Chapter 1

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"I didn't find anything," Maria said, breathing heavily from running.

"Neither did I," my father, Sebastian Michaelis, said, approaching us.

"There has to be something! She said we might find clues here!" I almost screamed, tears threatening to fall down my face. I sniffed.

"Selena, calm down," my father said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "We'll keep looking. But we can't stay here forever. We have to keep moving or we risk getting you caught."

Dad was right. I was still half demon, half angel. Scientists and hunters were searching for me this very minute. We couldn't stay in one place for very long, but I was willing to risk it if it meant getting Mom back.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself. I had to think. Mom had said that we might find clues at the scene of the crime, so that was where we decided to start. As we looked, all we found was an empty field. There's no way something could've stayed here for ten years.

Then I had a better idea.

"I'll be right back," I told them, then unfurled my wings and flew high into the sky.

I heard Dad and Maria shout in protest, but I didn't listen. I had to get a bird's eye view of the field, or else I might miss something.

I carefully examined everything under me. The grass was green and dying, because winter was approaching. The trees all had few or no leaves. The ones that did, they were a crispy brown. Mom had always loved autumn. The trees changing and the cool breeze helped her relax. Our family had always been at its happiest.

But it was also this time of year that she died protecting me. Looking back, I believe that the hunters were actually after me when they killed her. Who would kill an angel?

I looked around and flew forward, trying to find anything that would help. When I thought I'd found something, I flew toward it, smiling.

Until I heard a gunshot, anyway.

I swiftly dodged it as I flew to the ground. A second shot fired, and a third. I dodged them, and then landed. I looked at what I had found. Here, there wasn't any grass, and it looked like tracks from a carriage. As I got closer to the dirt, I saw a dried, red patch.

It was my mother's blood.

I knew because it smelled like mine. I had a demonic appearance, and on the inside was the angel, hiding from the world the best it could.

I felt my eyes turn red and tears escape them. I squeezed them closed tightly, trying to calm down. We could follow the tracks and see where they take us, or-

I was cut off by another anti-demon gunshot. It grazed my thigh, cutting me.

I heard my father yell at me, but I stood my ground. I had to follow these tracks. I had to find Mom!

I felt more tears fall down my face, and then I felt another bullet hit me, in my side this time. They must be getting closer if their aim is improving.

I gasped as I felt another bullet hit me in my chest, inches away from my heart. I folded my wings tightly against my back as I fell to the ground.

I felt my father pick me up. I opened my eyes slightly to see him running back to our carriage, away from our only clue so far.

I struggled against him, only making him hold me tighter. I saw Maria, and looked at her pleadingly. We had to go back.

Maria nodded, and stopped my father.

"She found something," was all she said.

I felt my father hold me tighter for a moment, almost like he was hugging me.

He turned around and went back to where I had been shot down next to my mother's ten year old blood. He seemed to notice then same thing I had.

He handed me to Maria, whispering something to her. She nodded, picked me up, and ran back to the carriage. I looked for my father, and saw him following the tracks.

I smiled, and jumped from Maria's arms. She wasn't able to carry me by herself. I was almost as tall as she was. She smiled, put my arm around her shoulders and helped me run back to the carriage.

(A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of my sequel! I'm sorry its not that great,but I'm not great at writing the first chapter of a second book. Of course, I have only done this one other time.... Anyway, tell me what you think!)

And please check out my other books as well!)

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