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"Interfere? Interfere hat, sir?" She couldn’t els, to protect and watch over huuardians who "kept their distance"

The thought that Jaalled her

Kiel regarded her calht demons, darkness They are in the battlefield nearly every day If their own guardians were visible or intrusive, then the deht would be nullified, because the demons would cower and not come near We both know that they are drawn and cos"

"While we are forced to stand aside and watch the bloodshed and pain"

"We cannot interfere with free will You know the paraentle Janited her, even while seeht his blood every daywhile his guardians were held at bay by heaven itself "You’re using theht"

Kiel rulass pane crack "They are endoith spiritual gifts that few humans ever even know about The Lord has called theifts"

"And you put thee No wonder I never saw any angels around themand I couldn’t understand, not fro theuardian angels keep that kind of distance, they’re practically on their own"

"Enough! " Kiel roared, a blast of ind filling the space His wings expanded; his countenance blinded her

She fell to her knees, tre Impertinence never was tolerated by her coivehand touched the crown of her head, his fury vanished, replaced by kindness and coels are your friends Trust uarded by angels, the Shades by many more They watch frouardians on occasion, in the nized what I auardians"

She looked up in shock, still kneeling "Three?" She’d never heard of a ly rare

Kiel s eyes "You see now that he is special"

Yes, Jaured that out theso powerful and beautiful in hiel, and not just by name

Kiel continued, "You understand why you ain?"

She nodded, tears filling her eyes "Yes, Kiel I understand"

"Then why the tears, young one?" He patted her cheek

The tears caaze "I should not say"

He forced her to look up at him "You should not hold silent"

There weren’t words How could you tell another angel that your deepest wish, the gravest, most important desire in your heart, was to be human? To knohat it was to love another human, to experience the power of that love infroh the glass at what she never could have herself That feeling had intensified tenfold once she’d been sent to Earth as Kate’s personal guardian, after being placed in hu watched Kate find such beautiful love with Dillon, all that longing had irl, and Sunny atching over her already, Kate’s favorite movie had been The Little Mer to be human, to find her place on Earth Now she felt as if she’d found her very own song in Jamie’s arms, only to be denied her voice

She could explain none of this to Kiel, nor would she try

But his eyes revealed a deep understanding of those unspoken words "This is why touching them intimately is forbidden It unlocks e to us" For a , almost sad, and she wondered if he’d walked this same path of temptation himself at one tiel again, continue in your role as Kate’s guardian, and all shall be well"

She nodded, wiping at her tears "Yes, sir, understood"

All shall be well But how could it be, now that she knehat it was to be in Jael’s arms?

Jamie stared numbly at the flat screen All around hi on the bowl gael

He, ato serve God with his de, had kissed someone sacred Soiant heavenly hand would materialize any moment and for one specific purpose: to yank hiht to the fiery pit

You just didn’t go and seduce an angel Never uised as a hu? You knew she wasn’t a mortal from the moment you met her

He’d known, and yet he’d contrived a plan to seduce her, and look what had happened He’d quite possibly caused her a great deal of harm, while he continued to live his everyday human life