Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,3

until then, I don’t know why I didn’t remember.

The car...it crashed, and then there was nothing but darkness until the pain of the fire. I was in the damn fire?

Did they drag me out of the car and bring me here? And why would the angels do that? I suppose I’ve always been worried my powers would put me in danger one day, but I assumed it would be because of a psycho ghost and not an angel kidnapping cult.

“Riley and I were in a car. I was driving, and I’m sure we crashed into something,” I mumble, running the last few moments of the crash over and over. There was something in the road, but I wasn’t looking. It was my fault. I snap my eyes to the angel. “Wait, where is Riley? Why aren’t I in a hospital? Where are my parents?”

“Please do calm down, Miss Lightson. Mr. Riley Becker is fine, and your parents are on earth, where they should be,” he starts to explain, and I feel like the ball is about to drop right before it actually does. “Miss Lightson, your human soul and body died in the car crash on the sixteenth of August 2019. It was a tragic and predestined accident that happened to twenty people at the exact same time all over the earth, and I am sorry for your loss. Now—”

I stop him because this shit sounds unbelievable. “How could I have died if I’m right here, you know, alive?”

“I was getting to that. Please don’t interrupt until the end,” he suggests, and I frown but keep quiet. “The angel birthmark on your thigh is called an angel blessing. Any baby born with an angel blessing will die between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one in a predestined tragedy. The young adult is then reborn in holy fire, and they become an angel in training, an opportunity to become something incredible. A blessing in death, you might say.” He points a finger into the air, and I look up, lost in the beauty of the white fire for a moment again.

“Are you suggesting I was reborn in that white fire and I’m now an angel?” I ask, and then I laugh. I’m still laughing as I stand up, shaking my head. “Right, you are crazy, and I need to go home now.”

He shakes his head, a serious edge appearing in his eyes. “My name is Professor Badhur, and I am one of the many teachers here at The Angel Academy. You will learn more in the welcoming ceremony ahead of you, but there is something important I must explain to you before that.”

“Which is?”

“The holy fire saved your soul, and now you owe a debt to the light above. If you try to run away, kill another angel or break any of the rules given to you, you will be killed. This is your second chance at life, Miss Lightson, do not fail at it,” he gravely tells me. “If you pass The Angel Academy, you will be paired with another angel and given a human to watch over until their deaths. As you are now immortal, many humans will be your charges.”

I’m speechless as I stare at him for a long time, hearing the distant sound of chatter and water dripping. “You’re not lying, are you?”

“Light angels do not lie; it taints our souls, and it is the deal we made for our wings,” he tells me as he walks to the door and holds it open for me. “The next part of your angel life is yours. If you do not wish to live it, then stay in this room, and I will end your life. If you wish to fight for this chance, walk out of this door with your head held high and find your destiny.”

I stare at the door for a second, but I already know my choice.

I might not understand everything, but the only way I’m getting answers is by finding them, even if it means accepting whatever I now am. I walk to the door, and Professor Badhur bows his head at me. “Blessed be the angels.”

“Blessed be the angels,” I find myself replying before I step out of the room and into my new life.

Chapter 3

The cold from the stone under my feet makes me hyperaware of everything as I walk down the dimly lit corridor towards the warm yellow light at the other end. I can hear whispered voices somewhere nearby, I