Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,109
my gaze stays fixed on the two pools of burning fire in front of me. Black fire and light fire…much different from the academy and far purer. This is where the power to change our souls into angels actually comes from. The light above, or the Great Light, made these pits of magic, and they are connected to his soul, but over time, they have become strong on their own. They have a life of their own now…I know that rumour is true because the power chose to bring Ren back to life. The Great Light would never have let that happen, so that means only one thing: he doesn’t control the power he created anymore.
“Where is Kaitlyn? What did you do to her?” I demand. The angel comes to a halt right in front of me, looking down at me from under his large nose.
“Thallon Cross, Kaitlyn Lightson has betrayed your race and people. Do you understand this?” he asks me, watching me very closely. I want to tell him to fuck off, that the angel race is messed up to begin with and Kaitlyn has spent her life trying to survive. I want to tell him the vampires are not heartless creatures, they are not monsters.
And that the angels are wrong.
And that I’m fucking glad I didn’t choose a side and become more of what they are.
“Tell him lies and come to me. We will save her together, Thallon Cross,” a female voice whispers into my ear, but the angel doesn’t even flinch. He didn’t hear it.
If I tell the angel the truth, they will kill me, and I can’t save Kaitlyn when I’m dead. I need to lie, and I need to lie well.
“I understand. Loving her made my judgment clouded,” I answer, the lie burning in my throat with how wrong it sounds. One giant lie to save the woman who I always will be in love with. I knew from the second I saw her staring at the roses in the greenhouse. The way the red roses reflected in her eyes, the shine of light bouncing off the red colour and casting pink shades throughout her curly blonde hair. I love her sarcastic tops that always make me smile, I love how she is brave and cares deeply about those in her life. I love her. Period.
“You can go back to a human life with no memories of this life, or you can choose a new path with the angels. The choice will be yours solely,” the angel explains.
“I want to be an angel,” I answer.
“I hope for your sake that is not a lie. The magic will tell,” he counters, waving a hand at the pools of fire. “It has been too long for your indecision. Master Gabriel is not here to protect you any longer. Go and make your choice.”
Standing up, with my hands still cuffed together in front of me, I walk to the fires. The light calls to me as much as the dark does…but the light would mean I couldn’t easily lie.
And I need to be able to lie to get out of this. Thinking only of Kaitlyn, a smile stays on my lips as I walk into the black fire, and it covers me completely, lulling me into its depths, and darkness takes me before I can feel it burn.
In the darkness, a voice drifts to me, pressing its words into my mind.
“I will change you, Thallon Cross, and you will save her. Save the queen, let the city fall, and set me free. When the light above dies…so do I.”
Chapter 56
Laughing at Aala’s story of when she fell off a horse and got stuck in a tree when a branch got caught in her shirt, I rest back against Ren, who holds me close. Despite feeling a million times better, I know I need blood soon, and the true fear of this place really doesn’t leave me even when I want it to. The moments I have with Ren right now need to make us stronger so we can escape...when Henry comes for us. I’m just not sure how he is going to get to me in here.
Either way, I’m not leaving without the people I love. It just isn’t an option.
“You’re both coming with us,” a pale-faced dark angel demands, standing in the frame of the doorway. Aala hurriedly backs away to the wall as I stand up with Ren. I hold his hand tightly as he