"What is it little brother, what is wrong with Angel?" Gabriel came down to see what Gregori saw. Angel was dying very rapidly, if it kept up at this rate she would be dead in less than three days. Zacarias saw what they saw too, and looked at the young woman lying in his arms. Zacarias held her closer very tightly, Angel looked up and saw the of terror on his face and she knew why.
"If you don't want to lose me in three days, Zacarias, you might want to make me fall in love with you." She just snuggled down in his arms and feel asleep.
"You already love me, Angel, and you know you do." He picked Angel up and took her to their room. He laid her down under the blankets and snuggled up to try and keep her warm. But soon he would have to leave her to go to ground; he would stay close to try and make sure she wouldn't slip away from him. Mikhail, I have need of someone to watch my lifemate, she needs to stay in bed or I will lose her, I'm going to get Gregori to heal her weather she likes it or not.
This is a grave problem and I agree with your decision, I will ask Jubal to come and stay with her. He is the brother of Joie and Traian so he should be acceptable.
Thank you, Mikhail.
Zacarias continued to stare at her as she breathed hard occasionally opening her eyes to look up at him she smiled, when he looked so worried. That in turn caused him to smile weakly. When she settled back down he continued to watch her, he helped her to breathe and her heart to keep beating until the sun started to rise and Jubal arrived. Zacarias told him that she was to stay in bed. Zacarias leaned over the head of the bed to kiss Angel on the forehead then he left. Angel lifted her eyes to see Jubal and smiled she rolled over and went back to sleep.
Most of her day went that way. Occasionally she would sit up and move to get out of bed but Jubal would be there to push her, gently mind you, back into bed. She'd fall back asleep not knowing how tired she really was.
As night fell Angel became more aware of a body curled around hers. She looked up to find Zacarias snuggled up with her. She looked around feeling others presence but they where not in the room. "They are in your mind, Angel, trying to help your body function as it should. They are doing so at my request because I do not want to lose you." Zacarias explained as he held her closer to try and warm her up, she was ice cold.
"You want to heal me, I know, and I think I'm going to let you, so long as I can seep through it. I'm fading and I don't want to fade away yet." She had become more quite as she spoke but she could feel the happiness in him when she said he could heal her. He wrapped her in the quilt Francesca had made her and took her down stairs. Angel looked around the dimly lit room to see three people besides her new family- Francesca, Gregori, and a woman she did not know.
That is Shea, she is a healer and sister to the prince, and she was human before the prince's brother converted her.
Angel didn't even lift her head she just snuggled down into Zacarias' arms. Zacarias settled down onto the couch as candles were lit and a chant was begun. Gregori came up to sit next to them. As the healers worked Zacarias could see Angel's color coming back to a tan that she was getting healthier. As Gregori sagged Angel gained strength. When Gregori finished Angel was still asleep but her heart and breathing were no longer labored.
"She is healed I got out all disease that I could find. She will be fine and it is okay to take her blood now." Gregori looked up weak and drained.
"Thank you, Gregori, do you need help?" Even as Zacarias asked the questions he saw Savannah materialize next to him.
"No, that's alright, Zacarias, I've got my husband." Savannah smiled as she led Gregori into the other room where the children were.
Zacarias thanked the other healers and picked Angel up and took her back to there room. As he watched her sleep listening to each solid breath that went into her lungs, Zacarias, smi8led listening to his lifemate be strong.
"Zacarias, help me, don't let them get me, I don't want to go back there." Angel was talking in her sleep and starting to toss and turn she was getting more and more restless.
Zacarias shook her awake to see her wake with a start. "Angel, you are okay, you are with me, and I will keep you safe." Angel looked around in the dark to see Zacarias' eyes. He pulled her into his arms and could feel her shaking. "It's okay you will not have to go anywhere you do not want to." He shook her to calm her down so she wasn't so scared. "Who so you not want to get you, Angel, who are you running from?" He held her away and waved his hand to light candles that were around the room.
"My parents, they started to try and control me about two years ago, so I moved to L.A. from Maine. I changed my last name, my parents have money, that's for sure, but they were control freaks." She replied still shaken up.
"A lot of times having money means having control. I like control and I have a great deal of money. Maybe I can show your parents up and make them regret trying to control you." He smiled as he pulled her closer.
"Yeah, I hope so, I don't like being controlled." She looked up at him, her eyes giving him a mean glare.
"Well, I'll need to do research to know who I'm up against. What was you original last name?" He looked at her a smile on his face.
"Covanti," she stated with a cringe.