Chapter 26

ZION

Driving was my way to forget. It usually calmed me down. Usually being the operative word. The faster I went, the calmer I felt but this time not even my need for speed and the feeling of the cold wind hitting my face, and flowing through my hair could calm me down. I imagined flying above the clouds would feel similar to driving this fast but I would never know. My dad once compared the feeling of flying and driving fast, said it was very similar and that one day I could compare the two. That day was yet to come.

I had my wings, I knew that much. Every angel gets their wings upon creation. Of course, not all angels were created the way I was so my wings came a little differently. When I was five they came in. I had to miss school that entire week because of how painful it all felt. My entire back, and shoulders ached and burned from the sensation of them growing out of me. It felt so unnatural. It was so unnatural.

When they were done, I remember looking at myself in the mirror w