Prologue
Thump, thump, thump...
Thump, thump, thump...
The rhythmic beating of my angel's heart resounded through my very being, my already heightened senses acutely alert to the presence of danger, though one primal instinct was sending alarm bells off in my brain; the instinct to protect. My angel was in danger. Anger tore through my frame like a strike of lightning and I pushed my legs to go faster, my strides further as I closed in on the rapid pulsating of her heartbeat.
I was not close enough to save her.
I was going to lose her.
My angel was...
A guttural roar ripped from my throat as the red tinge of fury clouded over my vision, I could already taste my vengeance on the one who was after my soul mate, I could not wait to tear into the flesh of my enemy and to snuff out their existence with my pain, anguish and pure undiluted rage.
The woods I had been rushing through were coming to an end as I neared the clearing in which my love surely feared for her very life. I could hear the pace of her beating heart pick up, could smell the rush of adrenaline rushing through her veins and I felt tears well up in my eyes at the thought of spending my eternity without her.
I could not spend eternity without her.
I would not spend it without her.
She will live.
I will save her.
And it was with that thought alone that I lunged from the forest and into the clearing, ready to protect my love, ready to sacrifice my very soul just to make her safe...
I was not expecting the sight before me...
But I had been waiting for their return.
For her return.