Monsters

Chapter 8

I feel so paranoid I hear her all the time. And now she's starting to move and throw things. This morning she threw a knife. This girl has some amazing aim because even though I ran. She still managed to lodge the knife in my right arm. Singeing pain shot up my arm.

I cried out in anguish. I knew better than to pull it out. I learned that from my short 'human' life. That's how I "died". But even as a child I was fascinated and enamored with death. So I risked my life chasing after a raven. It tried to elude me so it flew and knocked a very sharp branch into me. I pulled it out and suddenly all disappeared.

"Lourdes are you ok. I heard a scream." Michael called

Oh, bless that old man. He walked into the kitchen and saw how I was clutching my arm. I couldn't muster up many words but I somehow managed "Diodotus ......ghost,.....knife.....murder." And with that, I collapsed into a heap on the floor. The pain blinding me.

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I woke up. I think it was a couple of hours, maybe days later seeing how I was starving.

"I thought you would never wake up."

"A...Az ...Azrael?" My voice was low and hoarse after a while of unused.

"The poor guy was worried so much, he stayed until you woke up."

"How long have I been asleep?"

I propped myself using my left arm so I could see who else was in the room. I was met with Michael, Hoshi, and Bodhi.

"You've been asleep for almost three days."

Azrael came closer to the bed.

"Can you guys leave us alone for a second? I'll let you guys know if anything about her condition changes."

Everyone cleared from the room leaving the two alone. He went around the room closing the open door and windows. He then walked back over to the bed. I didn't expect him to climb onto the bed and straddled me.

He took my injured arm into his hands. He then took his arm and bit into it drawing blood. He held it up to my mouth.

"Drink"

I complied and gulped down a couple of ounces of blood. I didn't want to accidentally drain him. I pushed his wrist away. Licking some of the dripping blood from his arm. He pulled a bandage from his pocket to seal his self-inflicted wound. He pinned me underneath him which scared me at first.

But then he kissed me and I was met with the familiar taste of iron and something else. I believe it was raspberries. I reached up and linked my arms around his neck pulling him down and deepening the kiss. My legs wrapping around his waist.

He pulled away and said, "I don't want to injure you further. You sure you want to continue?"

I leaned up and captured his lips. Pulling him back down. Blindly, I found the buttons of his shirt. Slowly, I undid and stripped him of his shirt.

But of course, the moment was ruined when someone opened and came into the room. Causing us to spring apart. Scarlet blushes appearing on our faces.

"Well, I see you two are having fun." Igna always one to ruin a moment.

"Why didn't you knock?"

"I didn't think you'd be making out here."

"Which is why you should KNOCK!" I said and threw a pillow at her. "Az can you go get that pillow I just threw?"

He got up, picked up the pillow and shooed Igna out of the room. This time locking the door behind her.

He walked back over to the bed. "Now ...where were we ?"

We resumed as if nothing happened. Somewhere in making out my shirt was removed. The skin of our backs exposed. Our hands exploring the new territory laid before us. We pulled apart not wanting to go further. We just laid there looking at each other occasionally pecking lips as we cooled down. After a while, Azrael got up (still without his shirt) to get me some solid food.

I was in the middle of bringing some food back to Lourdes. When I heard a certain guardian angel land behind me.

"Man ...If you weren't Lourdes' I'd take you for myself." Vespa beamed looking me up and down.

"Too bad you're not my type, even if I wasn't Lourdes'." I continued to walk but she blocked my path with her massive wings.

"And what is that exactly?"

I refused to answer. Instead, I just blacked out the room and threw her over the banister. Wings adorned I just flew up to Lourdes. 'Vespa will be okay.'

The lights came back on and I folded my wings back in. Lourdes was sitting up in bed the room still dark.

"I'm going to turn on the lights," I warned before I illuminated the room. She startled me as she appeared in front of me.

"Thanks for the food Az." She said and pecked my cheek.

"The only solid food they had they had, that we'd actually really eat willingly was some baked chicken legs."

"Hey, I'll still eat it."

We ate in comfortable silence. But as much as I don't want to, I had to go. I put on my shirt and with some difficulty. Seeing how every time I buttoned up my shirt. She'd unbutton it again. I gave her a final kiss.

"You should get some rest.I'll try to come back tonight."

With that, I jumped out of the window and spread my wings. Waving her goodbye for now as I flew into the distance.