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

chapter 30

Raguel stood near the window as he waited for Elena to wake up.

That day, they were going to invade the demon's territory and he was really worried about his soulmate. He didn’t want her to get hurt. If it were up to him, Elena would have stayed at home.

He sighed softly as he continued to stare outside until Elena spoke.

"I can feel your distress from here," she said in a whisper but her Angel heard her very well. 

Raguel turned and looked at her. "I'm sorry for waking you up, just go back to sleep," he said. 

Elena ignored him as she dragged her body from the bed and made her way to her soulmate. She wrapped her hands around her soulmate. "I know what you are thinking," she said softly.

Raguel knew he couldn't get anything past his soulmate. Ever since the intimate moment they shared, their feelings and emotions got stronger, it was just impossible to hide things from each other.

"I just don't want you to get hurt," Raguel said.

"I know that but this war is what we need so we can live in peace. We can't keep running from them," Elena responded. 

Raguel nodded his head, he knew she was right. 

"Come on, let's take a shower together," she said as she led him to the bathroom. 

They both stripped their clothes and Elena captured Raguel's lips in a kiss. There was nothing soft about the kiss; it was demanding. She put her legs around Raguel's waist as she continued to kiss him.

Raguel pressed her back against the wall as he took charge of the kiss. He kissed her with passion and trailed kisses all over her body for a while, until Raguel pressed one last kiss on her lips. He knew they needed to stop because people were waiting for them downstairs. Elena unentangled her legs from Raguel's waist and stood on the ground.

"Everything will be alright," she said in a whisper.

Raguel nodded his head as they both washed each other.

The kiss was the distraction they needed to keep their minds from what was going to happen.

They finished taking their shower and they both left their bedroom and headed downstairs. 

Elena spotted seven people she did not recognize as they entered the living room.

She saw her parents sitting at the corner of the living room. Her father's arm was wrapped tightly around her mother and he was whispering things in her ear.

Elena smiled softly. No matter how many times she had seen her parents so close to each other, it always made her happy. 

Raguel was still holding onto his soulmate. He needed to touch her because he knew when they would leave their house and venture into the territory of the demons, he would not be able to feel her touch.

He led her to the couch. As they sat down, he put his arm around her. He saw his father in a deep conversation with another Angel. He did not expect so many Angels to help them with the war and he wondered what Michael told them.

"Since we are all here," Raphael said, gaining everybody's attention that made some of the Angels move closer. "Our aim in this war is to target the Demon’s leader. Killing him means we can have peace of mind," Raphael said sternly making everyone nod their heads in agreement.

"We have to take what is rightfully ours from those demons. They have done enough,” he continued as he glanced at Samael who nodded his head in agreement. He had suffered more at the hands of the demons. “We are not going to sit back and wait for them to do more,"  Raphael added. "We are going to tell them that we are in charge and they don't get to control us. We are Angels and those demons are nothing but rags as compared to us," Raphael growled. "We will let them know they messed with the wrong people, with the wrong family," he said as he looked at the faces of his family. Yes, that was what they were to each other. “Family”.