Chapter 5

I am sorry the chapters are so short it's just how this story is. Thank you for reading the support really means a lot to me please review and tell me what you think. here is a treat! 2 updates this week cause i am feeling generous lol

Lighting streaked silently through the black sky above me, reflecting on the ground below me. I pulled my white sweater tighter over my white gown. Black feathers fell around me like rain and I closed my eyes to the morbid sky, feeling the humid air rush through me, my dress and hair billowing in the breeze. The sound of flapping wings broke through the night, drawing my attention to a familiar figure in white. I backed away a little, stopping at the edge of the grey cloud beneath me. I should have known it was him.

"Ash." I greeted as he approached me gracefully, his soft lavender eyes almost hypnotizing.

"Crystal." he said intimately, stepping just a little too close, leaving us mere inches from each other. I could feel his hot breath on my face but I had no room to back away to. He smiled at me softly, a familiar grin that had come to scare me. It was sweet and hypnotic, but I knew him well enough to know something was wrong and that his kind smile, was no more than a facade.

"Why did you call me here?" I asked him, turning my head, unable to look him in the eye. My hands clutched my white shawl tighter to my slender form, my white wings spread out lazily from my back.

"Just what I'd told you in my letter." Ash said tilting his head innocently. "I can help you."

"I don't need your help." I said stiffly, his presence seemed to unsettle me; there was something wrong with him though I couldn't quite tell what, though a vague idea of what it could be blooming in my mind.

"Really?" he asked almost sarcastic. "I know what you've been doing Crystal." I stiffened, looking down in silence and guilt. Ash leaned in closer to me, his cheek brushing mine as he whispered into my ear. "You smell unclean." his words pierced my heart like a dagger and I raised my head to look at him in his amethyst eyes.

"You smell impure." I shot back defensively, almost afraid of him. Ash grinned, as if what I had said was humorous before leaning in and pressing his lips to mine. My eyes went wide and I tried to pull away but he pulled me closer, his arm wrapped around me stopping my escape no matter how hard I struggled, placing both hands on his chest in an attempt to push him away. I could feel my energy draining as the seconds passed. Ash pulled away a moment later, he seemed to shine brighter than before and the impure distortion around him had lessened but I knew what came next.

"No!" I choked out as the ground beneath me gave out and I plummeted down off the clouds towards the ground. I stared up panic struck as I fell, Ash's smirking figure staring down at me in the distance, shrinking until I could no longer see him. My wings darkened, becoming dirty and tarnished before folding painfully into my back. My dress ripped and darkened, its colors changing, large tears appearing in my now black gown. I would have screamed but the fall seemed to pull the air from my lungs. I collided with the ground hard, grass smeared my dress and I groaned as I sat up, flinching as a sharp pain pierced my side and skull.

How could he? I thought to myself, my shoulders trembling as if I was about to cry. The moon peeked out from behind the dark clouds as lighting pierced across the sky, followed shortly by a roar of thunder. Rain began to pour down around me as I looked around, my now black hair clinging to my shoulders as I took in the meadow. I was surrounded by white, yellow and blue iris flowers. I paused, only for a second to admire their striking beauty before another clap of thunder pulled me from my fantasy. I wished deeply that this was just a dream, but it wasn't. I looked around in a panic, rising to my feet as I stared up at the rampaging sky.

Ash would be here soon and I knew I had to run. He would still hunt me down, but here I didn't stand a chance. I pulled up the hem of my dress as I took off through the dirt and the mud, I didn't dare spread my wings, I knew what color they would be, and for now I just didn't have the strength to face that disappointment. I knew I would never escape on foot so once I made my way to the road I kept an eye out for a carriage, I didn't care where it took me, but Ash couldn't attack me if I was with a human. His job was to hunt down fallen angels, he was to see they made it to hell, but I couldn't go, I refused to go. After a few moments of running though the rain a carriage drove past, and the tall golden eyed driver was kind enough to let me aboard.

I woke with a start, bolting upright in my bed, the nightmare...no, the memory was too painful. Adrenaline and fear hammered through my veins. I jumped with a start as I realized I was being watched, two glowing crimson eyes staring at me from the darkness as Sebastian stepped forward into the dim moonlight, his raven black hair and suit blending with the darkness around him.

"What did you do?" he asked quietly, his tone serious.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I whispered back, bowing my head to hide my shame. I'd been right...he wasn't human.

"What did you do that made you fall?"