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Last time on Secrets Beneath the Heavens: When I answered, my Angel's voice sounded... frightened? Maybe she was nervous of my reaction (it's not like she doesn't knows I won't ever harm her anyway). She was telling me her affections for me, but as soon as I was going to do the same she said someone was in her home. So that was what my senses were warning me about.

After giving her instructions someone else answered the phone. "If you want your little princess, meet me at the warehouse". It was him, that sick and twisted man who hurt my Angel before. Once I find him he will pay, he will die and I will chain him in hell, because no one messes with my girl. They'd have to chain me in hell first.

NORA'S POV

A dim light turns on in the cold room that smelled of a wet cave. I don't have shoes on because they took them off which isn't helping me fight off the cold. I open my eyes to find darkness; there's a blindfold tied tightly around my head, covering my eyes.

I can feel someone move around in the room. "'Morning sweetheart," says a recognizable voice.

"Wha-what do you want from me?"

"Everything," his voice sends chills up my spine as well as his touch.

"Don't touch me!" I yell with anger. Just because he's stronger than me does not mean I'll let him abuse me.

"Shut the hell up." And then he slapped me harder than that day he hit me with a hammer. "Now, I'm going to take off your blindfold, and then ... well you'll see my identity. I'll free you from that mystery you've longed to know." I felt him untie the blindfold with ease. This has to be a joke.

Dante gave an evil, menacing laugh. His beautiful eyes became as black as the pits of hell. "Surprise."

"Why... why did you sound so DIFFERENT. Why are you doing this?" If I know what he sounds like, why did I not know then?

"Number one: mind trick. Number two: you didn't listen to me." His voice raised at the last sentence. I have the urge to break him into fourths. "Yeah. That'll never happen..." huh? "You will never be able to hurt me. But I can hurt you, sweetheart."

"Stop calling me sweetheart, stop lying to me about mid tricks. You're a sick and twisted man!"

He made a sad face, pretending he was hurt by my words. "Don't doubt my skills. Hm, it's all a part of my insanity." My head begins to hurt. I feel like I am dying until a strong wind hits my face reminding me that my heart is still beating, rapidly. Green, slithering creatures moved around, making the floor look like a body of green water. About twenty are slithering on my irritated skin. Their nasty scales leave a horrible sensation on my arm. They reach my face and I begin to feel too . "Get them off! Stop! Oh my God, they're...!" One of them licked my tongue. This made me squirm painfully. "Patch! Patch! Help me!" I scream his name until it becomes a mere gurgling sound. Seconds later... the snakes are gone.

"Patch! Patch," teases Dante in an overly exaggerated girlie voice. My face heats up at the embarrassment.

"Ho-how did you tha-that?" Everything felt so real. It still feels like the snakes are on me. It still feels as if my chair were still on the hard floor. I move my hand around but they're tied down by ropes that are painfully slicing into my wrists.

"Mind trick. Didn't believe me so I had to show you." No humans can do that. Whoever is capable of doing that is otherworldly. "Correct." He read my mind. I begin to remember when I was in the car with Patch going to Enzo's. A deer had smashed its head through the window. When I opened my eyes there was nothing there. I remember not being able to get popcorn because of those shadows.

"You've done it to me before. At home, twice. And in Patch's car." Stupid. The evidence was in front of me this whole time. I should've known that something out of this world was going on. I mean, c'mon, how does someone have that happen without thinking something is up?

"You know you should really follow instructions carefully. I told you to stay away from Patch but you just had to dial the digits. Hm... so much for having a guardian angel," he said finishing with a smirk.

"My guardian a-angel?"

" Don't tell me he didn't tell you?" he spoke sarcastically. His evil laugh filled the room. "Well I guess I should fill you in! First things first; you already know about fallen angels, guardian angels, nephil, and so on and so forth because you took church school as a child. Little Patch was once a fallen angel, due to some fine young lady, may I say! And then Michael assigned Patch to you. And I wanted you dammit! That's why I went out with your stupid friend... to get close to you!" his nose flared in anger and his face was grew beet red. Dante raised his hand and slapped me once again before planting a long and bruising kiss on my lips. I try to move my head around to find a way out of his tight grasp on my hair. I take the chances and bite him on the lips hard enough to make him bleed. "Why you-" but he never got the words to come from his lips. Patch kicked down the door with monstrous force. Splinters of the door went flying everywhere. Dante smirked sadistically, turned to him, and walked in his direction.

"Came to save your princess I see."

"What do you want with her?" Patch glanced at me apologetically and back at Dante with fury.

"It's a trap, you see. She's just bait. Yes, I want her, but for that to happen I need you to break the contract and reassign her to someone who can better take care of her." My stomach turns at the thought that I might have to be turned in to someone as horrible as Dante. I look pleadingly into Patch's eyes. His brows furrow sadly. His lip twitches.

"Don't do it, please," I beg him. I hope he says no. Although everything is hectic at the moment I believe in angels. "I believe in angels. I believe in you." His features turns into a mixture of hurt and relief.

A moment of silence follows. "Okay." I want to smile but I can't. He chose to stay with me, but why can I not smile?

"I accept."

A/N: CliffyWhiffy *hides from the crowd chasing me* You guys probably hate me right now. I wasn't really busy, just lazy. If I have any grammatical errors feel free to correct me. BTW: If you love anime and books and FanFiction follow me on Tumblr the name is fic-addict (: see ya next time