Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,52

the dark night that feels endless and as lost as I am.

“You will pay back your debt to me as the fates descend. Fly, Kaitlyn.”

Like someone reaches into my chest, I jolt, my once exhausted body feeling full of life and energy suddenly, and I snap out of the haze I was in.

I want to live. The thought is so much more vivid than the voice speaking inside my head, and I know it wasn’t me who healed myself. Someone is with me.

I blink back the tears in my eyes as I turn around, noticing that I’m above a dark sea with only one modern looking ship nearby, its lights flickering as the waves push the large ship around. Spreading my wings out, I let the breeze stop my fall and glide me over the sea as I suck in a breath of relief. I can land on the ship and figure out the rest of my plan; I just need to stop for a moment. I’m free…but Vesnia and Thallon are not. Despite what Ren, Riley and Henry did and lied about, I can’t leave my real friends to suffer. The Angel Academy is controlled by vampires now, and who knows what Ren will do to the angels, let alone to Thallon, who might be a skilled fighter, but he lacks his wings. Flying towards the ship, I sense the presence that has been with me since I fell.

“Who are you?” I ask the sky, and I don’t expect an answer, but I get one anyway.

“My name was lost to angels many years ago, but you would have heard mention of me. I am the light above, and your soul belongs to me. Survive this.”

Just as his voice leaves my head, a wave higher than where I’m flying crashes into me, pushing me into the cold sea with its strength. I gasp, sucking in cold water as my body freezes while the water pushes me around in its depth, the swirling ocean’s power nearly impossible to resist. I can’t scream for help, I can’t fight the sea as black dots spot my vision, and I take in far too much water. I can’t see the surface as I struggle, fighting the current of the strong water as I search for anything.

I’m going to die. The sea is going to drown me just as I decided to live. Can half vampires, half angels even die?

Suddenly, warm arms wrap around my body and pull me up, straight to the surface of the water. The cold air brings much relief as it hits my lungs, and I cough out water as the stranger holds onto me, both of us being pulled fast through the water to the ship. The moonlight shines down on the man’s soaking wet blond hair, and his green eyes reflect the beams of light, catching my attention like a lighthouse in a storm. His mouth moves, but I can’t hear him as everything feels fuzzy, dark spots cloaking my vision until I can’t see his eyes anymore. I can’t focus at all on anything but his warmth seeping into my body, pushing the cold water to the back of my mind. I wrap my weak-feeling arms around his neck as everything goes blurry, and I vaguely realise we are being lifted out of the sea. Hazily I open my eyes to see bright light as it shines down on us just before I pass out.

Chapter 30

I snuggle into the warmth at my back as I wake up, wondering what exactly just happened and where the hell I am. Hidden under a thick white duvet, I peek out at the cabin room I am in as the room moves slightly, letting me know we are on a ship of some kind. The way the room moves softly reminds me of a trip my parents once took me on. We had to go on a ferry from the south of England to France before driving to Disneyland. My heart hurts as I remember how Riley came with us and how happy he was on the rides. How we made a pretend tent in the hotel room and fell asleep in it before we could get to bed. That holiday, like many others, is etched into my mind even as the rocking lull of the ship makes me sleepy once more.

Wait, ship??

How the heck did I get on a ship? Jogging my memory, I think back to what just happened to