Chapter one:From lemonade to wings.
Janette Ashley was the 20-year-old daughter of ex-soldier Ramses Ashley.her
motherhad passed away duringher birth, soher father washer only support.
Besideshim, shehad good friends and excellent company.her childhood
bestie, Alice andher hancé, Alex, wereher massive support throughouthigh
school and university. She loved them and trusted them withher life. Nothing
madeher morehappy than game nights and dates with the people she loved.
She was blessed with beauty and brains, and lucky was betrothed to the
mosthandsome man on their university campus.he made sure she felt loved
even whenher father was away for so long. And she spent every possible
minute, thanking God for Alice andhe. They were the lights ofher life.
Life was good but of lately, things were drastically falling apart.
Firstly,her dad was battling with cancer; a conditionhehid fromher and
unfortunately,he passed away six months beforeher engagement party to
Alex. Unprepared to live alone, shehad to stay withher dad's ex-wife,
Dicarenda Fernandez.
She wouldhave easily moved in with Alice or Alex, but they both lived in a city
that was about 400km from where she stayed.
Dicarenda was messy,wicked and shehated Janette. The first day she moved
in with Dicarenda, Janette was forced to do the pending laundry and dishes of
more than 3 months.Up top of that, she received no love or attention.
As if that wasn't heartbreaking enough,her hancé Alex broke off the
engagement.he publicly announced thathe didn't want to marryher
anymore.he saidhehad found “the true one forhim”
. About 3 days later,he
proposed to Alice and shehappily accepted without thinking whather
childhood friend would go through.
The pain of losingher dad,her best friend andher hancé at once was toohard
to bear. She fell intoher misery and let it overpowerher. Instead of the society
to sympathize withher, they added salt toher injury. They blamedher forher
father's demise and said that was the reason Alex lefther. When
Dicarendaheard the rumors, she used it as an excuse to kick Janette out
ofherhouse. Janette was staying alone comfortably for a month until a day
when she was called to a solicitor's ofhce to signher father's large fortune to
Dicarenda andher only son. She refused, so they forgedher signatures on the
papers.
That straw broke the camel's back. Janette fell into depression. She
developed a severe mental disease over time. It was calledhypermabilitia,
which was an anger issue that madeher blind to reason once provoked. She
started avoiding people because anyone she would meet would get injured.
She started wreckingherhouse, physicallyhurtingherself, even going as far as
skipping out on work and on taking care ofherself.her bills were due,her boss
was about to hreher but she didn't care. Everyone was too scared to talk toher
so they calledher cursed behindher back.
And one day she paused. Draggedherself on bloodiedhands and knees to the
mirror and looked. Really looked. She was a shadow ofherself. A version
neither Mom or Dad would be proud of. And with a sad smile, she decided to
make lemonade out of life's lemons.
She started attending therapy and in a while, things were going all right. She
got a second job to cover up allher bills and before long; she was too busy to
recall anything thathadhappened. Fortunately, as luck wouldhave it, she
gothired in ahigh-paying company in Denmark, and soon she could leave
allher troubles behind.
A week prior toher relocation, she foundherself in the central park,viewing the
scenery and listening to the bustling on the streets of a town that she once
calledher own. Then, out of the blue, someone called out Janette's name.
She saw, in the distance, Alex and Alice waving ather.
She wanted tomake a run for it, but it was too late and they were already at the
bench where she sat.
“Janette, it‟s been so long since we'
ve seen. Weheard all the terrible things
thathappened toyou, but we were too busy planning our luxurious wedding,
right babey
” Alice said, with a very mischievous grin.
“
yes of course, darling. It's a pityyou weren't able to make it, Janette. Our
wedding was top notch” Alex included, followinghis wife's game.
“But we'rehaving an after party this evening andyou
're welcome to attend”
Alice said.
“No thanks, I need to prepare for my relocation to Denmark. I'll be moving in a
week,
” Janette said, matter-of-factly.
They stayed for a while, making provocative petty talk while commenting
each other flirtatiously.
Janette looked at the girl she once trusted withher life, and she thought:
“What is so special in Alice that Alex couldn‟t see in mey I was always on top
of the class inhigh school. I was elected the prom queen. I graduated with a
first-class-first degree in Criminology. Ihad a better life than Alice did. So why
did God do this to me?Why is she reaping the fruit of my labor?”
All these thoughts and more roamed through Janette'shead as the two
people whohad no idea ofher level ofhate towards them stood beforeher.
And then she reachedher c****x. Instantly, she carried a pen fromher purse
and stabbed Alice in the eye with it. In that moment, the park became
ahazardzone. In a split second, Janette managed to slip away.
She knew that the police were afterher and that is when she decided to endher
life before she was saved by the mystery man.
Janette woke up and foundherself in ahuge room. It was beautifully
decorated with statues, pictures and ornaments that gave it a majestic 90's
look. The walls and floor were made of pure gold and the curtains were of
untainted silk. Even the bed she lay onhad silk sheets. She was so busy
admiring the larger-than-life scene that she did not notice someone sitting
besideher.
“Soyou‟re awake?hope I didn‟t disturbyour sleep”he said.
At this moment, she was supposed to panic but she was too amazed to move.
This guyhad the facial features of a god: shiny silver and blackhair that
complementedhis fair unblemished skin,his bright red eyes that could set
aheart on hre,his well defined body,his black and white wing that tucked in
behindhis back andhis glorious armour that madehim look like a sort of
divinity.
“He‟s beautiful ” Janette said withinherself.
Like as ifheheardher thought,he replied:
“Don‟t be too stunned. My looks are just the tip of the iceberg. Wait tillyou
meet the top DOG,
”he said with a smile.
“Wait a second. Who areyou? Where am I? What am I doinghere? Am I
supposed to be dead by now? Didyou rescue me?how didyou rescue me?
Areyou a sort of demon or angel or superheroy I need answers now!”
Jannette yelled in panic after comprehending the .