An Angel Healed - Lost Angel series

Chapter 16

I was sitting in Phillip’s little borrowed cabin. He was laughing in the corner with Jonah while I waited for Jackson. He had felt me coming and took off into the woods. I was becoming angrier the more I waited. My brothers were talking with Daryl. Why were these men so difficult? That’s it.

“Vi, where you going?” Jonah noticed me move.

“I’m going to kick Jackson’s ass if you must know. I’m tired of these guys acting like children. They’re older than I am.”

I walked right out the door into the back yard. My magic pulsed inside me, reacting to my anger. He was going to come to me whether he liked it or not. I was done with their pity parties. Without thinking, my magic shot into the ground in search of my mates. I felt Jackson close by in the trees. I felt Jeremy running through the trees in wolf form. Jasper was farther from me. I also felt Adam in the command center. That’s weird.

“Come to me now!” My voice rang out into the night.

My anger fueled my desire to have them with me. I felt my magic take hold in each of them. They had to comply, whether they wanted to or not. I didn’t want to control them but I was too angry to stop myself. Jonah was standing by the front door of the cabin smiling. I watched as Jackson emerged from the trees, fighting my command. I gave him a wicked smile when he snarled at me. Jeremy was next. He came crashing through the trees with a growl. My magic refused to let them go causing them to come closer to me.

I turned my head and saw Adam making his way to me confused. I was confused too. He was human, so why was he responding to me calling my mates. I could feel Jasper fighting as hard as he could. I scoffed and borrowed Jonah’s ability to move around. Jonah was laughing as Jasper appeared not far from me. His flame-colored eyes were dancing with anger. There were flames dancing along his skin as well.

“I see you boys are still mad at me. Adam I’m not sure why you’re here but I’ll get to you in a minute. You three however, need to grow up. Funny that I am younger than all of you but you are acting like spoiled little kids. You can’t be with me every second in the day. All of you, except Jackson, are able to reject me and leave at any time. If you can’t get over your issues then get it over with. Jackson, if you feel that way then I will find a way to unbind our souls. But this ends now.” My voice was low and dangerous.

Jeremy and Jackson both growled at me angrily. Jonah chuckled and shook his head. “Might as well get it out now gentlemen. She’s never going to be one to sit on the sidelines. Even without the training she received.”

“I don’t care. She needs to allow us to protect her.” I felt the heat from Jasper as he spoke. I just shook my head.

“You think that’s what happened earlier? I wasn’t letting you protect me? News flash Jasper, I don’t need your protection. I can take care of myself. I do however need your acceptance. There will be times that you’ll have to protect me and I’m ok with that. There will be times when I’ll have to protect you. We are in the middle of a war. I don’t have time for your temper tantrums.”

“Temper tantrums? This isn’t about us protecting you or not. You left us behind little one. We had to watch on a screen while you ran off to save your brother without us. We are your mates. We should be with you to save your family. I realize Jason was tracking you but we had to sit back helpless. That’s not easy for us to handle. Especially when we love you like we do.” Jackson’s voice was rough as he spoke.

“I know how you guys feel. Seeing her walk into the fire without flinching is rough. She’s selfless and brave. Doesn’t make it any easier standing back while she’s in danger. Even though I know she can fight, even how good she is. It’s still difficult to watch her in action.”

I stared at Adam. “Adam?”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know this Angel. You are the most amazing woman I’ve ever met. Your beautiful inside and out. You never think of yourself in any situation. You’re first thought is always the others involved. You would die to protect those you love. Hell, you’d die to protect an innocent. And you do it without any thought for yourself. It is amazing and terrifying. The thought of you not being in this world is the worst form of torture imaginable.” Adam slid his arms around me and pulled me close.

“Adam, I…”

“You really never knew did you? All this time, I thought you were just ignoring it. You can be so oblivious sometimes.” He sighed.

I held on to him while my mind raced. Was I really that clueless? I hadn’t even known he was in love with me. Why could I notice every detail about anything but myself. It seemed when it concerned me, I was blind.

“I’m so sorry Adam. I’ve been so blind when it comes to my own actions. I never thought how it would affect anyone else. I knew what had to be done and just did it. I was affected more than I realized, with living like a wraith before. It never mattered to me about death before. I had nothing to lose. I was alone. Death was better than living like a ghost in a world that wasn’t my own. I’m so sorry.” Tears began to fall during my apology.

“Shh. It’s ok Angel. Please don’t cry. You had no choice before. You were a ghost and now you’re whole again. You just needed to see for yourself how this affected others. Don’t apologize. Everything is alright now. Please stop crying though baby. I can’t handle it.”

I tried to stop the tears from falling, I couldn’t. I felt terrible for never noticing how I affected others. Why was I so blind? Me, who notices everything. I clung to Adam and tried to clam myself. I felt relief from the other men present which helped me some. Adam rubbed my back while he held me, trying to soothe me.

“So she found all but one mate so far?” Alex was asking the others.

“Yes. Jasper, Jay, Jonah, and I so far.” Jackson answered.

“And that one too.” I heard Tony say.

My head snapped toward my brothers. Did they just say Adam as well? He did come when I called for my mates. Was he mine as well?

“What do you mean? I’m human.” Adam sounded confused but hopeful.

“One mate from every race. Did you think they would leave out the human race?” I heard the laughter in Alistair’s voice.

“So that means….” Adam trailed off.

I didn’t wait for anyone else to speak. I crashed my lips onto Adam’s. He groaned and returned the kiss. I felt my heart soar as we drowned in each other. I felt the awkwardness from the others but I didn’t care. Adam lifted me off my feet, causing my legs to wrap around his waist. We had to break the kiss to breath. We stood there looking into each other’s eyes. I saw the relief in his eyes. I was in his arms and he was mine. I felt my heart soar at first. Then the bottom dropped out when I remembered the vision. I was going to lose him.

“I’m not losing you. I will never accept your death. I will stop my vision.”

“Angel,” I heard the sadness in his voice. “You can’t stop death for coming for me eventually. I’m human. I won’t live as long as the rest of you. I will tell you that I will enjoy any time that I’m blessed to have with you. You are my life. I love you more than anything in this world or the next.”

I just hung onto him. I knew he spoke the truth. We would eventually be parted by death. He wouldn’t live as long as the rest of us. There had to be a way though. If he was my mate then I could find a way to keep him. I had to.

He is human my daughter. It is the way of things. He was placed in your life to help guide you until his time comes. He cannot be changed into anything other than what he is. He was designed that way. After him, you will not have another human mate. He is your one and only. We couldn’t stand the thought of your pain when you would lose a human. He is the only one that will not be replaced.

Why Gaia? I saw his death, didn’t I? I just found him, why must he leave me already?

I am sorry Raven. We wanted to spare you this pain but it is necessary. The prophecy was clear my sweet girl. One mate from every race. We could not control that so we did what we could to spare you more pain than necessary. He will be with you until his end. That is all he wants. Give that to him and enjoy your time together. We are here for you when you need us.

Adam had begun walking back to the control center with me clinging to him. The others let us go. They didn’t look happy but somehow, they knew I needed to be with Adam right now. Why did I push him away when we first met? I hadn’t even considered the possibility that he was mine. If I would have, we could have been together this whole time. I wouldn’t feel so horrible as I do now.

The command center was empty when we entered. It was the middle of the night after all. Adam walked us over to the only bedroom in the cabin. He crawled into bed still holding me. He knelt in the middle of the bed trying to coax me into letting go. I reluctantly released my hold on his neck and waist. He placed me gently on the bed smiling. His thumb ran along my bottom lip lovingly.

“You have no idea how long I’ve waited for you. Since the first day I saw you, no other woman could get my attention. You were all I could think about. Thoughts of you consumed me. That was the real reason I could never pass the tests at the Agency. My mind would wander to you in the middle of it and that was it. Once we met and you kissed me, everything fell into place. I was able to function without my mind wandering to you. I knew that day you kissed me that there would never be another woman for me.”

“Adam, why didn’t you tell me?” I whispered.

“Never had a chance at first, then things kept me away from you. I’ve been dying to tell you. I will continue to wait if that’s what you want baby.”

“I need you Adam. Please don’t hold back anymore.”

Adam crashed his lips onto mine with renewed passion. I moaned when he pushed me back onto the bed. My hands buried into his hair as I returned his kiss with everything I had. I felt his hand stray to the zipper on my corset. Hearing the zipper coming undone brought a moan from me. I sat up to pull the leather off my body, tossing it off the bed.

I felt his hands slide down my stomach to my pants. My hands gripped his shirt, pulling it off him. It broke our kiss but that didn’t stop him from making quick work of my pants and boots. He was still wearing his jeans to my disappointment. He stared at me for a moment before descending on my breasts. I thought I heard him mumble perfect before pulling one into his mouth. I cried out arching my back for him. I wanted more than just that. My body ached to be touched by him. My core cried out for him.

I heard myself begging when he moved to the other breast. He chuckled while showing this one the same attention as the other. He pulled back, allowing my breast to come out of his mouth with a pop. I whimpered as he kissed his way down my stomach. I didn’t want to rush him but I was burning up with passion. I wanted him buried inside of me right now. He had other plans. His tongue swiped through my folds slowly. I moaned his name, he groaned.

I could let him do this. He has been waiting so patiently for me. I would let him do as he pleased for now. My hands gripped the blanket under me while he began to build me up. I felt the dam inside of me filling up. His clever tongue made patterns over my nerves. He had my back arching on the verge of climax when he backed off. I whimpered again. He just chuckled and started over again. I couldn’t stay still as he lavished my folds. The patterns he made felt amazing. I was on the verge again and begging for him to let me fall over.

He chuckled against my core and bit down on the bundle of nerves he had found. I came screaming his name. My vision was blurred and I thought I saw fireworks around us. I felt Adam move while I caught my breath. When I could see, he was between my legs again, completely bare. My eyes ran along his skin slowly admiring the man in my heart. When he got there, I’ll never know but there he was.

“We can stop if you want baby. I’m happy just getting to taste you finally.”

I smiled up at him and wrapped my legs around his waist. He laughed when I pulled him closer to me. There was no way I would stop now. I wanted to be his, just the way he said I was. I felt him at my entrance waiting. I smiled and nodded to show him I was ready. He smirked and began to slide into me. I gasped as the first inch pushed into me.

“Fuck.” He said under his breath.

I whimpered while he pushed further into me. He groaned and I sighed when he was fully sheathed inside me. Finally, we were one. He held my gaze and began to move. My eyes widened at the pleasure the little movement caused. I could feel my body tingling and we just begun. Pleasure and lust consumed my mind. He increased his speed slightly bringing a moan to my lips. His eyes never left mine while he drove me into bliss. I was on the edge when he sped up again.

I was falling into my climax before too long. He rode me through it thrusting harder and faster. I was crying out when he pushed me into another release, stronger than before. His name fell from my tongue a moment before mine was falling off his. He released inside of me with a groan. He collapsed on top of me. I held him to me allowing our breathing to return to normal. Gaia was right, at least I could enjoy the time I had left with him. He was mine and I wasn’t letting him go now. Death may take him from me eventually but I had him now.

I felt him sigh. “This is not the way I wanted to have you.”

Confusion showed on my face when he pulled back to look at me. “What do you mean?”

“I know you’re afraid of me leaving you and that’s why we were together just now.”

“Adam.” I could hear the love in my voice, causing shock to overtake his expression. “I have wanted you since the day I kissed you. I was terrified that day because I was alone with you in my room. I knew it was a mistake to be alone with you when I wanted you as much as I did. That still didn’t stop me from getting you alone. If no one had interrupted us, I would have been with you then and there.”

“I love you Angel.”

“I love you too Adam.”

He pulled from my body all smiles. He tucked me into his arms and kissed my forehead. I allowed sleep to take me while he held me. My last thought before darkness took me, why had I waited so long to be with him?