Strangled Angel

6. Adrien's Unknown Past

"Trixie! That's why you came here? For that? For a stupid doll ?", Adrien screams in anger. "Ugh! And would you stop ignoring me?!" He turns me around by my shoulders so that I can face him.

"You feel like I'm a burden on you. Why shouldn't I ignore you? I'm only helping you so that you wouldn't have to bear with me.", I tell him. He really needs to stop making me confused.

"You don't have to worry about me. And as far as burden is in the picture, it's not only me, but me and my grandma.", he says pulling an annoying look.

"Fine, then. I'll leave you and your Grandmother alone. She really didn't have to worry about my place of stay and neither did you have to take me to the station out of concern. You don't have to worry about me either.", I spit out in anger.

I turn to walk away, when he adds, "Planning to take another hit? This time I wouldn't be there."

"I can take care of myself, thank you." I say out loud as I start walking away, no destination in mind. I didn't know where to go. Coel was there the entire time, listening to our conversation.

I'm glad he didn't do anything. He follows me and keeps looking at me in pity. He finally decides to speak, "So, you aren't going back are you?"

"I don't think so. Oh, by the way, did you find a way to turn me back?", I ask, changing the topic.

"Oh yes. I did get to know, but I don't have it with me.", Coel replies with a frown. He looks down and then at me, a little sad about what he discovered.

"What don't you have?", I ask, obviously wanting to know what exactly The Coel didn't have.

"Umm.. The thing is that, to turn you back into an angel, you need to swear to the black note, but you don't have yours.", Coel explains slowly.

"And so...?", I ask, a little puzzled at what exactly the problem was. We could just get another one in my name, right? What was wrong?

"Don't you understand? I need to get the book back. The same exact one you had. It needs to be the one you possessed before this incident.", Coel breaks it down. I sigh in disappointment and begin to worry.

"The same book? That's impossible! You would have to search and ask in all the libraries for that.", I reply the obvious.

An angel library was huge. It's filled with books that angels had possessed and have to possess through which they can lead the dead through the underworld. And these books didn't have any labels so all of them were identical. Only by going through the book would we be able to recognize if it's ours or not. So, if we lost it, finding it equal to impossible.

"Actually, I have. But none of them have it. I've been searching for a long time now. I never told you because I thought when I did tell you, I would hand the book over to you, right that time."

"So you knew all along? And you've searched through all the libraries?", I'm shook, honestly. Coel's the best.

"I kept asking the keepers for the new arrivals and that kinda made it easier. But, there is a way out though. We need to get a book that another angel gave back to become human.", Coel tells me something I have never heard before. I look at Coel and begin to think if I heard him right or not.

"There are other angels who live as humans too?! But, why would they give their books back?", I ask him.

"Well yes, there are. You aren't the only angel here. So, if you want to come back then we need to find a book left behind by another half angel, half human, like you.", Coel says it like its no biggie. But the fact that there are angels living amongst the humans has me so shocked. I would love to meet one.