His sun kissed features stood out against the baby blue collared shirt and dark colored slacks. I was again reminded how attractive he was. With his arms crossed, anyone could see how defined they were. He smirked at me because I was staring at him. I felt embarrassed as my cheeks warmed to a candy apple red. It didn’t last long though as I shivered from the breeze that was getting cooler and wouldn’t let the heat of the sun warm it. “The car is warm, if you’d hurry up.” He said to me as I was still standing there staring. I snapped out of it and walked to the car. He opened the door for me and took the bags from my hands. I sat in the heated seat feeling warmer in seconds. Once we had pulled away from Cash’s home, wolves ran alongside us, racing and yipping with each other. “I was hoping to say goodbye to Dandaline. I didn’t want to leave with any misunderstandings.” I commented trying to break the silence. “She will be fine without your goodbye.” The comment was harsh. I didn’

I didn’t understand the relevance of Cash’s question so I just answered honestly. “Yeah, he has his moments. Sometimes I forget he’s even an Angel.” I chuckled a bit in response. “Hmm.” Cash nodded. After that last bit of conversation, we drove in silence. His mood swings were getting a little to overbearing, and I wasn’t sure I could be cooped up with him when we got back to West City. I had to stay by his side and suffer in silence for a while longer. It made me wonder if he was this moody when he was being the boss at Cornell Plaza. “Are you going back to work when we get to where ever it is we’re going?” I asked, knowing it was only about an hour until we would see the turn off for West City, so I wanted to know what to expect. “I will work remotely for the time being. I believe it is safer for both of us.” His response was automatic, so I figured he had already thought it through. “Where are we going anyway? We can’t head to your place, and I don’t have the extra room

“There must be more to it.” I commented, knowing Lou was too nosey to just vanish into thin air. “Let's not concern ourselves with that at the moment. First, we need to find the witch responsible for the possession.” Cash commented. His mood suddenly changed at the appearance of Michael. “And what about the wolf, responsible? Why do you seem less concerned about that, when it was one of your own that played a hand in it?” Michael questioned. I could see his point. Cash never let on to who he thought could be a part of this mess, even if I had a suspicion, I needed him to confirm it. “I am already working, on that issue, so you need not worry about that.” His words became even more unfriendly towards Michael. The tension suddenly got thick and I glanced at Pheral. He was munching on pizza like it was popcorn and a movie, his eyes were darting back and for between the wolf and the Angel. “Okay guys, let's not start this. Look, Cash can handle the wolf issue. I need you, Michael

“Where have you been?” He growled as he turned to face me. “I was outside, getting fresh air, like I said. You don’t need to send someone to watch me, I can take care of myself, Cash.” He didn’t understand the meaning of privacy, not one bit. “You weren’t feeling well earlier, so I told him to watch you just in case something happened.” He slightly snapped. “Thanks, but I’m fine now.” I responded as turned to head back up the stairs. “Fine or not, there is still a demon out there, Ayda, and if he becomes aware you are a walking beacon of energy to sustain him, you can be sure he will be after you, instead of me.” Cash almost blurted it out trying to warn me, or maybe he was trying to scare me, I wasn’t sure. “Remember Cash, I work for Heaven, and if he thinks my energy is tasty, then let him try. At least that way, someone will find him. Besides, we still don’t know yet if he can even possess me, or even if the kind of soul swapping, I do, is helpful to the little bugger.” I

My body started to burn. I pleaded again for whomever it was, to stop. “I can’t..breath..who are..you?” I said in between breaths as he laid against my back, pressing the length of his body into me. “Emm..shhhh..soon..soon my little dove. Your lovely..wings..will be clipped..ahh..” He sat up behind me, keeping the rhythm of the flickering flames against the wall. I closed my eyes briefly, trying to focus, as he spread my legs further apart with his hands. Suddenly I realized something. His hands, what they felt like. They weren’t thick and callused, or strong, like Cash’s. They felt long, slender, like the hands of a piano player. Only two individuals came to mind when I felt those hands. “Michael..is it..why..what are you doing..to me..” I said, almost sure of it for just a moment, before thinking more and remembering Michael has shorter hair. The other one that came to mind was Lou, but his was the color of sunshine, or if straw could glow. “Emm..no..a guessing game..wont