Chapter 16: Overboard

Miles POV

"So what you staring at?"
Miles asked as he handed Luce a plastic cup of soda. She took the cup with a small, "thanks" before turning to stair back out the window.

Miles saddled up next to Luce. "What's so fascinating out the window that you're staring at?" Miles blank as he gazed out of the window and then rolled his eyes. Outside on the deck stood Steven and Hariel.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Luce asked. Miles shrugged and took a drink.

"So what can you tell me about Hariel?" Luce asked after she took a sip of her own drink.

Miles gasp. "Luce, what about Daniel?" Luce flushed as she swirled her cup, making the liquid slosh. " I— it's—." She took a calming breath. " he just seems different then the rest of the Nephilim. Why is that? What's his story? How far back is is Angel heritage?"

Miles just stood there blinking not knowing how to respond luckily Shelby came over with a plate of antipasti and distracted Luce for the time being.

Hariel POV

"So you and Francesca know she snuck out of the dorms last night and off the school campus right?" Hariel said to Steven as they stood on the deck of the ship watching the water go by underneath them. The angel of death could hear the older let out a gust of air.

"Yes we're aware." The two talked for several minutes about non consequential things when they heard a scream and turned to see Jasmine, Luce and Amy Bradshaw staring over the side of the boat, they quickly made their way over.

The duo made their way down from the second deck and rendezvous with Francesca before the trio made their way over to the group of girls.

"Girls, What happened?" Francesca asked. The girls look scared up at Francesca. It was price who answered.

"Dawn fell overboard, she was trying to ring the bell to signal for the start of our presentation when she just— lost her balance or something and tumbled off."

As soon as Dawn's name had left prices lips Hariel started searching for her life energy.

He could hear Francesca's voice over the company of panicking students. "It's okay everybody, calm down." With Steven adding. "Everybody stay away from the edge, stand back now. I said stand back!" He started to remove his Fedora and jacket.

There! She was deep, if they were going to save her they needed to act now. He kicked off his shoes and pulled off his hoodie before grabing a life preserver and diving off the boat into the water.

Just before he impacted he heard both Francesca and Steven call out his name.

The water was cold but he had been in colder water than this before. He vaguely thought back to the second task of the Triwizard Tournament in his past life. Luckily this time there were no Grundylowe's or myrrh people to get in his way. He swim deeper.

Hariel took a unnecessary inhale as he swam. The water around him was getting dark, he had to find her soon. He let his eyes scan over the dark abyss. There. He had spotted her. And somebody else. He growled as he saw another outcast clutching at the girls ankle. He swim faster.

When he finally got to Dawn side he became level with her and Kick sharply at the outcast making them lose their grip as they let go of her to hold their hurt nose where his shoe had impacted. He quickly grabbed a hold of her wrist and started swimming back to the surface with an now limp Dawn.

The sunlight was a very distant thing up above, the girl had gone down deeper, because of that damnable outcast then he had thought.

Even though he didn't need to he took a large inhale of oxygen as he broke through the surface of the water Dawn floating still unconscious— but alive next to him.

He let out a startled noise as he felt something grab the back of his neck. He carefully turned, trying to keep they're heads above water to see a pissed off and worried Steven in a yellow life raft. Steven reached out a hand and with his help they got Dawn onto the boat before with Stephen's help he too got onto the raft.

As Steven leaned to help pull me farther into the raft he whispered into my ear. "You disobeyed a direct order. When we get back to Shoreline I will Tan Your Hide, so help me." I shivered. I just pissed off an alpha. I let out a small whimper and hung my head, but I knew what I did was the right thing to do. No Innocents were going to die on my watch.

Hariel stood there in the middle of Stevens office back at Shoreline with his two professors/ older siblings and Roland his flock brother all standing or sitting around him with disappointed (Francesca) anger/frustration ( Steven) and worried (Roland) looks on their faces.

"Do you have any idea what idiotic? Foolish? Stupid?..." Francesca was saying. "Franny."

Rolands soothing soft voice cut off Francesca's rant and she looked at the former Angel of Music.

"Why don't we give him a chance to explain his actions before we discuss his punishment." Hariel flinched at his flock Brothers Dangerously and seductive voice. Sure Roland voice had always held a musical likeness to it but with the added suggestive power that he received from joining the Morning Star made his brother's voice take on a whole nother layer.

Francesca nodded in motion for Hariel to speak.

"There was a—a Outkast and I—I could feel her soul, and—and her soul wasn't suppo— supposed to come to me yet—yet. So I—I did w—what I had to do."

"Be you ignored a direct order given to you buy an alpha." When it came to protecting omega's the laws that be didn't care if the alpha was an angel or a demon. "So you are to receive your punishment." Steven said from where he was leaning against his desk, where Francesco was sitting in the chair behind it.

He turned his eyes to Roland, if they were back in heaven being that Roland was an Alpha and a member of his flock it would be up to him to Dole out punishment but the dreadlocked young man just shook his head and flipped his eyes over to Steven. Making it clear who was in charge of his punishment.

Francesca excused herself to give Hariel some privacy just leaving the two Alpha demons and the young Omega Reaper in the room.

Steven sat down at his desk in-motion for Hariel to come on. Hariel took a deep breath and made his way over to his Elder.

"Pants down." Steven said gruffly. Hariel swiftly replied and his jeans fall to his ankles. He leaned over Stevens lap and... SMACK!

The spanking went on for several minutes. Hariel was doing his best not to cry but by the time Steven got to 20 Hariel couldn't handle it anymore, so he started to release tears.

Smack! "Twenty-five," Smack! "Twenty-six," Smack! "twenty-seven," Smack! "twenty-eight," Smack! "Twenty-nine," Smack! "Thirty," Smack!

Once Steven was done he let Hariel up and let the young man fix his pants before giving the crying Omega a hug and rocking him slightly.

"You scared me Hariel, what would we have done if you would have gotten hurt? What would we have told Daniel and Cameron?

"Cam." Hariel corrected. "He dislikes it when you call him by his full name." Hariel wipe the tears from his eyes as Steve chuckled.