Part 11 (2/2)
”Then, by morning you and your team should be off. If you fail to recover the Amulet-”
”We. Won't. Fail.” Marcus swears. Chance merely smiles and says that is her hope as well.
Charity shows us to our rooms. Marcus tells Jay to contact the guy he knows and orders us to get some rest. We are to meet back in his room in a few hours. We all follow instructions. I give Marcus a quick kiss and head to my room.
The minimalist decor makes the room an ideal place for meditation. I can't help but think how happy Wolf would be in here. I laugh to myself thinking what awful things Ameana would do to me if she knew I was even thinking
about Wolf. Even if it is an innocent thought.
I look at myself in the circular mirror before me. There is a smile on my face. Outside of being with Marcus, I have found little reason to smile of late. Now I think there is actually a chance that I may be saved right along with the world. I never allowed myself to entertain such thoughts before. Now, I'm thinking about what college I may go to and where I will be in five years...
We're going after Lucy's son and it's been predicted that not all of us will make it back. Maybe you should hold off the long-term planning, Emmy.
Given this kind of thinking, I know if I stay in this room I will drive myself crazy with worry. So I head over to Marcus's room. The team is supposed to be recharging but if I know my First Guardian, he's wide awake.
As I walk by Miku's room, I hear her and Ameana talking. I guess no one is recharging.
”I know we're good and we've gone up against a lot. But Kairo?” Miku says.
”I know,” Ameana says, with a sense of dread.
”Kairo is a psychopath.”
”Yeah, I agree. I'm not sure Lucy could kill him even if she wanted to.”
”Going up against him is worse then the Hun. Do you remember what he did to Linden?”
”I heard that story in training and it gave me nightmares.”
Who's Linden?
The two fall silent.
”We don't really have a choice do we?” Miku says a few moments later.
”No. Marcus is going to do this with or without us. And we can't let him do it alone.”
”You guys think I'm crazy for not wanting to kill the Tics?” Miku asks.
”I get it. Redd hurt a lot of people. You're trying to undo some of what she did.”
”Exactly, I put my hand through a man's chest and ripped his heart out from his body. And you know what is worse? How much I enjoyed it.”
”That wasn't you.”
”Redd is a part of me. So somewhere inside me I'm actually that dark and that twisted.”
”I know it's difficult to look back on, but when you're in the heat of a battle, you can't take regret with you. It'll slow you down.”
”I just can't believe how out of control I was. How could evil make a home so easily inside me?”
”It's not just you. Angel or not, it's easy to let evil in. Some days you keep it a bay and some days it comes up to your door and knocks.”
”Have you ever...let it in?”
”Gotten very close.”
”When Emmy kissed Marcus?” she asks carefully.
”Yeah...”
”At least you were strong enough not to do something crazy, unlike me.”
”You don't know how many times I've separated Emmy's flesh from her bones in my head.”
”Ameana!”
”What? I know it would be wrong but it would also be fun; so much fun,” I can hear the smile in her voice.
”I thought Angels were supposed to be nice?” Miku teases.
”No, Pretty. We're supposed to be good and I am. Have I killed the human? No. But thinking about it is fun. And we are allowed to have some fun.”
”I guess. So, how do you feel?” Miku asks her.
”Much better, the side effects of Choice's powers are wearing off.”
”I don't mean that. I mean the fact that we're about to ask for Wolf's help.”
”Pretty, there has to be someone else we can ask.”
”Wolf may not kill but you can't deny he can handle himself. Or as Jay would say 'kid's got skillz,' ” Miku says, imitating Jay's voice.
”I know but...”
”Ameana, its okay to like him.”
”What if I don't want to?”
”I hate what you're letting the break up do to you,” Miku says gently.
After a moment of reflection, Ameana admits, ”Wolf is kind of s.e.xy when he fights. And his wing span is ma.s.sive
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