Epilogue
“Sweet, sweet Kaliel, whose hair is like the newest ash, whose lips are the softest in Heaven, come to me now.”
Kaliel raised his head, his pale eyes shining like the fullest Moon, his hair blowing about him in an unseen wind. His robes fluttered about him. Two massive wings spread out from his back, their feathers as brilliant and fiery as the newly-risen Sun. With a glance back to where he had come from, Kaliel took to the air.
He glided along the clouds, his chest swelling with the feel of the wind as it ruffled the golden-orange feathers of his wings. When he saw his beloved waiting for him, he settled down once more and went to the angel’s open arms.
“Sweet, sweet Kaliel.”
With the feel of his love’s lips on his, Kaliel’s heart beat until he was sure it would burst fo
