings."

"Not really." he said chuckling and it was a really angelical which is funny because he is and angel, "I can't use them when we might get caught and we try to pass as humans, so I hope you don't use magic either."

"Oh! Is not a problem I guess." I said and it wasn't. I didn't really use magic when it wasn't necessary.

"Okay, we are here." he said looking through the window making me turn my head to the window, "Welcome to Florence. " After the plane landed, we walked out of the airport, called Club L. Gori, to the departure gate where a car was waiting for us. They left us at our loft, near the basilica Di santa croce di firenze that was 20 minutes ride in via dei Benci. It was a beautiful loft with two floors, on the first floor was a hall with a library. A principal bedroom and two guests rooms, kitchen and dinner room in the second floor. "So, do you like it?"

"If I do like it? It's gorgeous! We lived here?" I say looking around the place.

"Yes." was his cryptic answer.

"Oh, what kind of angel are you?" I said facing him.

"Grim." he said looking everywhere but me.

"That's like the angel of death? why did you contact me then?" I said when a realization suddenly hit me, "OMG! You didn't come to kill me, did you?" when the silent was the only thing that answered me "Gabriel?"

"Not exactly."

"What do you mean with 'Not exactly'?" I said taking steps back.

"They sent me to take your heart and soul." he said with a calm expression.

"That did sound romantic." I tried to jock his declaration, "but is not what you mean."

"Not exactly."

"Don't you have anything else to say than not exactly?" now I was a little irritated with all of this.

"Not exc..." I cut him mid sentence with a stern look, "Belle, this is more complicated than you think." he said taking steps towards me while I took steps backwards. That made him more frustrated than he already was, "I want to explain it to you but you wouldn't  understand." he walked a little more closer to me.

"Oh Christ! Don't go all Christian Grey on me." I said throwing my hands in the air.

"What?"

"You know! Christian Grey? When he told to Anastasia, 'my taste are very singular, you wouldn't understand'. I won't say enlighten me then if that's what you're waiting for." I said crossing my arms.

"Belle, what are you talking about?" he said with his hand in front of him like he has to defend himself from me.

"Just answer me." I said, dismissing his searching look that was most probable saying that I was crazy and I was. I was a witch after all. We were kind of crazy to other people, talking to ourself, one or two spells to this side and others to the other when I was bored but when it was about my forest I gave my thousand percent. 

"I was sent to take your heart and soul literally but that was almost a year ago." he was getting closer and closer to almost touching my nose,  "Now I want your heart and your soul. Indeed I do, Now" he emphasizing the now, " I want to own your heart and soul for myself."

My heart started to pound hard against my chest and the air left my lung caused by his unexpected kiss and my mind went blank just like that.