Death In Her Eyes - Erin Bedford Page 0,39

With an exhausted breath, he lifted his head but the expression on his face wasn’t that of an annoyed parent but of alarm even fear. “Elle, get in the car.”

“What?” I griped my purse to me tightly. “No. I’m not going -”

“Get in the car now.” He grabbed me shoving me behind him as Azazel opened her side of the car.

The sound of wings beating against the ground drew my attention and I struggled to see around my dad. Of all the things I’d seen and experienced in my life nothing prepared me for what stood before us looking menacing. The handsome man with wings expanding six feet on either side with a glowing sword in hand and golden armor coating his body wasn’t anything like anyone I’d ever seen before.

It was then I realized that for the first time in my life I saw an honest to God angel.

“Batariel, I should have known it would be you who protecting the abomination.” The man sneered at my dad, who to his credit didn’t flinch.

“Michael.” My dad snorted, his hand going to the side. A curved blade appeared in his hand out of thin air. “You’ve fallen so far out of His grace he’s having you run errands?”

“Dad…” I went to put my hand on his shoulder, but large black wings popped out of his back blocking me from touching him as well as seeing the angel.

“Azazel,” my dad ordered from the other side of the wings. “Get her out of here.”

Sharp nails bit into my arm and I was being shoved into the passenger side car before I knew what was happening.

“Wait.” I tried to open the door, but it was locked. Glaring at Azazel, I growled, “Let me out. We can’t leave him there.”

Azazel didn’t even spare me a glance putting the car into gear and speeding off as something crashed and shook the ground. “Your father can handle it. My job is to keep you safe.”

Twisting in my seat, I tried to see what was happening behind us, but we had gotten too far away already to make anything out. Flashings of light in the distance were the only sign that anything was going on.

“Do you have a death wish girl?” Azazel switched gears violently as we pulled into the gates of the academy. “You’d think that someone with your abilities wouldn’t put themselves in unnecessary danger.”

One would think.

Chapter 14

A knock on my bedroom door woke me up from my usual dream. This time the shadows were closing in on me, whispering, “We’ve found you, at last.”

I didn’t want to think too much into what it meant. It was too conveniently associated with my recent angel encounter to be a coincidence.

The persistent knocking continued as I rolled over and shoved my pillow over my head, trying to block it out. My dad still hasn’t come back from fighting with Michael. Normally, I would attest his missing person to Bart being Bart but under the circumstances it could be bad. Very bad.

The knocking turned into a pounding.

“Mother fucker.” I grunted, turning over and climbing, well falling out of the bed. I tripped over my shoes and barely caught myself on the doorknob. “Who put those there?” I shot daggers at my favorite boots, shoving my hair out of my face and unlocking the door. Pulling it open with a scowl, I prepared to give whoever interrupted my sleep a piece of my mind.

“What do you…want?” My mouth fell open at Dex standing on the other side of my door.

His masculine arms crossed over his chest, his dark gaze skimming over my pajamas which consisted of a tank top and short shorts.

“Uh…what are you doing here?” I shifted slightly behind the door, hoping to hide the fact that I wasn’t wearing a bra right now.

Dex stared hard at me lingering on my bare legs.

“Hey!” I snapped, clicking my fingers in his face. “Eyes up here buddy.”

Blinking rapidly, Dex cleared his throat and turned his face to the side. “Get dressed. You’re late for breakfast.”

I stared at him dumbly. “So?”

“So,” Dex began pushing into my room without permission. “Your little stunt last night has consequences.” He found my discarded uniform and tossed it at me without looking.

“That doesn’t explain what you’re doing here?”

Dex grabbed my books and shoved them into a bag. “I’m your babysitter.”

I pulled the skirt over my shorts not bothering to take them off. I pushed around Dex and grabbed my bra from last night. “I’m too old