Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,122

give you the same warning, but know I would never hurt her,” Myles replies. “I have looked for my mate my entire life and never expected to find her in the sky. I have a feeling we have that in common. We have searched a long time for Katy.”

They stare each other down for another long pause before Ren steps back and offers Myles his hand. Thank the gods. Myles takes his upper arm in a tight grip, and Ren does the same, both of them doing a strange handshake before letting go. Ren kisses the side of my head, the tension still thick in the air before he walks into the forest where Henry and Thallon wait for us. They watched, and I have no doubt they would have stepped in if it went bad. Waving them all goodbye, Myles takes my hand and links our fingers as we follow the river downstream.

“How are you?” Myles softly asks me when we are completely alone.

The question is simple enough, but the answer, not so much. “Angry. Happy...most of all, nervous of what is to come.”

“The angels are known for being incredible fighters, and we have no time to train. I thought maybe we should practice some basic combat moves together?” he asks me. “I always find working out takes your mind off the bigger picture.”

Knowing he is just trying to settle my mind, to help me find comfort wherever I can, I rest my head on his shoulder. I couldn’t imagine my life without Myles in it. He never demands anything, he just is there, at my side, being exactly who I need. I hope I am the same for him when this war is over. I hope we have a long future ahead of us as mates, because I don’t see a future for me without Myles in it.

“I know how to fight, the academy taught me, but training will help,” I eventually reply. “I know we haven’t talked about us mating, and I’m not sure if it is different for wolves, but I know that I’m in love with you, and I want us to have forever. I will fight for you, for Thallon, for Ren and Henry because you’re my mates. You’re the future I have longed for.”

Myles stops us and looks down, and I try to read the emotions in his eyes with no luck. Instead I’m just stuck in how beautiful they are. Lifting my hand, I brush his blond locks off his forehead and smile at the sheer beauty of him.

The gods crafted Myles for me, because there is no other way he can be so perfect.

“I love you too, Katy,” he whispers to me. “I love how brave you are. How even when you fear your own heart, you fight for what is right. Most of all, I love that when I look into your eyes, I see home. A home I never had, never knew I needed and never understood what it felt like. War, angels, supernaturals and whatever else we will face, I will be at your side through it all.”

Tears wet my cheeks as he kisses me, swallowing any reply that never could have matched up to the brutally honest words that tore my heart apart and sealed the gaps with him inside.

We will fight for forever.

And it will still never be enough for me and my mates.

Ripping at each other’s clothes, we soon lose all of them before he picks me up and lays me down on the cold grass by the river, covering my body with his. Kissing me senseless for a long time, our bodies brush against each other, turning me on more than I ever thought was possible. He moves down my body and grabs my thighs, parting them before pressing one soft kiss on the side of my knee.

“Myles,” I whisper, begging for more. We have waited so long for this, to be together. I don’t want to wait.

“Are you sure?” he asks me, brushing one more kiss on the inside of my thigh. “Because I think I’m going to die if I can’t be inside you soon. I will wait though. I will wait forever if that’s what you want, Katy.”

“I’m so sure. I want to be with you,” I answer, and a rumble of a pleased growl escapes his lips. My lips part as he suddenly kisses me, right on my core, swirling his hot tongue around my clit with expert movement. I