Breaking An Angel

Chapter 9: With a Heavy Heart

ADONIS POV

After my brothers and I went out into the crowd playing the grieving sons part, Lucifer helped by eye f*****g the guests into believing that dear old dad had a heart attack and mommy dearest couldn’t handle the loss and soon followed him. He said it was a necessary evil and that we couldn’t have the humans interfering with celestial affairs.

Once we got rid of all the guests and the bodies were taken care of, I ended up sitting in the living room staring at the tv that wasn’t even powered on.

Achilles and Alexius sat beside me still reeling from everything that happened. I’ve had more time to process what’s going on and they’re still getting used to the idea that a guy just sprouted wings in the office.

“So what now?” 

“Lex, I don’t think that question has the straightforward answer you’re looking for.” Achilles responds.

“Do you always have to be an ass.”

“Only for you.” Achilles teases back.

Even after everything that happened tonight I’m glad that we can still make light of a shitty situation. We are going to be alright.

“What about Penelope?” Alexius asks.

“What about her? She’s our sister and we’re going to help her.” I said.

“Obviously, but apparently she’s an empath and we have 7 Archangels wandering around the house right now.”

“We deal with it as it comes. We’ve always known Penelope to be empathic, only now she can channel it into energy bursts. We just have to figure out how to help her learn control.” Achilles stated.

“And besides, we have 7 Angels at our disposal, I doubt they’ll just leave knowing what she’s capable of.”

“That you’re right about,” we turn to see Michael walking into the living room. “Some of us have celestial business to tend to, so Gabrielle and I will be leaving soon, but the others will stay and help.”

Gabrielle steps up to Achilles in a matter of seconds, “let this be a reminder that you are still here by our grace, so if you plan on taking advantage of the situation, you’ll be dealing with me,” she declares before storming out of the house.

“She’s a bit wound up,” Michael chuckles. “She’s never had to hide anything from our Father.”

“What exactly are you hiding?” I ask.

“The existence of an empath, the last one didn’t fair too well and Father has made sure that no empath was born after that. I guess Penelope must have slipped through the cracks.”

“What happened with the last one?”

“Ever heard of Chernobyl?” 

“I thought that was a nuclear accident?” Achilles spoke up.

“As you’ve seen here tonight, facts can be skewed,” Michael responds.

“So Penelope can do that, I mean cause all that destruction?” I hear Alexius mumble.

“That’s just one way it could go, previous empaths were able to control their powers and were able to work as one with the universe. It was a beautiful sight.”

“So how can we help her?” I chime in.

“We’re still trying to figure that out, but for now if her emotions get too out of hand call Azrael. Their bond can help her release the energy safely.”

We all nod understanding how serious the situation is. I’m grateful they’re giving us a chance to help her, I’m sure if they wanted they could just as easily take her away given previous history.

Once Michael made his way out the front door, I saw Gabrielle waiting for him before they both released their wings and took off. It was still shocking to say the least, but I was more amazed than anything.

“Adonis can we talk?” I hear the sweetest voice call to me.

PENELOPE POV

Azrael is carrying me up the stairs as Jo shows him where my room is and I’m still sobbing uncontrollably into his chest. I’m probably smearing his suit in tears and makeup, isn’t this an attractive sight. 

“Hey JoJo, can you help her with some clothes,” he says as he’s placing me down on the floor of my closet, receiving a nod from Jo. 

Before he can walk away I reach out to grab his hand, “please stay,” I say as I look up at him with my tear stained face.

He agrees and sits down next to me holding my hand but facing away from me as Jo helped me out of my dress and into pajamas. 

“Here let me help you with your makeup,” she says to me as she grabs a makeup wipe and gently cleans my face. 

Damn Jo is a real ass b***h.

“Thank You,” I hear Azrael tell Jo before she leaves. 

He picks me up off the floor and carries me to my bed while my cries have mellowed out to quiet whimpering. He lays me down, and tucks me in.

As he's turning around to leave, I pull him down onto the bed and hug him. He relaxes into my embrace and before I know it he’s laying beside me holding me against him. 

"Thank You," I begin. "I can feel my pain lessening when you're holding me, and I know that it's because you're taking some of it in."

He continues to look at me with his blue orbs staring into my soul before he leans down and our noses touch. 

"Does it hurt? Are you feeling as much hurt as I'm feeling?" I ask hoping that he doesn't feel a fraction of what is coursing through my body.

"Yes, I can feel it, our emotions are tied together because of our bond, but they're stronger because you're an empath. It doesn't hurt much, I think some of it is lost through the transfer, but being with you makes it worth it." He says as he smiles at me.

There is one question I'm dreading to ask, but I might already know the answer to it. My heart is already feeling lighter than it has ever felt and I know the reason why.

"My parents, are they"

"Yes," he cuts me off before I can finish.

I lay there not knowing how to feel, a part of me feels sorry because they were my parents after all, but a part of me feels nothing. From the lack of hate and disdain I'm no longer feeling I know that they were weighing down on me heavily, I just didn't think that was all them. 

I felt like a terrible person feeling some of those things, but I now realize that I was just feeling them.

I feel exhausted from all the emotions I’ve been feeling, so I snuggle into him and slowly drift off to sleep with his mesmerizing eyes being the last thing I see.

JOPHIEL POV

Adonis and I walk into the kitchen after his brothers said they were heading to bed so we could talk about everything that’s been happening.

A part of me knew this conversation would not go the way I wanted but a small part of me was also still hopeful that maybe he’d give it a chance. 

We stood there in silence for about two minutes, I didn’t even know how to begin to apologize, and he already seemed irritated with me.

“Why am I here Jo,” Adonis broke the silence.

“I want to apologize for not telling you the truth.”

“It’s a little too late for that don’t you think?”

“Please don’t be like this Adonis.”

“What am I supposed to be like!” He yelled. “You lied to me! You omitted crucial information about yourself.”

“Only because I had to, I was scared that you wouldn’t accept me.”

“How could I not accept you? I loved you. I accepted what you are but I can’t get over the fact that you decided not to tell me, the only reason I know is because you were forced into telling me. You should have trust me, you should have trust in the love I have for you. Were you ever planning on doing it?”

Silence.

“I didn’t think so. What were you going to do when you had to leave? You made me fall in love with you and you were just going to leave me.”

“I would have found a way.”

“No you wouldn’t because you run. You run when things get tough. You said it yourself, you have been avoiding your own siblings for years.”

"Adonis your eyes, they're glowing."

I look around to try to figure out what's happening when my attention is brought to the clock on the stove top. It's midnight. Luci must have granted them their gifts in light of new revelations, he's immortal now.

"What?"

As quickly as they started glowing, the glow disappeared.

"Nothing, just talk to Luci as soon as you can," I say. 

“I’m sorry Adonis. Can you please give me another chance.”

“I don’t think I can right now Jo, defiling an Angel isn’t really at the top of my to do list, maybe later on, but not right now.”

And with that he walked away leaving me in shambles. 

I don’t blame him. I understand where he’s coming from, but your soulmate telling you he doesn’t want to be with you is a whole new level of hurt. All I could do is stand there and numb the pain.