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Chapter 16

Leo

I’m not a violent person. Even living in Hell, I’ve never been one to cause harm. But right now? I could burn the whole fucking world down for what those pompous assholes did to my Starbright.

If this is what God encourages, then that’s just fucked up. Self-righteous bullies are all they are. Thinking they are better than everyone else because of the color of their wings and who their mommy or daddy is. They are no better than anyone else. If anything, they are the dirt we walk on, not us. Not my sweet Abby.

The way they all started to shout horrible things to her when she lost control, it broke something inside me. I’ve never seen her so wrecked.

I wanted to stay and tell them all the colorful words that aren’t prohibited in this Hell, but I knew I needed to find my girl. I’m mad for her, at them, and at this fucking school for allowing this bullshit.

“Want me to stab them?” Zed growls as we walk towards the one place I know she would go to get away from everyone and everything. “I’ll do it. I’ll slit each of their throats as they sleep and laugh as they bleed out.”

“No,” I grunt. “As much as I kind of like that idea, it would only get you in trouble and Abby needs you.”

“Fine,” he grumbles. “But if they come near her around me, just know my hand tends to involuntarily jerk. So if I just so happen to have a knife in my hand and it stabs someone, I’m not to be held responsible.”

My lips threaten to smile. This guy really is crazy, but I like him. He’s pretty cool, easy to get along with, and I can tell how much he already loves Abby. How can he not? She’s fucking perfect.

After Abby took off, I called Zed right away. I knew where she was going, but I knew she was going to need all the love she could get, and needed both of her mates by her side.

We decided to walk here, give her time to herself before we join her. I can’t stay away anymore. It hurts knowing she's in pain. The idea of her crying alone because of what they did to her makes me feel ill.

“Agreed,” I tell him.

“I hate them, Leo. I hate that sorry excuse of a brother. I hate those white winged, pissy, little twits. They hurt my Little Bird, and I wanna snap their necks.”Yeah, we need to get to Abby before he goes on a murdering spree.

The graveyard comes into view, and we pick up our pace. When we get to the gazebo, my heart shatters all over again as I see my heart and soul laying there on the ground, curled up in a ball, sleeping.

There’s blood still on her face and clothes, tear stains down her cheeks, but she looks peaceful while she sleeps.

A low growl leaves Zed’s chest, and he's over to her in a flash. With gentleness I didn’t know he had, he carefully pulls her onto his lap, wrapping her up in his arms.

She lets out a sleepy mumble but snuggles into Zed’s chest. He holds on to her like she's the most precious thing in the world, because she is.

I move to sit next to them, pulling Abby’s feet onto my lap.

“I’m glad her dad let you come here. She needs someone at that school with her. I wish I could protect her all the time, but I don’t like being on that side of the island.”

“Well, guess we're gonna have to make your house a new hangout spot then,” I tell him, rubbing my hand up and down Abby’s thigh.

“Are you okay with being over in the Dark Night side?”

“Dude, I was born and raised in Hell. Dark Night is a step up from down there,” I laugh, grinning at him.

“I guess you have a point,” he chuckles, then looks down at Abby. “I’ll stay here until she wakes up, then I want you to bring her home and clean her up. Don’t leave her alone at that house, not tonight.”

“I won’t. I’ll stay with her.”

He nods, not looking away from our sleeping angel. He brushes the hair from her face, caressing her cheek.

Abby has been the girl for me from the moment we met. I always knew deep down we would be mates, and even if the Gods didn’t pick me as hers, I would have done everything in my power to keep her. When we sparked, it was one of the best days of my life. I didn’t even get mad when she said she didn’t want to do anything about it right away. I respected where she was coming from because her life is complicated and so is mine.

I was just happy she still wanted me around and didn’t keep away after the little break we took when we found out. It hurt to be away from her, but I knew it wouldn't be too long.

And ever since the day we decided to stop avoiding what we had and just put it on hold for the moment, we’ve been inseparable. We got each other through high school with all the glares and whispers.

We were both outcasts, but it was nothing like how it is at Angelic Academy. People might not have liked us, but they respected Abby for who her father was and didn’t dare risk getting on the Devil’s bad side.

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