Page 95 of Scrooged for the Holidays
Go away, Malachi, I’m doing what you wanted, I scold him.
What we all wanted?
I hold in a sigh. It’s taking everything in me not to look annoyed, the downsides of having telepathic communication. Especially when the person you’re talking to face-to-face doesn’t know you have that ability.
Let me have my time with Greer, I say.
I feel Kai’s presence leave my mind in submission. I normally close the link when I need privacy, but I want Kai and Remi to linger in case something happens like it did yesterday. I don’t think it will, but it’s a precaution.
Surprisingly, I still feel in control, especially with Greer here in my shop and no one else around. If I’m honest, I feel the most at ease since the night before she arrived. My energy has been all over the place, but after watching her with my partners, seeing her open up to them and her aura shift, a big part of me feels satisfied and happy. But there’s the other part of me, the more animalistic, human side that wants something else from her.
I push that all away and focus on my promise. I told Remi and Kai that I would do my best to get to know Greer, to put aside my fears and live in the moment. I think it’s fair for her to understand who and what we are before anything more happens. Even if she’ll forget it all when she’s gone.
“Sam?”
I clear my throat. “Sorry, I was thinking of the best way to answer.”
She wets her lips. “A yes or no would work in this scenario.”
My eyes narrow with lazy amusement. I see her time swallowing Kai’s cock did nothing to tame her quick-witted mouth. Not that I would expect it to—it’s part of who she is, and I like it. Probably too much, considering she’s here to learn from her mistakes, from the harm she’s caused to others with her words and actions. But sheischanging—not only her aura but her overall being as well.
She’s more relaxed and open than when she walked into the bar. She’s feeling empathy and emotions she’s shut off for far too long. I don’t know her well, but I’m proud of her, proud she’s leaning into what we’re showing her. Given how gray her aura was when she arrived, I thought we’d have more of a challenge. But I think Elysian Pines did what it always does: seeks and brings people to us who want to change, even if they don’t realize it.
She’s also gotten closer to us than most, Remi whispers in the link.
I know Kai has something clever and dirty to say, so I warn them to leave me be.
“Yes,” I answer Greer. “Kai was telling you the truth, and so was Remi. We’re half angel, half human.”
I expect her to balk or laugh. She did at first when Kai told her, started calling him Angel Boy as a joke. But she’s not laughing now.
“Are there more of you?” she asks.
I nod. “Everyone who lives in Elysian Pines is either Nephilim or full angel, but the latter is rare. Currently, only Nephilim live here.”
“And who is your town’s mayor, God?”
She’s smiling, but I’m not. “Like I said, God’s not here.”
“Where is He then?”
“Theyare wherever God is.”
She nods. “You’re not friends?”
Laughter in the form of a small smile appears on my lips. “Never met the being.”
“What about your angel parent?”
“I’m assuming yes, they know God, but I’ve never met my father, so I wouldn’t know.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“And your human mother?”
“Has she met God?”
