A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update, but I was waiting for more reviews. Sadly they didn't come, but happily I plunge on into this story once more…

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Brynn felt herself start waking up, but she didn't want to resurface into the real world. She was very happy staying in the dream where she was with her Prince Charming. However, reality had another plan for her and she sighed as she opened her eyes, looking at the window where sunlight was pouring in.

Was it all just a dream? Brynn thought, slowly throwing her legs over the side of the bed. Did I just dream that Nuada was here?

Absently, her hand went to her neck and touched smooth skin. The necklace of the Virgin Mary was missing.

It wasn't a dream then…great.

Brynn opened the door to her bedroom and crossed the hall to her mother's room, expecting to see Daria asleep. The older woman was not in bed. Brynn heard something moving downstairs and heard someone talking.

"Mom?" Brynn called, hurrying down the stairs. "Mom, what are you doing out of bed?"

Daria smiled from the kitchen as she sipped her morning tea. "Brynn, I had to get up. You were sleeping like a baby…I was thirsty." She smiled and gestured at the tea cup. "I don't know where you found this tea, but it seems to have cleared away my cold."

"Tea?" Brynn's brow furrowed. Nuada. "Oh…a friend suggested that it would help you and gave me some…I guess it worked."

"It has."

"Who was this friend?" someone asked and Brynn's heart dropped into her stomach when she realized that she wasn't alone with her mother.

"Meyers, that's none of your business," Brynn hissed through her teeth, watching him flip a couple pancakes. Her eyes turned back to her mother. "What is he doing here?"

"Brynn, he came to check up on me," Daria said, looking astonished that her daughter could be so rude. "I don't much like the way you're talking about John. He's been nothing but nice to you." She frowned. "Are you two having a lover's spat over this new fellow in Brynn's life?"

"You could say that." Meyers set the pancakes in front of Daria and turned to look at Brynn. "Can we talk?"

Brynn rolled her eyes and turned on her heel, walking out of the kitchen. Meyers followed her into the living room.

"What do you want Meyers?" Brynn demanded, crossing her arms as she sat down on the arm of the overstuffed chair.

"I want to know why you ran away from the protection of the Bureau last night," Meyers said, looking at her. "We only want to protect you from Nuada."

"Nuada doesn't want to hurt me. He just… he has questions." Brynn ran a hand through her hair. "I think I can help him."

"That's what the Bureau is afraid of Brynn. Nuada wants to eradicate the human species and he'll use anyone to achieve his goal. Even you." He stood in front of her. "Listen, I don't know what he's told you, but you can't believe anything he tells you. If he wins you over – as the last angel on earth – who knows what damage could be done. I know you don't want to hurt anyone, but you won't have a choice if you follow his example."

"I can help him see the light."

Meyers smiled sadly. "Some people can't be helped."

"Every person is worthy of being helped, no matter what they've done in the past," Brynn shot back, glaring at him. "That's what the professor once told me and I know he would have applied that to everyone, including Nuada."
"You didn't answer my first question. Why did you leave the Bureau last night?"

"Why? That's simple really. I'm not going to be your caged pet," Brynn told him, looking away. "I will not be stuck in one place with a bunch of people who ogle over me and have tests run to prove something that I could easily find out on my own."

"We just want to help you, Brynn." Meyers reached out and put a hand on her knee. "We don't want you to feel like you're trapped with us. We're not some wicked corporation like the IRS."

Brynn saw no humor in his statement like she once had. She knocked his hand off her knee and stood up, walking around him. Meyers sighed and ran a hand through his short brown hair.

"Why did you let him in your house last night?" Meyers asked. "You never let me in your house…"

Brynn shot him a look. "I didn't let him in my house. Meyers, he walked in on his own. I don't know how he got in…maybe through the window. It's not like I can trust anyone right now, but since he hasn't done anything to me and you almost trapped me in the Bureau, I'm starting to think that maybe you guys aren't as good as I once thought you were."

"Don't let him fool you – he's fooled Abe once before."

Brynn frowned. She had never known Abe to be fooled. He was usually the smartest one in the bunch and could seek out the smallest hint of treachery. She didn't know how many times she had tried to fool him without success.

"I don't plan on letting him fool me. I can sniff out a rat when I see one…Now, can you go? I don't want to have my mother see me mad…I don't know how well that tea will settle with her."

"You shouldn't have let her have any of it until we had it analyzed," Meyers commented, casting a glance in the direction of the kitchen. "We don't know if it's safe enough for her to ingest. And the effects may only be temporary."

"I don't sense anything bad about it and I don't sense my mother's death. It's still a long way off. So stop worrying and just go."

Meyers didn't look convinced. Brynn felt her irritation return. She walked over to him and poked him in the chest to get his attention back on her.

"Meyers, go back to the Bureau," she instructed softly. "Tell your bosses that I'm not cooperative, that I'm not in danger…tell them anything you want, but don't think for a minute that I'm going to give up and come quietly. Nuada might be the answer I'm looking for…"

"You don't seriously believe that he's going to help you figure out who your father was, do you?"

"Well, they're both from the Unseen world…" Meyers rolled his eyes and Brynn poked him again. "Hey! He's more open with me than he will ever be with you. I think he likes me."

"Of course he likes you! You're the last angel on the planet with powers that are unimaginable!"

Brynn took a step back, moving away from him. "What are you saying?"

"Brynn, get it through your head. Nuada is only out to use people to get what he wants. He could never, never love you because you're part of what he detests the most."

Brynn felt tears come to her eyes and heard a gentle rain start pattering against the windows. "And you think you could love me?"

Meyers swallowed and took a step back, giving her ground. "Well…I…"

"Go away Meyers," Brynn ordered, backing towards the front door and scooping her keys and purse off the table by the door. "Don't come near me again because next time, I swear to God I'm going to hurt you."

"Brynn," Meyers said, approaching her slowly. "Brynn think about what you're saying. We've been friends for -"

"That's all that we will ever be…Friends…but…" She shook her head and opened the door. "I don't think I even want to be that anymore. You don't trust me and I don't trust you. So, do us both a favor and don't come to me ever again."

Brynn turned and walked out the door, closing it behind her. The gentle rain fell on her so she opened her wings a little and used them to cover her head. She saw Meyers' ride sitting in the driveway, unattended. She adjusted her grip on her keys and scratched a few decent lines across the side of his beautiful black car.

Meyers…how could you…

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"Gorgeous is back," Caroline whispered, making Brynn look up in question. "Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome…look."

Brynn tore her eyes away from the food that was in front of her and looked towards the front door. Nuada was standing there, dressed in black pants and a blue archaic shirt. His sharp eyes were locked on her and Brynn frowned at him, turning her back on him once more.

"I'm on lunch break," Brynn muttered, idly picking up a French fry and biting off the end of it as she looked at Caroline. "You deal with him."

"Fine." Caroline fixed a bright smile on her face. "Good afternoon. May I help you, Mr. …?"

Nuada ignored her and took a seat next to Brynn, his eyes only focused on her. "You are upset." It was a statement, not a question.

Brynn shrugged and set her hand down, frowning at her food. "Maybe I am…"

"Did that human make you upset?" Nuada demanded, his eyes smoldering and his voice cold with a hint of concern on the edge.

The angel looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "If I say yes, I know you're probably going to kill him and if I say no, you won't believe me." She sighed. "I'm trapped with either answer."

"Perhaps."

Caroline bustled around the counter, refilling drinks and checking on patrons, but Brynn knew that she was probably listening in on their conversation. She threw down her fry and stood up abruptly.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" she asked before turning on her heel and walking towards the doors without waiting for an answer.

Nuada was by her side the instant she stepped off the curb and onto the black top. Brynn walked away from the restaurant a good twenty yards behind the place before turning to face the dark prince. She shoved her hands in the pockets of her jeans and frowned at him.

"You can't kill Meyers," she told him bluntly.

"Can't I?" Nuada asked, lifting an eyebrow.

"Well, I'm sure you could kill him but I don't want you to kill him. No matter how much he pisses me off, I don't want him dead. So please, don't kill him…"

Nuada stared back at her, making no comment. Brynn sighed and brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Thanks for the tea," she whispered, peering sheepishly into his eyes. "My mom, she seemed a lot better when I left her."

"That was the plan." Nuada stepped closer to her and smirked when she didn't pull away from him. "You were suffering while watching her suffer. But mark my words, I did not help her. I helped you, dark angel."

Brynn nodded and smiled a soft smile. "Thank you, Nuada. I really appreciate what you've done for…me."
Brynn couldn't help wonder what he would do if she reached out and touched him. Her hand twitched as she fought to keep it in her pocket. All she could think about was touching him, trying to find a way to thank him for what he had done for her.

Stop it. Touching people is odd and he'll more than likely rip my arm off…I can't touch him.

Nuada raised a hand to her face, caressing is gently. Brynn was taken aback by the same gentleness he had given to her wings the night before.

"It is such a pity that part of you is tainted by human," Nuada commented, studying her face. "You do have a touch of beauty in you, though."

Brynn didn't know whether that comment was something to blush over or get mad at. She chose to remain silent, letting him do what he wanted.

"I see your father in you," Nuada continued, tilting her face up so he could better examine it. "He was a warrior…a lover, but still a warrior of the past."

"How do you know that?"

"All angels are warriors, but a few have lowered themselves to mating with humans…" Nuada told her quietly. "No offspring were conceived until you..."

Brynn frowned and turned her face away from him. "Whoever the angel was that got my mom pregnant with me, he left her nineteen years ago. He kept sleeping with her until she was four months pregnant with me…when he found out that I was a girl, he got mad and left. Mom hasn't seen him since. I never met him and if I did, I'd have a few choice questions for him."

Nuada smirked. "Perhaps I could help you locate this angel…your father."

Brynn shook her head, causing Nuada's smirk to vanish. "I don't know where to begin looking for him. We can't really expect to go up to heaven and find him. He's unreachable there. I'm going to have to cut off the search before we even begin the search."

"Don't you want to know what kind of angel you are?" Nuada inquired, circling her. "Don't you want to know what you will grow up to be? The powers that you will manifest? Don't you want to know about the Unseen Realm?"

Brynn nodded after a moment. "I do want to know these things, but I can always ask –"

"The humans?" Nuada s smirked coldly at her. "The humans know nothing or they would have told you about your origins when they first met you. They know nothing of the Unseen Realm."

"Abe does."

Cold fire smoldered in Nuada's eyes at the mention of the blue man. "Abraham does not know everything. He is a fool."

"You only fooled him once…and it was nearly the end of him, I'm guessing by that evil look in your eyes. But I bet you he wouldn't fall for it a second time. Abe learns from his mistakes… what few they may be."
To that Nuada said nothing and Brynn really didn't expect him to. "Let me see your hand," was all he said.

Brynn hesitantly held her hand out to him. He gripped it in his ever strong grasp and Brynn winced as images flooded her brain, flashing before her eyes in rapid succession. His thoughts of proving his honesty and his cunning mingled with the scarred images of his last attempt to take control of the Golden Army, of what he had done to get to that point. Brynn felt her stomach clench and felt bile rise up in the back of her throat. She tried to pull her hand back, but Nuada's grip was too strong. The images kept coming…

"No more please!" she begged, twisting in his grip. "Please!"

Nuada ignored her pleas. His thoughts kept circling in her mind, flashing before her eyes, whispering in her ear. Brynn was starting to become more terrified of the man the longer she stayed connected with him. No, she wasn't terrified of him, she realized. She was terrified of what he had done. Of what he could still do.

"Please, let me go," she cried, putting her other hand on his chest which only strengthened the bond. "Please…"

Brynn's thoughts started crossing over to him. She didn't mean to open her thoughts, her memories of the past over to him, but it happened. Her memories of humanity's hate towards her, the kindness that followed. Memories of her mother's tales and the love she felt for her mother. Her pain, her sorrow, her happiness and triumph. It all crossed over to him, mixing with his thoughts as his gentle probing opened up her mind.

Brynn watched Nuada's eyes change. The cold fire was quenched, burned away by a warmer light. Sadness hung there in those amber orbs, understanding mixing with it. Brynn saw someone who understood her, what she had gone through. She saw a companion, someone she could spend forever with if he would simply give her the chance. He did not shrink away from these thoughts as they came into life in her mind. She could feel him puzzling over her thoughts and his new ones, but then he slowly loosened his grip on her hand.

Nuada pulled his hand away from hers and Brynn saw that it was trembling slightly. She lowered her hand to her side once more and waited for him to speak. He looked at her as if seeing her for the first time.

"I will help you find your father," Nuada said after a moment. "My dear little angel."

Brynn expected that to be the end of it, but he leaned into her and kissed her on the cheek. She touched her cheek as he walked away and wondered what she had gotten herself into.

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A/N: Aw…more affection from Nuada. A simple kiss will not be enough for long. That's right people, this story is going to become more action packed with some decent love scenes. You just have to wait for them to come.

Please review. I need your help to make this story better and that means I need some input. Thanks in advance. ~ Scarlet