Page 144 of Caressed By Sin
“Please. . .tell me how?” Adae fell to the floor. Tears left those gold eyes. “How did you get God to forgive you?”
Azar stopped a foot in front of Adae. “Love.”
More tears left his eyes. Adae looked up. Sorrow coated his voice. “Love?”
“And faith.” Fast, Azar raised Soul-Breaker in the air and chopped Adae’s head off.
It fell to the floor.
I ran to Azar.
Exhausted, Azar dropped Soul-Breaker. The sword clanked to the floor.
I wrapped my arms around him.
He leaned his heavy weight on me. “I’m. . .out of it.”
“You should be.” I did my best to help him down to the ground. “You killed a fallen angel.”
Once sitting, he began to catch his breath. The wings disappeared.
I touched his back and only felt rippling hot muscle. “Will they come back?”
“I don’t know.”
“How. . .did they come in the first place?”
“It must have been God.”
“God?”
“Yes. Adae destroyed Soul-Breaker and put me in a cell. In there, I ached for you more than I have ever. . .for anyone in all my years of life. I craved you. But there was more important things to think about. So, I lowered to my knees and prayed over and over and over.”
I blinked. “What did you pray for?”
“Your and Jade’s safety.”
“Oh, baby.” My eyes watered.
“An angel came. He brought me Soul-Breaker.”
I leaned away. “That’s probably what Adae was confused about. He said no living thing could come back from heaven.”
“He didn’t know that my child lived in the sword.” Azar gathered his arms around me. “The angel told me to have faith, and I did.”
I leaned my head against his shoulder. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
“And. . .” I swallowed. “I am yours.”
“You’re damn right you are.”
“However. . .” I moved my head from his shoulder and looked him in the eyes. “I am not having fifty kids.”
“We can compromise with twenty-five.”
“Absolutely not.”
