The Price of a Halo (Costly Love Book 1)

Talking to Father

At the door was my father and an angel I had never seen before. That in itself was extremely weird because I knew all the angels that came and went in Heaven. The angel that I did not know had a lot of power. He kept it hidden but I could sense it somehow. My father seemed small compared to the angel next to him and he even seemed small compared to me now. That was weird because I felt more powerful around this mysterious angel than around my father. I somehow felt stronger than this random angel that stood on my doorstep. He may have been powerful but my powers felt enhanced next to him. I looked at my father and still thought that I looked nothing like him.

I guess I should describe my father since I keep saying I look nothing like him. Gabriel has wings of gold and silver while mine are red, purple, and blue. His hair is the color of fire while mine is the color of wheat. His skin is a very pale color while mine is somewhat tan. His eyes are ask blue while mine are a lovely shade of light brown. His suit is the color of ash and brimstone, while mine is a dark blood red. His sword is the color of blood and darkness, while mine is the color of grass and love. Gabriel is beautiful but extremely scary. He is tall and muscular from many battles. His many scars pronounce him as a warrior, the bravest of them all.

My father had us all sit down in my living room so we could discuss my trip. That was weird because only parents and their parents discuss the trip, not some random stranger who walked into the house with the parent. Gabriel wanted to know what I did while I was on Earth. He wanted to know what I saw and how I found the two angels who are no longer with us. I told them about the queen who lived in the castle. I talked about how I talked to the queen and found out who she was, the queen was my mother and she had many secrets. The biggest secret she had was that she was not from Earth or Heaven. The queen was from Hell and she was not just any demon. I told them that the queen was the devil. Gabriel looked shocked but the angel next to him looked infuriated beyond belief. I told them how I fled from her presence and went to find my companions. I told them my companions were in a bar drunk and had their true self showing in the presence of mortals. I then told them about walking up the stairs to find the two naked women that I could tell had slept with an angel by the smell and the looks of complete bliss on their face.

As I talked, I saw the strange man get angrier and angrier. The longer I talked, the more his color changed until he went to a dark red of total infuriation and frustration. As I continued to talk, I stared at the man. I continued to stare and started to see many similarities between the two of us. I saw the color of his hair golden yellow like wheat. I saw his wings that were blue, purple, and pink.

He had gorgeous light brown eyes exactly the same shade and shape as mine were. His suit was the same color as mine but I knew it was fabric and not skin. I asked the man what color his sword was and he did not speak but Gabriel told me that it was just like mine in shape and color. I didn't know the name of this strange man in my house but I knew exactly who and what he was in relation to me. Gabriel had another lie that was put on his sheet. He had told me that he was my father but he was not, the man siting so angrily beside him was.