Chapter 5
There was an uncomfortable pressure in the back of his mind after he had veiled his wings from sight. The mere practice of such a thing was anathema to his very being. It was as though he was made to lop off a hand to hide his true self. The grating necessity left him annoyed, but not enough to snap at those around him.
Intrusion on his private thoughts were another matter altogether. Gabriel’s beautiful melody came as a chime of warning to stay where he was. That young human woman had returned and was in the house.
A good thing that Michael was in the fields, wandering as his feet willed among the green shoots of the Earth. The nearly black loam smelled pungent and alive with every step, and it was a welcome distraction from idleness while Adam was away from the farm.
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