Breaking An Angel

Chapter 4: The Famous Penelope

PENELOPE POV

I’m in my room sitting at my vanity after my hour long shower, still trying to cool down from the argument I had with Achilles. He can be such a f*****g douche sometimes, I’m tired of him trying to control us. 

As I’m brushing my hair, I hear a faint knock on my door. Achilles wouldn’t be anywhere near me right now, and Alexius would have just barged in, privacy be damned so it must be Adonis.

“Come in Adi.” I yell.

“How did you know it was me?” He says as he slumps down on my bed.

I look at him through my mirror and smile, “I just happen to know my brothers really well.”

“Even if they act like Alpha male douchebags sometimes.”

He lets out a soft chuckle and proceeds to hold himself up on his elbows. “So you want to tell me why you were grabbing onto my girlfriend’s brother not 2 minutes after meeting him?”

“If your’e just going to scold me for my poor life choices, you can go now.”

“I’m not trying to scold you P, I’m just trying to understand.”

“Well, I don’t know why I did it. Something told me that I should, it’s like I was being pulled towards him and I couldn’t stop myself. I didn’t want to stop myself.”

“I get that, I felt the same way when I met Jo, I just want to be around her all the time, and when I’m not, I feel like I’m missing a part of myself.”

I get up and throw myself down on my bed face first, feeling utterly lost and confused. Adi starts rubbing my back trying to offer a semblance of comfort while I pout into my pillow. I look over to see how big he looks in my bed, my brothers are well over six feet tall and here one is being soft towards his sister. 

“You want to go on an adventure?” I ask looking up at him with mischief clear on my face.

“What are we waiting for?” He responds.

Oh I love my Adi, he’d do anything for me. We jump up from my bed as I run to my closet to put on my sneakers, there’s no time to change if we want to avoid Achilles, so my leggings and this sweatshirt will do. We run downstairs careful not to make too much noise before Adi grabs his car keys so we can go. As we’re making our way out the door I hear someone clear their throat getting our attention. I look over my shoulder and thank god it’s just Alexi. 

“Where are you two off to in such a hurry?” He asks raising his eyebrow at us.

“We’re going on an adventure, want to come?” I ask him.

He looks at us suspiciously, trying to figure out where were going, but a part of me feels that he already knows, so he doesn’t ask.

“Can’t actually,” he starts, “I have a hot date.” He says wiggling his eyebrows at us.

“Please don’t catch an STD.” Adonis adds before he leaves for the car.

“You know the rules Alexi, be safe and don’t get anyone pregnant.”

“I’m hurt you think so little of me P.” He says placing a hand over his chest faking hurt.

“I’m being realistic, no one wants their daughter to get pregnant from a one-night stand.”

“I’m doing the female population a favor.” I say rolling my eyes at him. “We have to go before Achilles shows up and starts acting questions.”

“Be safe, love you.” He says as he kisses my forehead and sends me off.

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“So why are we going here exactly?” Adonis asks me.

“I’m not sure at the moment, but I’ll know once we get there.” I reply.

“Look P, I don’t want you to get hurt, so maybe don’t get your hopes so high, remember we barely know they guy.” He reminds me.

“I know, it’s just that maybe if I see him again I’ll know what I need to do you know.”

We drive for about 15 minutes and Adi turns into a long drive way that may as well be it’s own street. We arrive at a gate and the security guard allows us in without a problem since he knows Adonis. Adi continues driving up the driveway until we see a large mansion in the distance.

“Woah, you didn’t tell me they were rich Adi.” 

“We’re rich too.”

“Yeah but they’re like old money rich, this seems like generational wealth rich, like we profited off the poor rich. We’re like baby rich.”

“Calm down P, it’s not that serious. You’ve met Jo plenty of times and she’s really down to earth.”

“Yeah I know but what if the rest of her family is like our parents, I don’t think I’d be able to handle that.”

“You’ll be fine just relax a little”

As I’m getting out of the car, I can’t help but feel a sense of nervousness wash over me, but at the same time, something is telling me to keep going, and that what I want is just behind those double doors. We make our way to the front door and Adonis rings the door bell, out comes a small woman who smiles at the sight of Adi. 

“Hello Mr Adonis, what a pleasure to see you again.”

“Hello Mary, is Jo home?”

“Yes Miss Jophiel is home, come in please and I’ll let her know you’re here.” The woman replies.

She escorts us in and asks us to wait by the door while she gets Jo. I can hear faint voices coming from a set of closed doors, and one particularly catches my attention. I may have only heard it briefly, but I can recognize that it’s Azrael’s. As if I’m possessed, my legs start moving towards the voices, and before the Mary woman can open the doors, I let myself in. I can hear Adonis silently cursing me for just barging in, but it didn’t phase me.

I stand there and my gaze is immediately drawn to Azrael who is sitting down with his head in his hands looking like he’s going through it, and I just want to run to him and hold him. He looks up and our eyes immediately meet and before I know it, he is standing right in front of me. I have to crane my neck to be able to see into his eyes, the height difference is f*****g bullshit, how did my brothers end up over 6ft tall, and I’m 5’4” on a good day. 

As I’m staring into his beautiful blue eyes I can see his hand making his way to my face and I hear someone scream in the background, “Azrael NO!” But that doesn’t stop him. His hand caresses my cheek and a sea of warmth engulfs my senses, making me lean into his touch, closing my eyes.

I don’t exactly know how long we stood there for, but when I decide to open my eyes, I can see Jo walking past us and into Adi’s arms, and when I look behind Azrael, there are five other faces staring at us in complete shock. I can feel my face beginning to turn red with embarrassment coating my features, I hear a few giggles from the people in the room only making my shame that much more visible.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” I begin.

Azrael grabs my face with both his hands, forcing me to look up at him, “hey, it’s okay. I’m glad you’re here.”

He holds my hand and our fingers intertwine like we’ve known each other our whole lives, and he turns around to face the other people in the room and starts speaking, “Everyone, this is Penelope, Penelope, these are my siblings.”

“Ah yes, the famous Penelope, we’ve heard plenty about you my dear, you’ve caused quite the stir around here.” a man with piercing grey eyes and dark hair responds. “My name is Lucifer, it’s a pleasure to meet you darling.” He says as he’s holding out his hand.

With my free hand I reach out to shake his and as soon as our hands touch I can see a glint of mischief in his eyes, an overwhelming feeling to give in to temptation fills me and my mind starts to wander to all the sinful things I wish to do. 

“Enough Luci!” Azrael boomed, snatching my hand from Lucifer’s grip. Azrael wraps his arm around me in a tight embrace and those feelings of temptation wash away with warmth taking their place. 

Everyone is staring at me and it feels like they were just able to see everything that went through my mind, my face growing redder by the second.

“It’s ok sweetheart, Lucifer here can be a lot.” I hear a voice directed at me. “My name is Michael, that is Raphael, Gabrielle, Remiel, and you just met Lucifer we are Jophiel and Azrael’s siblings.”

Woah, their mom must really be a bible thumper to name all her kids after angels, and I thought my parent’s were over the top and their Catholic.