Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,54
food, Kaitlyn?”
My rumbling stomach answers him, and he smirks. “I will take that as a yes.” Myles walks to another door and holds it open, looking back at me. “You’re safe on my ship and in my pack, Kaitlyn. Whatever you were running from won’t find you here.”
I tensely smile, because he has no clue who is looking for me. I can still feel Ren’s teeth in my neck, and I can still hear his voice as he called me his queen. I still feel the hurt as he betrayed me, hurt me and broke my heart. As Myles takes a step back, the creak of the floorboard makes me jump, and thankfully the memories go with.
Myles leaves me alone, and I walk to the bathroom, shutting the door behind me. Tears fall down my cheeks as I turn the shower on and strip out of the top and shorts before climbing in. I let myself cry for a long while before washing my hair and body with Myles’s lemon scented soap and getting out. I towel dry my hair and find a pile of clothes. The pale purple top is too big, but I tuck it into the skinny jeans which fit perfectly. The mirror catches my attention, and for a long time, I’m stuck staring at my blonde hair, which looks more like silver now. My skin is flawless, not a crease in sight, and I am skinnier than I thought I was. My eyes glow with a light blue tone to them, and my white wings don’t look real as they float behind me. I reach back, brushing a hand down my wing, which I feel like another limb, albeit a lot furrier. Slipping on the yellow socks, I head out of the bathroom and back into the room where Myles sits on the bed, his legs crossed and a sandwich half in his mouth. Next to him is another sandwich on a plate with some crisps. I smile and walk over, sitting next to him and eating the food in silence.
“What you running from, Katy?” he asks me, breaking the utter silence that has taken hold of us. Taking a deep breath, I turn and look at him. Myles has really beautiful green eyes, I notice as I watch him. He is a complete stranger to me, but he saved my life, and for that, I feel like I owe him something. Maybe an answer. For a few minutes, I simply explain how I left the academy, everything about Ren and Henry. Even Riley.
“Nearly everyone I knew and loved betrayed me or lied to me. I’m running from everyone, and I know I have to go back, but I’m not strong enough to face them.” I chuckle. “I need to help two of my friends, Vesnia and Thallon. They didn’t do shit, and I left them there.”
“That’s bullshit,” Myles replies, like it’s just that simple. I frown at him as he stands up and holds a hand out for me. “You aren’t weak, you are a survivor. Like me.”
“You don’t know me, Myles,” I warn him with a long sigh.
He shrugs with a cheeky grin. “Yet.” He has such a cheeky look on his face that I can’t help but smile back to. “I know you’re not weak. My wolf tells me as much.”
Despite my resolve that I’m not strong enough to face the world, I lean forward and take his hand in mine and let him pull me up.
“You’re going to be trouble, aren’t you, Myles?” I ask, and he laughs as he links our fingers like it’s the most natural thing in the world. Two strangers who found each other in the sea. Myles doesn’t answer me, but he does lead me out of his room into a corridor with stairs at the end and countless doors. Heading to the staircase, we both pause as I sense a change in the air just before a black shadow appears in front of us both. Myles steps in front of me, a low warning growl vibrating from his chest as a familiar angel steps out of the shadows with a girl I don’t know at his side.
“Miss Lightson, we have been looking for you.”
Chapter 31
“Gabriel, you’re alive?” I question, even though the answer is crystal clear as he stands in front of me. Memories flash in my mind of his panicked face as Ren spoke to him and how I kissed Ren to distract him from