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Chapter 7

-VALERIE'S P.O.V-

    Her gun aims for me and I can't help but fear. I don't know her power. I close my eyes as I hear the shot fired.
    I flinch as another one is fired. A second passes and I still live. I feel.. her.. close to me.
    I open my eyes to her. Her beautiful teal eyes lock with mine. She smiles and my heart beats loud against my chest.
    She's so close to me... I feel.. her..
    It's like the world has fallen away from us. This second, it's a literal second but it seems to last forever. She takes a step back after noticing how close she is to me but she starts to fall backwards because she trips in a body.
    I quickly grab her and pull her back up before she falls. Her cheeks turn a noticeable red. It's cute.
    ..no. It's not. It's not.
"Good to see you, Val."
    I realise I'm still holding in to her and it's not burning. I release her. My heart races with fear. What is she doing to me?
"Val?"
"Yeah." She says shyly.
    I back away from her and think of what to do. What to do with this mess. There are far too many bodies.
"Fire explosion could do. Like gas main break. Sparks from train lights it, everyone dies in flames." She suggests.
    I turn to her. She smiles a small smile, trying to be helpful. I nod to her.
   Her teal eyes brighten to me and her smile grows.
   Now the real work. The real annoying work. Maybe it might be best to change.
    I morph into a giant. Her eyes widen. It's almost funny..
    I turn and grab 5 to 6 bodies at a time and pile them. I only chose a giant to change to because the arm spand. I'm strong to lift these by my own form but this way it's just easier instead of doing one by one.
   She stands and watches me. Like she knows not to get in my way. Or she's scared of me.
   Is it bad.. I don't want her scared of me? Of course it is. She should be. We are sworn enemies.
   I return to my form and start a fire. I turn to her and she walks up to me.
"That was amazing."
     I laugh and shake my head. "You haven't seen anything, angel."
    I turn and walk to the exit. She follows close behind. As we reach the surface, I take flight and land on the  building from above. As I change back, she lands next to me.
   I have a feeling that I'm not really going to get rid of her..
"We can work together."
"Cause we both have seen how much you like to get in danger."
"Train me."
    I laugh to her. "Haven't the angels taught you that?"
"But it's different."
    I sigh. "An angel and demon fighting a war together seems like a bad idea. I believe it should be us trying to kill each other."
"But you won't kill me."
   I pull Sekia and have it an inch from her throat. I don't want her to burn so I keep it a distance.
"See."
"See what?"
"You won't kill me."
    I put Sekia away and turn from her.
"We can work together."
"And if I say yes, you would stop being annoying?"
    Her voice sad to my response. "Yes."
   I look up but the instant I search for her eyes, she turns away. I feel hurt. My heart hurts.
    I take a deep breath and sigh. "We can work together, Ninfa."
    She looks up but her eyes line with worry instantly. "You're bleeding."
"I'm fine."
   Her hand lightly presses to my chest. Something in me sparts and.. I feel..
   She turns me around and looks at my back. "It's just your chest. I can look and try to help, if you want."
    The sun begins to rise. I hadn't notice the night slip away. But there weren't any other major attacks so it was okay.
"I think it's just best we part and go rest. I'll be fine."
    She pulls her hand back from my chest. It covered with my blood, her eyes only fill with more worry.
"Let me take you."
"It's not far. I can fly."
"Please?"
      Something about her eyes.. the way she looks at me.. it all tells me.. She won't give in.. She may be as stubborn as I am.
   I slowly nod. Her arms wrap around me. They feel warm. Just warm.
   As she blinks, my stomach twists in knots. It almost makes me sick. Almost makes me pass out but I hang on.
    Hang on.. My mind is here but yet I can't reach my body. I'm sent into a state of purgatory.
"Let me take care of you. I'm sorry I got you hurt."
    I wish I could see her. But my eyes seem to be glued shut. I just want to.. I can't.
    I feel everything. I hear everything. But see none.
"I don't know if you can hear me. But. It seems wrong to just not tell you in some way." She sighs. "I have to look."
   I hear my tanktop being shredded. You know.. I go through these things like they're nothing. I get hurt, they just rip them off. It's annoying sometimes.
"Forgive me." She says and I feel my chest become bare.
   I hear her breath waver slightly. She lightly dabs the blood with something..
"I've never done this. Not to a demon. I hope it works." She mumbles to herself.
   A giant burning sting comes from my chest. I feel myself physically yell out in pain. Whatever she is doing, the pain, it's healing me.
   My heart is no longer cut, it's a whole. I feel it beat strong again. As the pain ends, it feels like I'm whole.
   I hear her heavy breathing. I can't look, I want to look. I want to say my thanks. I want to see her face.
"I'm sorry." I hear her breath out and I feel her weight fall next to me.
   Did she.. did..
   My heart races with fear. Did I kill her? Did I...
   My mind starts to slip faster and faster into a sleep.

    Why do I feel like this? Like I have to push myself. To find her.
    I fly around and listen. I should be resting, I know. But she's a tragedy waiting to happen.
    I hear large growls and follow the sound. It leads me to a subway. As I get to the bottom, I find her quickly.
   I think she smiled at me. But she isn't paying attention.
   The creatures skin was too thick and her sword wasn't working. As she stabbed it's heart, she also pulled her gun and the trigger on another monster.
    It's when her gun pointed to me. I hit fear and I hated it. I closed my eyes to hide it from her.
    When the shots were fired. I felt her come close to me. I felt her body heat, that's how close she was to me.
   And I.. I wanted her.
   I wanted her.

    I wake to the sight of an angel... literally. She's so peaceful. So beautiful.
    I think I'm going crazy. Maybe she has magic and is using it to make me hold feelings I don't want. Feelings I would always run from.
    I don't know how long I was just enjoying the sound of her heart beating.. And her soft breathing.. I notice I'm half naked.
   I quietly and carefully climb out of bed. I grab a shirt from my dresser and head into the bathroom. As I look in the mirror... A mark...
    It looks like a tiny heart.. about the size.. of a dime.. A mark of a heart.
    I look back into my room and she's still sleeping. I've honestly never shared a bed with someone. I've never had the chance.
    I was trapped in hell with dear old dad. The moment God left, it gave enough room in the barrier for Lucifer to slip free. Once he was on the surface and disappeared, the barrier broke and I was finally free.
   It's honestly been a good year. But because I'm finally free. It feel great to breathe.
    I was never given the moment to spare to even hold a lover. If you want to be an almost 1500 year old virgin, I can guide you. You just have to be trapped in literal hell first.
    I slip my shirt on and walk out of my room, leaving the angel... Ninfa... to sleep.
    Joel's eyes instantly catch mine. He smirks. "What's up?" He asks in a cocky tone.
"Oh fuck off."
"You've got a pretty woman in your bed again."
    I rub the back of my neck. She is very.. I push the thought away.
    His eyebrow raises and he smirks.
"It's not what your dirty little mind is thinking."
"You don't know what I'm thinking."
"She.. healed.. me."
"An angel can heal a demon?"
    I move my shirt down enough for the mark to show. His jaw drops slightly.
"So what happened?"
"Sekia won't kill me. We know this. But I pushed myself to go fight again lastnight. And the wound reopened. I couldn't fly. She helped."
"I went out. I thought you were sleeping."
"How's the elvish affair?"
"Don't change the topic. It's great. But don't change the topic."
"She passed out. I did too. I couldn't move. My mind was stuck in limbo."
    He noticeably cringes and it makes  me laugh.
    He comes closer and grabs my chin. He moves my head slowly from side to side. I smack him away and growl to his touch.
"A less bitter Valerie."
"What the fuck are you talking about now?"
"You're changing."
"What are you talking about?"
    Something in my heart just kicks. Beating hard against my chest, trying to get out. I don't want to talk about this.