Their Wings

Chapter 26: Never

A/N: For making my completely awesome new cover :)

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Soft, barely there kisses were peppered from my ear down to my neck. A hand tangled with my hair and pushed it off my shoulder, revealing the rest of my neck and turning me around. I raised my eyes to meet his, and couldn’t help but smile at the love shining in his golden depths. This was the life, I thought to myself as Luke pressed a kiss to my cheek. His strong hands ran down my side to my hips, where they gripped possessively and pulled me closer. I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck, tighter and tighter until our foreheads were pressed together and we were sharing the same air.

“My love, my heart, my soul.” he whispered between kisses to my forehead, nose and cheek. I sighed happily as he pressed himself closer to me, his lips finally finding mine. I lost myself in the kiss, twining my hands into his hair and pushing myself harder against his chest. I let out a small moan as he swiped his tongue softly across my bottom lip. He chuckled slightly and that’s when I finally realised something was wrong.

I spun around to face him, and froze. This was not Luke looking at me with a smirk. Tall, taller than him, with dark olive skin and long black hair. His wings were silver, like mine, but these were tainted. Black tendrils covered the feathers, the tips of them ebony. I shivered as his huge hands touched my shoulders and then ran down my arms to encircle my wrists. He stepped forward, crowding into me once more. He pulled at my wrists and wrapped them around his neck once more.

Though I had never seen him in the flesh before, I instinctively knew his name, “Jevidana.” I whispered.

The All-Father chuckled and cocked his head, “Whatever is the matter my love?”

“W-what?” I stammered, pulling away from up and backing up a few steps.

He frowned at me and I suddenly became aware of the swirling mass of power around me. It was huge and scary in its intensity. He stepped towards me once more, reaching a hand out to touch me, “Ella, come here.”

I shivered as I shook my head. “Never.” I whispered.

“My darling, whatever is the matter?” he asked, worry swirling in his grey eyes.

“I don’t, I don’t belong here. Where are Luke, and Michelle and Alice?” I asked.

“Don’t you remember?” he said.

“Remember what?” I asked hesitantly.

He smiled and walked towards me. I couldn’t move, letting him come right up to me again. He placed his hands on my hips and slowly turned me around until my back was to his chest. He pulled me back against him until we were pressed flushed together. One hand moved to encircle my waist, while the other moved to my hand to intertwine our fingers. I felt his breath against my cheek as he rested his head on my shoulder.

“I was worried this would happen, but you have no need to fear my beautiful Ella.” He whispered into my ear. I shivered again, and he smiled against my skin, “I can see your body remembers my touch.”

“What?” I asked loudly.

“Look.” he pointed with our intertwined fingers to a point in the distance. At first I could see nothing but a mass of grey clouds, until an image began forming in its depths. I watched in fear as the image became clearer and clearer until it felt like we were literally in the image.