The Eyes of Heavenly Fire
Chapter 6
Rose
Rose followed Dimitri in a daze. The day had certainly turned her world upside down and messed with her head. Dimitri was her guardian angel. She couldn't believe it. They stepped into a room full of candle light. It made Dimitri look as heavenly as ever.
"Is this your room?"
Dimitri nodded and handed a candle to her.
"Ask it anything you want to know."
"Show me Dimitri as a human please or more specifically show me how he died."
Rose was sucked into a stable where giggling interrupted her thoughts. She saw Dimitri with a blonde haired girl. Her long hair was flowing as it covered the top of both her and Dimitri.
"We should get going. Your father will be looking for you." Dimitri said to the blonde.
"Let him wonder." The blonde said smiling.
"I can't."
Dimitri stood up, but her eyes were focused on the blonde. She somehow looked familiar, but she just couldn't put her finger on where she had seen her before. Her fingers curled around something and Rose saw her head towards Dimitri with her arms raised. The blonde swung a hatchet to Dimitri's head and it split open instantly killing him.
Rose screamed and dropped the candle as the fire on it blew out.
"That was horrible." She cried.
He wrapped his arms around her and gently kissed the top of her head.
"It's over now."
"What was her name?"
"Angela. Our parents had set us up in an arranged marriage. That was the last day of our honeymoon that you saw."
"Why did she kill you?"
"Ever since I died I've been trying to figure out why. I can't think of a reason. Maybe it was because I didn't love her enough."
"All I saw was you suggesting to take her back to her father. Did she have a bad relationship with her father?"
"Not that I knew of."
"Can you show me something else? Something really cool."
"It will be a major power drainage for me, but come over to the mirror."
She followed him to the full body length mirror and stared at him in amazement when his skin stared glowing with a faint gold aura. He placed his hand on her waist and started kissing her neck all the way down. His glow jumped into her and she saw the scars on her arms start to disappear. Before she knew it they were all gone. Even her accidental ones from earlier.
"That's amazing." She whispered.
He pulled away and sat down on the bed looking pale.
"Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine. Doing that is a huge power drainage, but I was happy to do it."
Rose smiled and then noticed something from the kiss earlier.
"My skin was glowing earlier. Does that always happen when an angel kisses someone?"
"I'd have to ask Alberta, but I doubt it. I'm mended to your soul, so when we do something more than simply touching my soul spills into yours."
"So I guess you can say that I'm like a succubus to angels."
"I guess. When you put it that way. I could really hurt you though. If I feel threatened I could rip your soul from your being if that was my full intention. The fallen do that with their human victims."
"Is that why you're part human now?"
"Yes. Once you are marked for one of the fallen they can touch you in many ways. I think that busted window from earlier was one of the fallen trying to hurt you. They have someone on the inside."
"Can't you sense them?"
"No. Our energies cancel each other out when we're near each other and guardian angels can only feel the person they're protecting."
"You can sense my emotions. Can I sense yours if I tried?"
"You can't feel what I'm feeling unless I choose for you to, but you can sense when I'm near. You felt it this morning."
"All this angel stuff is really cool. Do you have wings?"
"No only the top angels have them. I'll probably get mine when I return, but I doubt it."
"The pregnancy thing freaks me out a bit. Is it true that you can conceive with humans from just one time unprotected? Human don't even do that, well, at least not most of the time."
"It's very true. I would never do that, but some angels would love to have children since it's very rare that we can have kids with each other. Unless they're here on earth then they can."
"Interesting."
"It's all very fascinating when you first start out, but protecting someone is hard work."
"I bet me cutting myself didn't really help you. Did it?"
"No, but I understood."
"Can I hurt you?"
"Only mentally."
"How so?"
"I feel everything you feel."
"Does that make kissing better?"
"Yes, but then the energy taking starts. It's a lot better for you."
Rose frowned trying to think.
"Couldn't you try to block it?"
"No, but don't worry I have plenty of energy to go around."
"So let me get this straight good angels have their energy taken away from the people their trying to protect while us humans can get our soul sucked out if the angel wishes."
"That pretty much sums it up."
"Are you hungry? I can order that pizza now. You need to get that energy I took back."
"I'll be fine Rose. I'm still not used to human food."
"Alright."
"I almost forgot. I have something for you just in case you're ever away from me."
Dimitri dug into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. It was a black glittering heart with angel wings.
"It's beautiful."
Dimitri put the necklace around her neck.
"It's for your own protection."
"Are there any dark angels here that you know about?"
"Sadly no. I have to start this mystery from scratch."
"That sounds like it's going to be hard work."
"It will all be worth it to keep you safe."
She smiled and held back her urge to kiss him. She also wondered how protected sex would effect them. Rose made a mental note to ask him about that later.
"How did you get assigned to be my guardian?"
"That would be a question for the angels council."
"They didn't tell you."
"No."
"Doesn't that seem a little unfair to you?"
"Saving a life is never unfair."
Rose shrugged and looked into the mirror. The glow from his kiss was still there, but it was growing fainter by the second.
"Do guardian angels ever have a life out of the person their protecting."
"Not that I know of."
Rose frowned. Guardian angels had it tough. She yawned feeling a little sleepy, but she still had o m any questions.
"Go ahead and sleep Rose. I'll take care of your school clothes for tomorrow."
"I can't sleep on an empty stomach. It hardly seems reasonable."
A hint of a smile played over his lips and she touched his arm.
"Thank you for being my angel." She said.
"I wouldn't have wanted it any other way."
Rose smiled up at him as she fished out her phone to call for pizza.