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Prologue
The angel
hovered near the veil between the Otherworld and the physical realm, close
enough to take a nearly solid form and near enough to the woman he guarded, he
could reach out and caress her cheek. But the distance between them may as well
have been the distance of the entire universe. Although Andrew could see her
clearly through the veil, she couldn’t see him and she never would—a fact that
pierced his soul with more agony than a demon’s blade. He had to ignore that
pain, however, as well as his feelings for her.
Andrew
could not fathom his love toward this single human. Angels, even warrior angels
such as himself, naturally loved all humans equally—a sacred love only
surpassed by their Master. His many wards over the millennia had never made him
feel as this one did, this human woman known as Zoe from the part of Earth
called Thessaly. He did not know what made her different, but from the day he became
her guardian, his soul ached to be more than an invisible entity in her life.
It wanted to be a part of her physical world. But such desire was dangerous. Forbidden.
Human
emotions such as these could cast Andrew out of Heaven, deliver him straight
into his enemies’ hands and transform him into the very creatures he was
created to conquer. The thought of becoming one of them—the fallen, the demons,
Satan’s followers—appalled him. He’d rather be extinguished, even if it never
meant being a part of Zoe’s physical life. He would destroy her as a demon, but
he could save her soul as an angel.
For her
sake, he must suppress his feelings and focus on his duties. He needed to
remain alert, ready for battle.
What a beautiful excerpt! It left me breathless and dying to read more!
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