Chapter 1
The still blackness and searing hot pain is all that consumed his mind. He couldn't remember anything else. The pain, oh the pain, he never felt anything like this before. This must be what dying felt like, but he couldn't die.
As Adrian felt like he was falling, he caught a glimpse of his trail. There he stood before the Council of Angels. He saw Gabriel, the Archangel, shaking his head and talking, but he couldn't hear one word. Then it was pitch black, what seemed like an eternity, then another glimpse. This time, it was of a beautiful woman with milky white skin, honey blond ringlets and pale pink lips. His chest seized for he recognized the woman, she was the reason for his fall.
It was 225 A.D; Adrian was going about his normal duties. He was to check in on his region of mankind and report back to his maker. He was sitting on a hill looking over a small village, when she came into view with her father tending sheep.
The laws of the Angels, do not allow for them to be seen unless for extreme situations or the maker has allowed it. So Adrian hid, for he was not expecting company to be on the hillside. He watched her and was stunned by her great beauty that radiated. He felt an emotion that he never felt before and he had to have her. So he followed her home that day and found her name to be Sarah. She was her father's favorite and the eldest. He watched how she moved and loved her laugh. He knew then that she was going to be his.
Right then and there, he broke all the rules. He came down to their tents and visited with Sarah's father. He explained he was a traveler, who was looking for a place to stay, for awhile, in exchange of work. Her father agreed and he was put in charge of the herding of the sheep. By helping with the sheep, this is how he learned and interacted with Sarah. He learned her likes, dislikes and what made her laugh; oh how he loved her lighted hearted laugh. They would talk for hours while walking the sheep from the tents to the rolling hillside to roam. With each passing day their relationship grew and Adrian fell more in love with Sarah.
Finally, one day Adrian decided to ask Sarah's father for her hand, in marriage, for 10 years of his service. As he was walking to the main tent, he noticed a big clan and a large lot of animals. Then, Sarah came running out crying to Adrian. She informed him that her father was marrying her off to a member of another tribe. Her marriage had been arranged since birth due to their ancient traditions.
Adrian was furious, an emotion he had never felt before. How could this happen? They had to be together, but an arranged marriage can't be undone without a loss of property or worse tribal wars.
Adrian had to find a way to have Sarah as his. He decided that he would go and talk to the man intended on marrying Sarah. Adrian walked into the man's tent and there he lay asleep and something just came over Adrian. He did something he never had thought about or could conceive as an Angel. He took the man's soul. Once, Adrian realized what he had done; he ran to find Sarah. He convinced her to runaway with him and to have a life with him.
Adrian figured they wouldn't have much time before the tribal members found out or even the Angels would be descending on them. He thought that maybe they could hide in disguises. They didn't make it out of the tent before Gabriel and Michael descended on him. They grabbed him and took off before he could do anything. Adrian was still screaming for Sarah, when they threw him down before the council.
The hot-searing pain is excruciating, Adrian just couldn't imagine that this pain was real. It was one of the benefits of being an angel; you never felt neither pain nor extreme emotions. Adrian was realizing he was either losing his powers or the High Council was playing with his mind, as punishment.
