Far From Heaven
“Madeleine stood alone on the balcony outside the bedroom she’d been given, looking up at the stars. A light ahem behind her turned her head. Riam lent his otherworldly glow to the darkness as he stepped out and joined her at the railing. She smiled at him and went on perusing the stars.
“This is absolutely what you want?” he asked.
“I just want him.”
“I think he has a good idea, giving you a glimpse of what you’re in for before you commit…but I wish I could change your mind about the whole thin...g.”
“You can’t.”
“Oh, I know.” He sighed. “You’d have been a force to reckon with, Madeleine. I’d have loved to have seen you wearing wings someday. I think you’d have made every demon in Hell tremble.”
“I doubt that.”
“I don’t.”
They spent a moment in silence. Madeleine closed her eyes as a breeze grazed her cheeks, and she pulled her light sweater closer. In a moment, Ash was going to drag the soul from her body as Saklon had tried to do. As she’d seen Ash himself do to someone else.MoreLess
“This is absolutely what you want?” he asked.
“I just want him.”
“I think he has a good idea, giving you a glimpse of what you’re in for before you commit…but I wish I could change your mind about the whole thin...g.”
“You can’t.”
“Oh, I know.” He sighed. “You’d have been a force to reckon with, Madeleine. I’d have loved to have seen you wearing wings someday. I think you’d have made every demon in Hell tremble.”
“I doubt that.”
“I don’t.”
They spent a moment in silence. Madeleine closed her eyes as a breeze grazed her cheeks, and she pulled her light sweater closer. In a moment, Ash was going to drag the soul from her body as Saklon had tried to do. As she’d seen Ash himself do to someone else.MoreLess
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