Once the vault closed her turned to me.

"I believe you promised me a story." Kaulder smiled.

"I did." I smiled and walked over to him.

We sat down on the couch on opposite sides.

I leaned against the arm of the couch and pulled my knees up to my chest.

"Let's start with what the witch queen said. About being a fallen angel?"

"Sofiel, was the angel of nature. She put the love of nature in humans. She loved nature so much she sometimes would come down to the earth to see what she loved up close. One day she met someone who was hunting in the woods. They fell in love right away. God didn't like the relationship so he gave Sofiel the chance to come back to heaven and forget the feelings that she had developed. She refused the offer. So God ripped of her wings and she fell. That wasn't all god did to punish her. He cursed both of them. To be reincarnated and wander the earth until they found each other. Now Sofiel was cursed to remember every life she had and die before her 30th birthday. While he would be reincarnated and never feel whole. He would never remember Sofiel until he finally loved her and broke the curse."

"You were Sofiel." Kaulder said.

"Yeah." I said slowly nodding my head while looking at my knees.

"And your 30th birthday?"

"Is in a little over a week."

"So you knew you were dying, and you still followed me everywhere instead of enjoying your life?"

"Karter was my life. I was reincarnated with the purpose to find him. A couple centuries ago I gave up. Figured if God really didn't want us to be together he wouldn't let us be. Then one day I saw him."

"And you didn't go get him?"

"He wasn't Karter. At least not the Karter I fell in love with."

"What happened to him?"

"I guess time. Being alone for that long and feeling as if you were incomplete. It can make you hard. Make it so you give up hope."

"I know how that feels."

"Anyways, Chloe's probably worried about me. I should give her a call." I said getting up off the couch.

"I'm Karter, aren't I?"

"You used to be." I said walking away.

I saw Kaulder sitting there staring at the wall while I closed the door.

I dialed Chloe and she almost immediately answered.

"Sophie, I saw the swarm. What happened?" Chloe asked.

"It's okay, Kaulder and I stopped it. The queen is gone and she's never coming back."

"Thank god. So, what are you going to do for the next ten days?"

"I don't know. Maybe just find a nice beach somewhere. Chill for a few days."

"Well, if you want to hang out before you go, call me."

"Of course. Love ya."

"Love ya."

I hung up and went to open the bedroom door. I jumped when I found Kaulder standing outside the door looking down.

"I remember the day I first saw you. You were in the forest reaching for an apple that was just out of reach. There was an apple what was closer to your reach but you just had to have that one. I walked up behind you and grabbed it for you. When I asked you why you didn't go for the other one you told me that the best apples were the ones you had to work to get."

"You remember?" I asked smiling while feeling the tears coming to my eyes.

"I remember when you told me that you were an angel. I knew it all along. There was this natural light about you. No matter how dark it was I could see it. I remember when you told me that you would fall if you didn't return to heaven. I told you to go because I wasn't worth it. I was just another guy." He said grabbing my hands and looking me in the eyes.

"But I didn't think so and I fell anyways. We were both punished for it. I ruined your life."

"I may have spent the last 800 years thinking that something was missing. Something I could never fill, but these last few days with you I've felt like this is what I needed all along. Maybe if you'd never given up we would have found each other sooner, but maybe we found each other right when we needed to."

"Maybe." I said quietly while I wiped my eyes.

"Sophie, I love you. This you. That you. Every you."

"I love you too Kaulder." I smiled and kissed him.

I waited in the car while Kaulder went to the church to go talk to the 36th Dolan. I was playing music in the car when I felt something strange within me. I looked down at my hands and saw light spreading through my veins. I smiled knowing that this was God's gift. He was restoring my immortality so that Kaulder and I could be together.

I got out ready to run all the way to the church to tell Kaulder the news, but when I got out I saw him coming around the corner.

He smiled and walked over to me kissing me.

"So, I'm driving." I said smiling and holding out my hand for the keys.

"Fine by me." He said gladly handing them over.

We got in the car and she came to life. I smiled wickedly and if it wasn't for the immortality I bet Kaulder would have been terrified.

"So, I've been wondering how this me being immortal, and you not going to affect our relationship?" Kaulder asked as I sped my way to the edge of the city.

"The curse is broken, but that doesn't mean I become an angel again. Not like I would, but you were given the gift of an immortal girlfriend."

"Wait, immortal?"

"What's the fun of an immortal life when your soulmate is going to die?"

"So where are we going?"

"Wherever the road takes us."

Kaulder smiled and I pressed down on the gas.