Soul Shadow

Chapter 5

Kiara POV:

I fought the waters, I could feel the coldness choking me, burning my lungs... then nothing. I sat up, realizing it was all just another dream. Odd to be dreaming of drowning when I'm actually so thirsty. I try to call out to this Anastaysia, but my voice is soft and cracked, leading me to wonder just how long I had been asleep. I look up, hearing footsteps as she enters the room with a tray holding two mugs and a bowl. "It's tea, and a bit of soup. I wasn't sure how hungry you would be after the kind of wounds you had" she stated simply, as if talking about the weather. Seemed odd to me, that someone who seemed so..... human.. was indeed a mystic creature. I took the tea slowly, as it started giving me a bit of energy back I asked her if she had seen a man next to me, "His name is Damien, he was injured badly, but if you were able to save me were you able to try with him?" I said slowly. Her faced showed brief confusion before becoming guarded as she replied "There was no one within at least twenty feet of you, and everyone else who was in the clearing was already dead, I was too late.". I shook my head slowly, it was impossible. I landed right next to Damien, I remember grabbing his hand before the light faded away... how could this happen? Someone must have taken him, it's the only explanation, but why? To what end would that acheive? Finishing the tea, I moved on try to eat the soup, but the wound cutting across my stomach as it was made every spoonful painful. Still, I ate, I couldn't heal and find my Damien without some kind of nutrition. Knowing that his body had not been next to mine when this stranger rescued me gave me hope that he might still be alive somewhere, if I had anyone to pray to, I would. Angels are not what everyone imagines, we are not beings of an almighty god, we are not immortal... we are much like humans although we have a longer lifespan and many varying abilities that they do not. Abilities become full-fledged when each angel hits a certain age, different angels have different abilities. Typically each angel only has one or two abilities but being from a royal bloodline means that I can have many more if only I can discover them. My favorite ability is in my wings, the bottom feathers of each wing can become angel blades so sharp that you won't even feel the pain until moments after the cut is made. It's beautiful to me in a dark way, but I never really had the mindset of other angels anyway. Although that may not be a problem much longer, someone has been hunting us down and wiping us out. It must take someone with unimaginable power to wipe out angels.