Feathers That Avenge by Aurora Kryan (best e reader for epub TXT) 📖

and to you he is everything’ I will protect him, we’ll protect each other.

“Jasmine you ok enough to walk?”

“Yeah I’m good”

I took his hand squeezing it before he walked me out of the room and onto clouds.

“Where are we?”

“Heaven dear”

The woman and man had followed us out of the room and the woman was the one who spoke. From nowhere they grew black feathered wings and tucked them behind their backs. The woman took my hand in hers when we reached the edge of the cloud. The man put his hand on my shoulder smiling broadly. I looked back at Cory questingly he just smiled and stepped back to my horror. I gave him the get-back-here-right-now look but he just kept smiling. I looked back at these strange angels my track record with angels wasn’t so good unless they were Cory.

“It’s so good to finally meet you Jasmine. My names Selena I’m Cory’s mother”

“Names Henry kiddo Cory’s dad good to met ya”
“Nice to meet you too”

I choked out. His parents! But we haven’t even gone on a date yet! I shook Selena’s hand before she crushed me in a hug. Then Henry slapped my shoulder so hard I felt like I’d break. Then Cory’s hand slipped through mine and his parents released me. His mother kissed his cheek then mine. I blushed madly.

“I wish we could have gotten to know each other but time is short”

“Good luck kids”

His dad said waving at us as Cory jumped off the clouds edge. I screamed as I tipped over with him mid wave. His arms wrapped around me and I quitted. My heart was beating madly from the adrenalin rush. I laughed as fresh air rush passed us I hadn’t realized just how suffocated I felt till now. My hands brushed the clouds. They felt cool and formless as they poofed from my touch. I looked back to Cory he was smiling at me.

“Warn me next time please”

“Warning”

“You’re a little late”

“No just early enough”

“Whaaaaa!”

I meant to ask him what he meant but be banked left and started free falling. I lifted out of his arms as we reached terminal velocity. What is he doing letting go! I scrambled back to his arms as he let me free fall away from him. He chuckled I felt perfectly safe in his arms but not when he let go.

“Don’t do that!”

“I warned you like you asked me to”

“That’s not the point”

I said. We had to raise our voices because of the wind. Cory chuckled and shot a random question at me.

“Do you trust me?"

“Of course I do”

“Good let go”

“What?!”

I shouted at him. His eyes melted into something, love. I felt warmth wash over me and my face heat up. I let my hand slip out of his fingers. I was on my own falling to the ground but I never took my eyes of his. I couldn’t stay on my stomach and I flipped over on my back. I almost panicked but Cory was right over me with his hands on my waist steadying me. ‘To you he is everything’ echoed through my head. I closed my eyes and let my arms stretch out catching the air. Cory flipped me over and I felt like I was flying. I stayed like that for a moment before Cory released me again. My eyes flew open and found him in front of me lying on his back as he fell wingless. I reached out my hand to touch his cheek and he flipped over to the position I was in. I closed my eyes again ‘Love the one closest to your heart’

“Jasmine open your eyes”

I opened them slowly. He was inches from my face his breath hot in mine. His wings stretched out behind him causing the sun light to frame just his face. His black hair shined and his hazel eyes glistened. Love was all I could see in them. He took my face in between his hands and slowly placed his lips on my own. Reflexively I closed my eyes and pulled him to me weaving my hands around his neck and through his hair. I felt his hands pull my body down against his by my waist and his great wings stall us in the air. The kiss wasn’t urgent but there was an undertone of it. All too soon be broke it off leaving me breathless. His face was flush and his eyes were so bright. I rested my head on his chest as we touched down to the ground.

“I love you Jasmine”

He breathed in my hair

“I love you to Cory”

I said kissing his lips one more time. He molded himself to me and again broke it off. We pressed our foreheads together laughing. Abruptly he stopped laughing and stiffened his hold on my waist. I opened my mouth to ask what was wrong but she put a finger to my lips quieting me. That’s when I heard the growling behind me. I whipped around but Cory was faster his wing wrapped around me pulling me to his side. A gun shot rang out and I flinched against him. One of the dogs fell from the sky yelping till it fell with a dry thud. I was horrified by the pack of dogs floating in the sky.

Bat wings flapped from behind their backs, ram like horns shielded either side of their heads, drool spilled down from their blood covered jaws. The spins on their backs had blood on them to, and then each one had a long whip like tail dripping blood. They were frightening and headed right for us. Cory shot as many as he could before the gun ran out then he used it as a club.

“How sweet protecting the little pest with your life”

If possible I felt even more frightened as that voice laughed manically at Cory. Alex was laughing in the sky using his hands to command dogs after Cory.

“Shut up Alex I don’t wana hear it this is your fault!”

“Don’t you dare blame that woman’s death on me. You were the one swayed by a mortal!”

“I love her!”

“That’s the problem you left your army to me because of what, a mortal? I was going to kill all of you so you wouldn’t disgrace us. But the pest left and found you! I killed her mother and now I’m here to finish the job. Which you made so much easier by killing my brother so now Cory, pay up a life for a life!”

What Alex killed my mother and now he’s going to kill Cory? I was shaking with fear for our safety why couldn’t we go back to heaven where it was safe? I pressed my back against Cory’s silken wing when Alex charged after us. Cory was busy fighting off a dog that was biting the stock of the rifle. Hellhounds it must be day four. Air whooshed around me as Alex tackled Cory to the ground fifty foot behind me. I spun to run after him and help but three hell hounds blocked my path. They snarled at me tensing muscles under black fur.

I picked up Cory’s rifle ready to swing at them. One came after me but the impact from my own blow flung the rifle out on my hand leaving me defenseless. Cory was fighting Alex in the sky with his feather matching blow for blow. I was on my own. I tried to run for it but they were on me in no time gnawing on my arm. I screamed as the bits burned like I was on fire.

“After them my pets”

Shouted a familiar voice, Selena dropped to the ground gracefully in front of the two hell hounds that were chasing me her voice sounded deadly as she commanded them.

“Back off”

They flinched away from her and ran off engaging the nearest hellhound. There was still the one on my arm. Snarling started from my right and impacted with the black hellhound knocking it off me. Sounds of a gruesome dog fight echoed around me. A large red hellhound was going at it with Alex’s black one. In fact all around red hellhounds were fighting black ones. The burning in my arm had stopped once the dog was off me but the pain was horrible. My lower arm was nothing but blood and three sets of dog teeth were etched into my skin. I groaned when Henry picked me up.

“Were taking you back to heaven God has allowed us to. Do to Alex’s betrayal the safest place for you is heaven”

“But Cory”

“He has to battle Alex call it a trial”

I looked back to Cory who was on the ground blocking Alex’s attacks with his blue bubble. I think I was the only one who noticed it was slowly failing. Selena joined Henry and they started to fly up when the bubble burst. I reached out over Henry’s shoulder and screamed as Cory was struck by a shooting star and fell to the ground. Henry’s grip on me tightened around me when I moved.

“He needs me!”

“No he wants you to be safe no matter what”

“I want him to be safe no matter what!”

I shot back. God had said this would happen. ‘Thou he is blessed and strong his strength will waver unlike your love’. I glared at Henry as his feet took off the ground he was frowning. He wasn’t going to help his own son? I looked to Selena who flew above us she was concerned but it seemed like they were following orders not interfere just get me. Well I wasn’t under any order it was almost the opposite I was told to interfere.

“Sorry Henry”

He looked at me like what-are-you-sorry-for just before I clocked him in the face. It worked he dropped me before he flew to high. I landed just a little off and rolled to my side. The impact kind of hurt but I had to get to Cory. I ran scooping up the rifle and a handful of ammunition as his parents floated down to catch me. I ran straight to Cory on the ground avoiding as many fighting dogs as I could. One managed to get passed Selena’s hound and to me. I was going to shoot it but Henry rammed into it giving me a chance to run. I shot four hellhounds before I reached Cory. Yet again another one got passed Selena’s and to me but she showed up to stop it.

“Cory, come on wake up”

I shook him but he just groaned. He’s alive thank goodness. I brushed his hair out of his eyes and kissed his forehead. There was a black burn mark on his chest above his heart. I heard that evil laughter again from right above me.

“So the issue returns how the plot thickens”

“The only issue here is you”

I was beyond mad at this point. I didn’t care if I was staring down an angel that just practically killed my boyfriend. I was gona kick his ass. He didn’t seem fazed by my new found courage. I had one good arm, a pocket of ammunition, and I was mortal. Right good reasons to scare an angel. I raised the rifle and pulled the trigger aiming for