Chapter 12

Luce awoke early the next day. She swung her legs out the blanket and onto the cold floor. Shivering slightly, she walked over to the bay window. The sun hadn't completely risen, and there was an early morning mist blanketing the bushes, making it impossible to see the sea or beaches.

Turning back around the cabin she managed to take her first proper glimpse of where she slept, seems last night she was too tired. Walking over to a full length mirror she lifted her hoodie and top to check her back. Fresh bandages were put on, someone must have done it while she was sleeping, but the ache was barely there this morning.

The cabin was cosy, not too small, just big enough for herself and all the angels. Then it hit her...where were they all? 'oh god...oh god...' Luce kept thinking to herself. Had they really flew her to a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and left her there, on her own, without any explanation.
In the corner of her room she saw some bags full of her clothes and essentials.

'They have, they've actually left me...' Luce thought in a panic. Running around through the kitchen she saw dirty coffee cups. 'So they were here for a while, then left? Maybe they'd be somewhere outside' Luce thought. She ran over to the doorway, taking one last glimpse around the cabin and ran outside. Luckily she still had her shoes on, and the hoodie that Cam had leant her yesterday.

Looking around the island, it was deathly silent. No birds, the only noise which alerted Luce she was close to the beach was the only gently crash of the waves.

She ran towards the sound of the waves, getting slightly louder with her approach. She needed to know that she was defiantly out here alone. Maybe there'd be a boat down on the beach. But would she be able to row that far to the next island.

Luce continued running panicked until she reached the beach, her feet sinking into the soft sand. She could taste the salt of the sea on the lips, and smell the crashing waves. The thick fog still made it impossible to see the sea clearly, so she continued to run towards the water.

Looking down from one end of the beach to the other, she couldn't see any boats, any other sign of life...anything! She started breathing heavily, she was going to be left here for the rest of her life! No food. No water. No human contact.
Luce spun round fast to run back towards the cabin, only to come face to...chest...with Cam! Luce let out a scream before thinking.

"Woahh Luce, it's just me!" Cam took hold of her arms to steady her and leant down so they were eye level.
"Oh god Cam" Luce's voice began to crack and she wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and held back her tears.

Cam was confused at first, then realised. Waking up, in a completely new place, on her own, she must have thought they'd abandoned her. Cam put his arms around her and rubbed soothing circles softly on her back. "It's ok Luce, you need to realise all of us would never leave you. We're here to protect you".

Luce loosened her grip slightly and pulled back to looked up at him. "Then where were you? I woke up and no one was there" Luce felt her eyes becoming watery again but quickly shook her head. Cam was here now, she was safe.
"Daniel was in the cabin. Least he should have been" Cams face turned angry as he stared out to sea. "Me, Molly and Roland flew round to make sure the area was safe. Arriane and Gabbe went off to get breakfast".
"Well no one was there. I was alone" Luce stated firmly and held on tightly around Cams waist.
"I'll sort Daniel out later" Cam growled "Shall we head back for breakfast?" Cam asked her softly, looking into her eyes and she nodded slowly.

They walked back in silence. Luce still sniffing occasionally. Such a horrible morning and the sun hadn't even fully risen yet. Cam felt livid. How could Daniel not be there when she woke up? And if he left her on her own, that's even more unforgivable, anything could have happened.

They reached the cabin and Luce pulled on Cams arm before he went in. "Please don't start a fight with Daniel" Luce's eyes were still watery, although she didn't let any tears fall.
"But Luce, he left you!"
"I know, but maybe he has a reason, just hear him out first before biting his head off"
Cam examined her face before nodding slowly. Luce sighed and walked ahead to go inside.
"I'd do more than bite his head off" Cam mumbled, following Luce.

"LUCE! Where have you been?!" Daniel shouted at Luce. Who quickly moved backwards and bumped into Cam's chest.
"Do not talk to her like that" Cam said through gritted teeth.
"Cam, please" Luce turned around and looked at him with pleading eyes, before turning back to Daniel "I woke up, and you weren't here, no one was, I was completely alone". She looked down at the floor and shifted her weight. She felt guilty, even though it wasn't her fault.
"I was here...I left for 2 seconds to go upstairs to see if the hot water was running...when I came down you were gone" Now it was Daniel's turn to feel guilty. He left her for a few minutes and she'd ran off.

Cam stepped aside Luce and walked up to Daniel "You leave her to have a shower?!"
"No! It was for her when she woke up". Luce felt better at this statement. He was doing something caring for her, he didn't know she's freak out. But Cam stood intimidating, looking over Daniel. Luce could see exactly where this was going, and apparently the other could too, who had started to say things like "Oh well" and "Mistakes happen".
Luce walked over to Cam and took his am trying to pull him backwards. "Just leave it Cam, he obviously didn't mean it. It was a mistake".

Cam was just waiting for an excuse to fight Daniel. Ever since Daniel took him by the collar that Saturday morning, Cam wanted to make things even. He looked over his shoulder and saw Luce trying to pull him back.
He turned back to glare at Daniel. "Fine. But one more slip up Grigori and you better be careful" Cam snarled at Daniel, who was shifting his weight looking at Luce. He didn't like her being that close to Cam.

"Right children! Breakfast time" Arriane shouted, changing the mood completely.

They all sat down at the table, Luce sitting between Daniel and Cam. The breakfast was vast. All types of fruits, breads, cereals and juice. Luce looked around the table, everyone else was digging into the food, trying bits of everything.

Unfortunately Luce's stomach was still doing flips from this morning. And her mind was still trying to come to terms with everything she thought was a myth. Cam handed her an apple "Least have a piece of fruit Luce, you'll need your energy up" Luce smiled and took the apple, staring at it in her hands. "You put it in your mouth" Arriane said slowly, as if talking to a five-year old, making Roland and Molly laugh, "and chew".

"Mmmm" Luce nodded staring at the apple, before looking away from the table to the window outside. The day was brighter and the fog from earlier had almost completely passed over. Luce could have swore she saw a figure through the fog. Muffled and unclear, she was sure the figure had...horns?!

Luce's eyes widened and Cam nudged her arm "You ok?".
"Huh? Oh yeah...just a lot to take in" Luce said in a monotone voice, turning back to look out the window at the figure, but it was gone. Telling them what she saw probably wasn't the best idea at the moment, they might have thought she was going mad. It wasn't until Cam waving a hand in front of her face did she snap out her thoughts "what?" she asked, confused why everyone was staring at her.

"We need to fill you in on what's happening and what's going to happen" Roland stated.
Luce leant forward onto the table, propped her head on her arms and listened. They each explained what their plans for the next few days were, and Luce was slowly coming to understand everything more, although it was still difficult to take in.

After breakfast Arriane and Gabe packed Luce's things, Roland and Molly cleaned the cabin to make it looked un-lived in, and they all met outside. Each of the angels let their wings out slowly. "Feel like flying with me today instead?" Cam nudged Luce, knocking her off balance slightly.
"Sure" Luce looked over at Daniel, under his fitted top Luce could see all his muscles tensing, and his teeth were clenched.

Before taking hold of Luce, he took the apple Luce hadn't eaten out of his backpack, zipped it up and handed it to Daniel to hold, who took it unhappily.
"What's that for?" Luce pointed at his hand.
"In flight snack of course" He handed the apple out to Luce again who took it.
"Come on then guys! Chop chop!" Molly shouted, kicking off the ground, closely followed by the others.
"Ready?" Cam pulled Luce closer and wrapped his arms around her. His heart was beating so hard he was worried it would jump out his chest. Luce held on tightly to his arms. "Remember, I don't like flying" She said taking a deep shaky breath.
"Remember what I said Luce, your safe with me".
Cam kicked off the ground and they began to swore upwards, to begin their trip to Arizona and find the archangels, or as Luce knew them her friends, Sarah and Ben.