“There’s no reason for me to delay then,” Danny said.
Amy sat up, surprised by Danny’s statement. I could feel the fear in her. Fear that he’d discovered her dirty little secret. Underneath the sheet I felt the familiar warmth of angel fire swirling like a mini vortex in my palm.
“Why are you leaving me?” she asked in a miserable and pathetic voice.
“I have to patrol,” Danny said, a little too dryly, though Amy didn’t notice. “I’ve neglected my other duties far too long.”
He leaned over the bed and kissed my forehead. I silently pleaded with him to look into my eyes and see that it was not me he was talking to. He couldn’t hear my pleas. Danny was lost to me.
“You can survive without me for one day,” he laughed half-heartedly. “Go hunt and I’ll meet you back here at nightfall. Then I’
