The Devils Son: Afterlife

3. Who?

"How long have you been here?" I ask while sitting on my cot still looking around at everything

"Not long" he says. When I look back at him I notice he was staring at me.

"What about you, how did you earn your spot as an angel?" He asks keeping eye contact.

"I don't remember, you?" I ask forcing myself to look away.

"Can't remember, apparently most angels can't" he says shrugging. "Probably something about keeping us equal or humble or something"

"Weird" I say as a blond woman walks up to my cot.

"Here" she says handing me a pile of clothes.

"Where should I change?" I ask looking around for a spot

"Don't be silly, we embrace our natural bodies here, change freely" she says smiling before walking away.

You're joking.

I look at luke n he's just grinning and shaking his head in amusement at me.

"Are you just going to watch me?" I say waiting for him to look away.

"I'd be doing a disservice to myself if I looked away" he says smirking.

"Unbelievable" I say under my breath before standing up and walking out towards the back of the building to the shower area.

I reach the shower just to find out it's out in the open, great. I walk behind a tree and quickly change. She gave me a navy green tube top thing and what appears to be this underwear. That's it. I saw the other girls wearing just this but I'm honestly contemplating putting my dress back on. I mean for god sake my ass is out, It's like a thong. This is too much embracing for me.

I make my way back into the building to find Luke has left. I put my old dress under my cot when a girl with brown hair walks up to me.

"Amy" she says putting her hand out for me to take.

"Charolette" I say taking her hand.

"The older angels around here train the new comers, I will be your trainer" she says smiling.

"How old are you?" I ask confused. She looks 20. Everyone looks 20.

"Well I died in 1340 at age 46 so I've been around here for a while, and I'm really not even that old in comparison to some around here" she says. "What about you?"

"Apparently I lived to 107, not that I remember any of it" I say shrugging.

"Wow, husband? Kids? I never married"she asks genuinely interested.

"I don't know" I say trying to think hard about it

"They usually tell you when you first get here, although they are very vague with details when it comes to us angels and our human lives" she says confused

"I wasn't told anything, maybe I was just alone?" I say kind of sad by the thought that I lived alone for 107 years.

"Well welcome to Heaven, as you can see there isn't a lot of angels, it's a prestigious privilege. Congratulations" she says changing the subject clearly seeing the sadness in my face.

Suddenly A guy walks up behind Amy and kisses her on the cheek before she turns around and kisses him.

"Charolette, This is Nate" Amy says turning back to me. "Nate this is Charolette, the newest angel" I give Nate a small smile and he smiles back and nods.

"I'll come find you tomorrow" Amy says before walking away with Nate.

•

I took a walk in the woods tell it started getting dark before making my way back to the sleeping quarters. Everything is so beautiful here, it feels like absolutely nothing could ever go wrong as long as I'm here, Its a feeling like no other. As I came up on the building I noticed that there is torches lighting everything up as hundreds of angels walk around the cabin.

I walk past everyone, getting some looks from random angels before I make it to my cot. I hate being the new one.

I look over at luke as he's wiping blood off shoulder onto a wet cloth. His wings are out and they are huge. He looks up and sees me staring at him and he grins.

"Training" he says answering my unspoken question.

I see him reaching for a spot lower on his back that he can't reach, I take a minute to think before standing up and walk over to him.

"Here" I say and he takes a moment before handing me the cloth. He retracts his wings and turns.

His scars have healed but the dry blood still runs down his back. I begin wiping away the blood as I stare at his back and all his defined muscles. I could feel the atmosphere change around us as he froze while I continues to clean him up.

I finished up and I handed him back the cloth before walking back to my cot. I could feel him staring at me the whole way.

"You got a husband or boyfriend or something" Luke asks after a while.

"I don't think so" I say shrugging. He just nods.

"You?" I ask just making conversation.

"No" he says before he walks away towards the showers.

Shit. Its just now I realize I completely forgot to go back to Christopher and mom. I stand quickly and start making my way past all the angels before I leave the hut and back down to the path heading towards the gate.

I shut the gate behind me before walking back down the path with the garden and my family in mind. The ground disappears like before and moments later the garden starts to appear. Soon I see Chris and mom talking when I run up to them.

"I thought you weren't coming back? What happened?" Mom cries when she sees me.

"I'm an angel!" I say almost cutting her off

"What?" Christopher says confused

"I'm an angel, look" I say and flex my back and suddenly my wings appear, still hurting but less painful than before.

"Why?" Chris grabs my arm and spins me so he can have a better look at my wings as my mom just stares in shock.

"I'm not sure exactly why, they just said it was for something like devoting my life to something or changed a life around me or something" I say shrugging, I really wish I knew why.

"Your kidding? They gave you wings for putting up with him?" Chris says shaking his head.

"Who?"