Breaking An Angel

Chapter 15: An Angel's Touch

PENELOPE POV

Azrael and I made our way to the backyard as soon as Lucifer arrived. He has such strong emotions, I’ve made it my mission to avoid him like the plague.

The most overpowering ones are a mixture of resentment, pride, and lust.

While my brothers are meeting with Lucifer I decide to continue practicing my control. Azrael wants me to try converting negative emotions into positive ones, but I’m scared I’ll hurt someone.

What if we have a replay of the ground incident? Except this time I won’t be cover in dirt, it’ll be someone’s guts and blood.

“Just try it,” he says. “I promise you won’t hurt me.” He was way too much faith in me.

“What if I do? How will I explain killing the Angel of Death, your siblings will have my head. And what about God?!? He’ll for sure send me straight to hell for this one.”

He chuckles at my concerns, “Father will understand it was an accident.” 

Luckily I unknowingly syphoned a bit of Lucifer before I left the house so I’ve got some pent up aggression I could try converting.

I ask Azrael to get down on his knees because he’s too tall for me to reach comfortably. I place my index finger and middle finger on his forehead and begin to concentrate.

“Promise you won’t hate me if this goes sideways.”

He closes his eyes and holds on to my hips, “Promise,” he smiles at me.

I start to feel the energy flow through me, I concentrate on the positivity, on the love and affection I have for Azrael, on what I want him to feel. My fingers slide down the side of his face as I feel the energy flow through my fingers and dissipate at my fingertips.

I think it worked.

I open my eyes only to find his beautiful icy blue eyes already looking up at me, he is looking at me with so much love it’s embarrassing. 

Will I ever be good enough for him?

He rests his head on my upper abdomen and pulls me in for a hug, which I give back in return by hugging his head and running my fingers through his dark hair.

I’m not sure how long we stood there like that for but it felt euphoric, I’ve never felt this much devotion for anyone.

Our moment is sadly interrupted by the sound of slow clapping, I look over and see Gabi, Jo and Raphael walking towards us. 

Gabi continues her slow applause, “that was beautiful.” 

“No joke, I think that brought a tear to my eye,” Raphael says as he draws a line down his face indicating his fake tear. “Wow RazRaz, I never thought I’d see the day you’d become soft, what happened to the cold and calculated Angel of Death?”

“Things change,” he responds as he gets back on his feet. 

He places his arm around my waist pulling me in closer as to say he’s staking his claim. I’ve never seen him act so possessive, it’s kind of sexy.

“Relax there big boy, no one is taking her from you, I have my own soulmate out there.” Raphael says in response to Azrael’s behavior.

“Hi Jo.” I smile at her.

“Hi Penelope, that was truly amazing to watch, sorry we interrupted.”

“That’s okay, are you here to see Adi? He’s inside with Lucifer right now. I’m sure he’d love to see you.”

“Yes! Go on JoJo, go say hello to your little boy toy” Raphael smirks.

“He’s not my,” Raphael pushes her towards the house before she can protest.

“That was really good Penelope, before you know it you’ll have full control,” Gabi proudly stated.

And I was proud of myself, for once I didn’t feel like I was less than, maybe this is what needed to happen all along.

Gabi continued on to give me a list of what I should practice and how I should schedule it. Raphael and Azrael got bored listening to our talk and wandered off to explore the grounds.

I told her that I could only do so much especially with me having to work, and she understood. A part of me expected her to say I should quit my job, but she didn’t, instead she was really supportive of the idea that I try to help people.

I saw Alexi wall out of the house, so I’m assuming their little meeting already ended. Once he got close enough, Gabi stiffened before quickly shaking it off and pretending nothing happened. I wonder what that was about. He came up and stood beside her and she scooted towards my side, I think Alexi noticed because he frowned.

“So what are we talking about?”

“Just about my meeting with Beckett Wryn tomorrow after the funeral.”

“You couldn’t get any other day?”

“He’s a busy man,” I respond. “And I’m asking him to donate millions, I don’t really have a leg up in this negotiation.”

“Ok so I guess it’s just me and you Gabi.”

“Actually, I was hoping to go with her,” she says fidgeting. “Only if that’s ok with you Penelope.”

So she’s obviously avoiding Alexius, I wonder what changed from this morning to now.

“Sure, I could use an Angel’s touch,” I giggled.

“Where are Achilles and Adi?” I ask.

“Achilles went back to work, and Adonis is talking to Jo.” He says as he stares down Gabi, only she’s looking at anywhere but him, her eyes shifting from place to place.

What the hell is going on with these two?

From the corner of my eye I can see Azrael and Raphael returning, and Raphael does not look happy. They finally reach us and Raphael is standing right in front of Alexius, “so which one is this?” He asks eyeing my brother up and down.

“This one is Alexius.” He responds with a cold demeanor.

How many people did Alexius piss off today.

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It’s the day of the funeral, and we’re almost through it. The caskets are finally in the ground with 6ft of dirt in between us. All the attendees are now gone and it’s just my brothers and I, along with Azrael, Jo, and Gabi, who thought it was best to watch me so I don’t blow up.

Even though our parents weren’t the kindest I still feel a bit of sorrow, and I can feel my brothers as well. I hold onto Adi and Alexius’ hands and Adi holds on to Achilles.

This is the perfect moment for me to syphon their heart ache. I can feel tears beginning to flow and that can only mean that it’s working. 

Achilles looks at me being the first one to notice what I did, “oh P, you didn’t have to do that.” He walks over to me and embraces me, he isn’t usually the touchy feely type, he like his personal space to be unobstructed.

“It’s ok,” I whimper “it’ll only be for a second before I can release it.”

I step back holding my palms out and release the energy. It’s a lot quicker now that I’ve gotten practice, and once again we’re covered in a cloud of what looks like a glitter bomb.

“I’m sorry, I have to get back to work,” Achilles says while holding my face. “Are you guys going to be okay?” He asks looking at my brothers and I. We all nod giving him the okay, he kisses my forehead and pulls us in for a hug before he leaves.

“Alright lets go, I have millions to collect.” I say as we begin to walk towards the car.

“You’re awfully confident for someone who has to beg for money,” Alexi says as he playfully wraps his arm around my neck.

“I mean who could deny me,” I joke.

We arrive to the house and Gabi and I quickly change before rushing out the door to make it on time for our meeting. 

There’s one thing Beckett Wryn is known for and it’s that he hates when people are late.

UNKOWN POV

I’m sitting in my office working on some financials with my second in command, the CFO, insuring that not a single number is out of place. If I want to continue running this company well, we have to be very adamant that there isn’t a penny out of place.

I’ve been having this blaring headache for the past couple of days, I’m not sure why, but I’ve tried everything to ease it. I haven’t had a moments rest ever since we took over Huntington Financial, that place was a f*****g s**t show. 

I have back to back meetings lined up for the next couple of days and I’m just hoping that some cancel. I’m usually a stickler with my time being wasted but I think maybe I just need a break, so I’ll allow it this time.

As soon as my CFO made his way out of my office I began pressing my fingers into my temples hoping to ease some of the tension. I was about to place my head on my desk when my intercom went off, “Mr. Wryn, your 1p appointment is here should I let them in?”

Fuck can I just get one minute to breathe.

“Sure Lisa let them in.”

The seconds pass and my mind begins to stir, my headache becomes unmanageable and I may just pass out on this client, but I push through. I hear a light knock on the door and just like that my headache vanishes.

“Come in,” I command in my most professional CEO voice.

The doorknob turns and I can hear two sets of footsteps come in. I look up from my desk to see the most alluring dark chocolate eyes I have ever seen, attached to the most beautiful woman. She smiles at me making my d**k twitch and I just know.

“Mate.” I growl as I rush to her, holding her hips down and burying my face in her neck. Only it isn’t just her scent I smell, there’s someone else’s.

“Oh fuck.”