“I am an angel, you do not have to fear me,” he promises her.
“What is it with the wings? Women love the wings!” Reese says stepping out onto the balcony shaking his head.
Katie moves closer to Reese, unable to believe what she is seeing. “Fae, and Angels, what’s next Dragons?” she asks softly.
When the two men look at each other, Katie’s mouth falls open.
“Stop teasing her! She has been through enough today!” Ariana says coming to the rescue. “I try not to look directly at his wings, they are too distracting,” she suggests.
Morgan smiles looking at Ariana, “You should touch them sometime, soft as silk,” he suggests flapping them.
Reese steps in front of the large angel, “She will do no such thing!” he growls with his blue eyes flashing with fire!
Everyone laughs, and the tension eases. Katie smiles at the comradery and she says to Morgan, “Can you help ease the pain, the confusion?”
His smile fades as he pulls her close, away from Reese and encircles her with his wings. Ariana and Reese step away. “I can help you, Kathleen, though I’m not sure how long it will last. You must trust me. Ok?”
The moment his wings close around her, Katie feels safe. She shouldn’t trust him, but she does. “I trust you, Morgan,” she says with no hesitation, this time.
His smile could challenge the sun, she thinks as he beams with joy. “I will not hurt you, Kathleen.” He whispers as he presses a soft kiss to her forehead. She closes her eyes and her head falls back. He places his fingers on her temples and massages. Once again, her body relaxes as the swirling images cease. He sifts through, studying each one. He finds the murders that Colin planted in her mind. He is disgusted. He put her spirit in the body of his victims, forcing her to live through and experience every breath they took. It is a miracle she is sane. He whispers something in Latin and those images fade but do not disappear.
He continues sifting and to his amazement, he finds threads of past, present, and the future. When the past threads are pulled, the images come forward. When released they fall back, immediately replaced by the present, then future. Kathleen’s threads have become jumbled with Colin’s. Morgan sorts them pulling the soft silver threads, which belong to Katie and setting them aside. Colin’s threads are black and seeping a smoke that is infecting the other threads. Once more, he whispers in Latin and blows softly across her forehead. Katie jumps trembling, as she feels his hot breath on her body.
Her eyes snap open and immediately she is drawn into Morgan’s mind. She sees the images of him lifting her and flying with her to safety. He places her gently on his bed and lies down beside her tracing fingertips over her face. Her eyes, nose, and across her lips. Her lips part on a sigh and her teeth capture his finger in her hot mouth. Katie’s hand comes up and sinks into his brown hair tugging his mouth to hers with a soft smile, just before he claims her.
He rolls and pulls her body on top of his and she lifts her arms drawing her shirt over her head, releasing her naked breasts for his enjoyment. His hot, hard hands trace up her belly and he cups the weight of her breasts, pinching her hot pink nipples. She screams out and arches back …and Katie drops the thread.
She stares up at the large angel in shock. “I’m sorry, I try not to read minds without asking,” she says embarrassed and thrilled at the same time.
When she tries to push away from his chest, he says, “I may be an angel, but I am not immune to you, Kathleen. I would ask your forgiveness, but I find I do not want it.” He smiles at the blush on her cheeks.
“I have half a mind to replace one of these ugly memories with one of yours,” Katie says suddenly feeling a little powerful.
“I have a better idea,” Morgan says, “instead of a daydream, how about a real memory?” He tugs her body closer to his and she squeals when their feet lift off the ground.
“Morgan?” she asks suddenly afraid.
He sighs struggling with the urge to take her and fly, far away. He wrestles with his bodies need to claim her, and his spirits need to protect her.
Morgan sighs deeply and sits her back on her feet. “I’m sorry Kathleen; I do not seem to have much control around you. Forgive me?” he asks without releasing her.
“Of course, Morgan,” she says disappointed as he backs away and releases her from the sanctuary of his wings.
“Another time, Kathleen,” Morgan promises her.
When she faces Reese and Ariana her mind is clear, she does not hesitate. “Colin is pure evil. He has a master plan to cross the Vale and destroy your people. When he seized my mind, I read more than just what he implanted. I read his intentions! The things he hopes and plans on. He has been plotting with someone named Nyssa to invade the Vale and seize the King. He wants his power and needs his body. He moves from shadowed Fae to shadowed Fae, draining them of their essence. If he is able to drain Ariana, his power will be strengthened. He will be able to enter the Vale, and with the army, they have built they plan to exterminate every light inside.”
Reese listens quietly as Ariana asks, “How could he possibly hope to be stronger than the Fae King and Queen? Together their power is immense, Katie. It would be suicide.”
Katie steps closer to Reese, “Together, that is the key. He has help, Reese. They have been
