THE FALLEN

THE FALLEN PROLOGUE

(ALEC'S POV)
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Fire surrounded the small cabin a girl huddled close to me as I held her in my arms with my wings wrapped around her trying to shield her from the fire I lifted up her chin placing a hand on my unborn child my little grace   "baby run you need leave raise our grace.".   She gasped and shook her head no.  "No, no I won't leave you we need you.".   Leaning my lips close to hers.   "My beautiful Claire oh how I love you.".   I then kissed her one last time before the hunters ran in and dragged us out the rope of the angels were around me weakening me I tried to fight them the best I could but all I had was mortal strength.  One Hunter held a blade over my wings then cuts them off  I hollered out in pain     "Alec, my love.".    "Claire run, baby.".   She falls on her knees in front of me   "I can't, I can't.".  Sighing I looked down seeing my wings laying on the ground.  I tried again.  This time with my mind.    (AL"baby, my, love please, please get away from here I can't live without you Claire.").     Lifting up my head to stare into her beautiful light-brown- eyes she reaches out to touch me when someone drags her away then the captain of the hunters came out of nowhere  I struggled to break free from the rope of angels I just had to try with the my beautiful Claire in the clutches of the hunters especially the Captain's I need to break free and save her otherwise they will kill her  (HC"all of this could've been avoided Claire all you had to do was be my bride and bare my children.").       (C"I would never love a monster like you.".)  Without a warning he back hands her a deep growl escapes me  as I fought the hold of the hunters.  Claire was thrown on the ground the captain on top of her I knew what he was going to do and there's nothing I couldn't do but listen to her pain as he forced himself on my mate   (AL"Michael please I beg you, please I know falling in love with a mortal was wrong but she is my mate I couldn't stay away please help her, please.").   Claire was begging me to help her but I couldn't I am nothing but a mortal man with the rope of angels tied around me.  Soon her suffering ends the captain let her go Claire crawls over to me she hides her small frame against me I felt worthless because I can no longer protect her kissing the top of her head whispering.   "I'm sorry baby, now would you please run.".   She met my eyes and after everything that she just went through. She still refused to leave.   "I love you so much Alec I will not leave you.".    Michael finally answers my call.   (M"Alec I cannot help her this is her fate and your punishment the girl will die.").    Shaking my head begging him to spare her he refused to answer the hunter finally drags Claire away from me.  She had her hands pinned behind her back as the captain stands in front of her holding out his blade against my unborn child my little grace.  He sets one hand on Claire's shoulder staring into her eyes saying.  (HC"well love having you was a tasty treat however this isn't my child and if I can't have you then no one can.").   I watched as he stabs my beautiful Claire in the stomach killing her and my little grace.   She fell to the ground as blood seeps through her fingers.    "NO.".  At that point I broke free killing two hunters injured two more the captain was gone falling to my knees seeing my whole world dead on the muddy ground my hands shook as I cradled my beloved in my arms my one hand on her bloody hands   I rocked her kissing her hoping that she was still with me but I knew she wasn't without Claire I'll never be one again she will always be my other half.   A hand on my shoulder I shrugged it off.   "I begged for you to help her and now she's gone.".    Michael sighs.   Staying quiet for a while.   (M"I couldn't Alec she was meant to die I'm sorry I truly am but there wasn't anything I could do.".).    Growling I held my beautiful mate closer to me     (M"Claire was meant to die in this life she will be reborn however you need to wait for two hundred years.").    Looking at him for a brief moment shaking my head.   "I cannot wait that long I need her now Michael.".    His hands felt warm on my back a searing burning pain shoots through me with a deep growl black long wings came out I wrapped them around her kissing her lips.  "Oh, baby what will I do without you?.".   Michael snaps his fingers and Claire was gone   "the same name, same features she has to be the same.".    He nods.  Then soon he was gone getting off the ground kicking some burnt wood around a pink of a half burnt blanket that says grace kissing the stitching like I was kissing my little grace then tied it around my wrist leaving my burned down cabin traveling this empty world for two hundred years without my mate and daughter.  I could fly if I really wanted to but my wings hurt from Michael I walked a long time all the way to the next town stopping at a pub walking in a few soliders were across the room one caught my eye   (BK"what will it be?.").       Shrugging.   "Don't care.".    He pours a glass of some sort of green liquid.  A voice in my head   (UN"we should talk we're alike you and I.").  Glancing over I saw the solider coming closer.  Rolling my eyes he sat down next to me   holding out his hand.   (Z"the name's  Zac and you are?.").   I ignored his hand.    "Look, man unless you can change the past or take me into the future then I could care a rats ass who the hell you are.".    He just chuckles   finishing my drink payed the barkeep and  left the strange man follows.    "Go away you crazy-.".    (Z"your a fallen.").    Halting in my tracks with my speed I had this prick up against the wall.  "How do you know that you a hunter because if you are I won't think twice of killing you.".    (Z"no I'm not a hunter I know that your a fallen because so im I.".)  I just stared at him  his buddies came out the smell of werewolf and vampire hits my nose.  With a deep growl I slammed the other fallen against the wall again harder this time.  Giving him a very dangerous look   "come near me again and I'll kill you.".  I shoved myself away from him turning to walk away when he calls out to me.   (Z"we kill hunters they hunt us and we hunt them we kill them Jackson here is our tracker he caught the scent of the hunters captain.")  I stiffened ran my fingers over my little Grace's name anger consuming me they chased the hunters to my home because they were hunting them whipping my head to face them all    "you did this you killed them took everything that I've ever loved.".  They stared at each other for a few seconds the mutt spoke first.    (J"we didn't kill anyone nor did we take shit from you.")  With my speed he ends up on the ground my wings popped out they still hurt from Michael's healing.  My hand grips the mutts throat.   "You fucking chased the hunters to my home and do you know what the captain did to MY, MATE?.".  He's struggling to breath but I didn't care  I wanted him dead   "they used the rope of angels on me they cut off my wings but that's not the worse part I didn't care about my wings  it's what the captain did.".  I made sure he saw the name of my little grace.  "This is my daughter's name she wasn't even born yet and thanks to you I'll never see my little grace grow up.".  I fucking tossed him towards his buddies glaring at them all   "you killed them I should kill you all for this but I'm not my Claire wouldn't like that.".   The vampire helps up the mutt he met my eyes.   (V"I thought you said her name was grace?.")    "Claire was my mate the captain of the hunters killed her after he forced himself on her I couldn't help her because I was trapped in the rope of angels all I could do was listen to her pain he drove his blade through her killing her and my unborn child because you chased the hunters my way they even burnt my cabin down.".     Turning away from them when Michael and Gabriel lands in front of me pointing a finger at the fuckers who chased the hunters my way they came closer I moved away Michael gave me a Stern look    (m"Alec you will be joining the bounties.").     "No I'm not I rather walk alone without her for two hundred years than walk with them.".    (G"if you do not then your mate won't be reborn.").    My eyes move to the half burnt blanket on my wrist   "you mean Claire would be gone forever?.".   They nodded    (m"the choice is yours Alec a world with your mate or a world without your mate.").   Grumbling I agreed.   "Fine I'll join them.".     (Z"Michael does this mean-.").    (M"yes Zac I have answered your prayers for a captain of the bounties Alec is a very good warrior he was one of my best men.").    They were gone glancing at them as they stared at me waiting for orders I guess  "follow me.".   I took them back to my burned down cabin so we can look for clues