In his excitement, he steps in front of Samantha, “Tell me everything! Together we will save them both!”
Chapter 12
Time passes as Katie lays immobile on the floor of her home, processing the information from his brain. She attempts to separate the pain, from the woman’s voice she hears and finds Colin’s consciousness. Reading minds is more than accessing the person’s thoughts. It opens the receiver up to memories, thoughts, hopes, dreams and intention. Colin is pure evil. As a follower of the Light, she is not capable of understanding such immorality.
Reese follows his thoughts and races with Ariana to Kathleen’s home. When he lands outside her small cottage, he sees the damage and his heart stops for a moment.
“No!” he whispers and thinking only of Katie’s safety, he rushes inside stepping over the broken fragments of the door and finds her body on the ground.
Ariana follows silently behind him, feeling his despair and guilt. Katie lays curled in a fetal position, trembling, and her eyes are wide open and not responding. Gently, Reese calls her name and touches her shoulder.
“She is fairy-struck, Reese,” Ariana states leaning over her.
“I shouldn’t have left her alone! We have to help her?” Reese exclaims.
Tears fill her violet eyes as she shakes her head. “I have no remaining power, Reese. I am drawing on yours. If we don’t find a way soon, she will fade.”
His eyes meet hers as the answer strikes them both at the same time, “Morgan!” Ariana rises and crosses to the door, picking up the iron cross from the floor. The iron hums but does not harm her. She is a being of light, not a shadow. It is why she did not die when they stabbed her, it only weakened her.
Reese follows and puts a hand on the cross, closes his eyes tight he whispers,
“Brother and friend
Light in the dark,
We call you this day
To guide the way
Save a soul before it fades.”
Reese releases the cross, as a great wind pummels the house. It howls, and blows, washing away any darkness and Morgan lands in the yard in front of Katie’s cottage. His massive wings glint in the light and he snaps them tightly to his side.
Morgan greets Reese and his eyes take in the condition of the house. He senses more, a spirit in trouble, screaming in pain and looks at Reese with a question in his eyes. When Ariana step out onto the porch he smiles. “You look well, My Queen,” Morgan says bowing to her out of respect.
She blushes in response at the sight of his wings, “Many thanks, Morgan. We have need of your help. There is a human in trouble…”
“She helped us with a dark Fae, and now she is marked,” Reese says stepping aside so Morgan can enter the house.
The large Angel tucks his bronze wings away, to allow room for his body to fit inside the small cottage. In two strides, he is kneeling by the young woman on the floor. She is perfectly still; her blue eyes are frozen open. Her simple beauty astounds him, and he gently moves her blonde hair aside. “What happened to her?” he asks softly.
“We found her like this,” Reese says quietly. “Can you help her?”
Morgan senses the lingering evil and drops a holy shield around the small group. “Not here, it is unclean.” He gathers Kathleen in his arms and rises up to his full height.
“You can follow me if you wish.” Morgan steps outside, and spreads his wings out to their full glory, leaping into the air and is gone!
Reese steps to Ariana and gently pulls her into his arms, “You will forget his wings, when I hold you close, My Queen.” He whispers into her ear.
“What wings?” she asks with a laugh as her body reacts to his. He pulls her close and follows the trail Morgan leaves.
Chapter 13
Katie remains trapped in a hell that is Colin’s making. Heat, pain, pleasure, he torments her slowly replaying every murder he has committed in agonizing detail. On the bodies of the women, she sees her own face, as she relives the torture and the games.
She struggles to break free, “Pretty Katie, Don’t you like our game?” He whispers as he strangles her. He tears the clothes from her, baring her naked body to his amusement. He clutches her breast squeezing tight, sinking black talon like nails deep into the pale flesh. Colin leans down and licks the blood, as she screams for mercy.
Katie watches as his mouth suckles her breast and his black eyes capture hers and she smiles when he pushes her to her knees. “You should know something is up with Reese. I think he knows where Ariana is,” says a female voice that is not her own.
An evil gleam appears in his black eyes, “Finally. With her essence, I will not need these disgusting humans.” He steps close to her and strokes her soft cheek, pressing his lips to the corner of her mouth. “I grow weary of them, they taste …” flicking his tongue out he licks her parted lip and pulls her close sucking her bottom lip into his hot mouth, “they taste human, unlike you. You taste like heaven.” He growls as he bites her lip hard enough to draw blood. He eases back and laps at the blood on her mouth while she pushes her breast into his chest. He knows she wears nothing under the cloak, just as he likes
