BANISHED ANGEL ( Book 1) ( WON THE BEST CONCEPT OF THE SEPTEMBER AWARD 2020)

chapter 21

When they arrived at the warehouse, Raguel fell unconscious again because he was too weak.  

Elena sat close to Raguel. She was not bothered about any demon invading the premises because it was now surrounded by the Angels who helped them at the demon’s zone.

Elena noticed that the Angel Raphael referred to as Samael, always stared at her. She remembered when the Angel wrapped his hands around her, she felt a connection with him. She wondered about the reason because she knew she had never met the Angel before.

She glanced where Samael was standing and their eyes met. She saw something in his eyes that she could not describe. She stared at him for long and the only thing she saw in his gaze was yearning, sadness, love and desperation.

She could not understand why Samael was staring at her like that, Elena gave up trying to understand the mystery behind Samael's eyes. She averted her gaze and stared at her soulmate, who was still unconscious.

"Elena," Raphael called her, pulling her out of her thoughts.

She turned to look at Raphael with a small smile on her face.

"Do you want anything to drink?" Raphael asked softly.

"Just a bottle of water please,"  she said

"I will go get it," Samael said quickly.

Both Elena and Raphael glanced at him, but Samael hurriedly left the room.

Raguel stirred making Elena look at him. He slowly opened his eyes and a smile instantly formed on Elena's lips

"Hey," Raguel said softly.

"Hi," Elena said with a bright smile. She missed his voice.

"How are you feeling?" she asked

"Much better," Raguel said, getting up from his lying position.

He pulled Elena into his arms and kissed her softly on the lips. He did not care who was watching them; he just wanted to feel the taste of his soulmate’s lips on his. 

"I'm glad you are safe," he murmured into her shoulder.

"I'm glad we are safe," Elena corrected, pulling back a little from him and kissed Raguel before she hugged him tightly.

She was scared when his wings were damaged. She could only imagine the pain he was in. 

Raguel spotted Raphael standing in the corner of the room, watching them with a smile. Raguel immediately pulled out of the hug, stood up and made his way to Raphael who pulled him into a hug as soon as Raguel stood in front of him.

"Thank you, Raphael," Raguel said.

"I'm just glad that you and your soulmate are okay, I was scared when the connection you made, broke and I was not able to reach you," Raphael explained.

"We should also be thankful to Samael. He helped a lot and he was the one who brought Michael with us," Raphael continued. 

"Where is he?" Raguel asked.

But before Raphael could answer, Samael came in with a bottle of water for Elena.

"Here," he said to Elena, who only just noticed Samael standing in front of her

"Thank you," she said softly

"How are you feeling?" Samael asked Elena. 

"I'm doing good," she said. Samael nodded his head before he left her as she gulped the water down.