His broken Voice

MIKAEL RUSSO learnt early on that the people you trust hurt you the most, and the things you love are all eventually taken from you. He's spent years running: from his pain, his guilt, himself. He understands that feeling is dangerous, that he's perilously close to self-destruction, and that if he were a better man he'd distance himself from everyone so there were no casualties when he eventually went off.
But AINE AHEARN makes him weak. She everything he should stay away from, just the kind of perfect beauty Mikael is so good at destroying. And he's so tempted to do just that. To peel away the layers of her clothes and uncover all the flaws she has to have hidden there. To strip her of her wings and her halo and in so doing cure himself of his silly obsession.
But this particular angel refuses to be broken. She has a way of seeing past all his shields and hearing all the things he's not brave enough to say. Her warmth is all encompassing, and before he's even noticed she's thawing the dead thing that used to be Mikael's heart.
Soon Aine's not the only beautiful thing in Mikael's life, and if he wants to keep these things close he'll have to confront a painful past, to finally stop running, to speak up. And Mikael doesn't think he can do that. Not even for his Angel.