The Nightshade Guild: Mage You Look by Abigail Kade (interesting books to read txt) 📕

can only get in if you’re one of us—unless brought there by special permission. The only one I know of who was ever given that dispensation was Utnapishtim, who built the boat before the flood. Over the years, the place had many names, Nippur, Eridu, Nibiru, Eden, Arcadia, but I just call it home.”

Finn stood suddenly from his chair and pulled me up from mine in a move that startled me and stoked the fires of my desire all at the same time. I loved that he wasn’t afraid of me after I told him the truth.

“Henry, you’re an angel?”

His gaze roamed my face. Then he moved closer so his face was so close to mine that I could feel his breath on my lips when I answered, “Yes, an angel, a Fallen One, whatever you want to call me.”

“I’m in love with an angel.”

The wonder in his voice thrilled me as much as his words warmed my heart. Finn’s eyes glazed, and he slowly grazed his lips over mine in a reverent supplication for me to respond. I kissed him slow and deep. The food on the table was completely forgotten. The danger and the world outside this room weren’t even a thought. Finn loved me! I had told him the truth, and he wasn’t pissed off or angry. He loved me!

Leaning back in his tight grasp, I finally got a breath and told him what I’d realized myself.

“I love you too, Finn. I think I knew you were mine from the first time we met, but I didn’t think I could ever tell you the truth.”

“You can always tell me the truth, Henry. I’ve wanted you for so long, but I couldn’t let myself get involved with a human. Now that I know you’re not, I’m never letting you go.”

As we talked, hands roamed, lips kissed, tongues tangled. All I wanted was to get back to that huge soft bed and make love to my Mage, but with a bang, everything changed.

“Awww, look at the fag Mage and his human toy. Where’s the baby, and we can let you get back to banging on the table.”

Finn and I both let go simultaneously and moved around the room to get to the head of the hallway. Another Dark Fae who looked as haggard and dirty as Claude and Maud had, was standing in front of us flanked by five of the largest vampires I had ever seen. They looked sick and starving, with drool hanging off their fangs and blank expressions in their eyes.

“Don’t look so surprised, Finnegan of the Nightshade Guild. Didn’t you know we can track you now? If the poison had killed you, it would have been a bonus, but since that didn’t happen, the tracker spell did its job. Now, give us the princess, and you can get on with your night. And don’t bother trying to go anywhere. We can track you to every realm we know, even Galila. You’re stuck with us.” The Fae’s bone-thin face split into a grizzly smile, and he wheezed out a creaking laugh. “Stuck, get it? We stuck you with that arrow, and now you’re stuck with us.”

I had heard enough. I clasped Finn’s hand, and he glanced over at me. My blue eyes shone bright, and his had turned silver with the power he was pulling into himself to fight. He was a formidable fighter, I’d seen it first hand, but this was a fight we weren’t going to win. There was only one choice.

“You don’t have to worry about just Finn, asshole. You shouldn’t count me out.”

There was uncertainty in the asshole’s yellowed eyes for a moment, then he sneered, “Why would I be worried about a human? What can you do?”

“If I was human, not much. But I’m not really just human, am I?”

I lifted the illusion of humanity I’d worn for a year, and I showed my true form to them. I had wanted to do this a different way for Finn, but time wasn’t on our side. I could feel it. Like earlier today, there were more coming, so we had to get moving now.

My inner aura of light shone through the room, blinding the evil beings in front of us. My hair glowed golden, and my clothes were drenched in the brightest, clearest light. My wings extended behind me, and I curled one around Finn’s back to pull him closer to my side. He was pure of heart, so my aura wasn’t blinding to him. I looked him in the eyes again, showing him the deepest, truest aquamarine blue and my soul shining through for him.  Looking deep into his eyes, I asked him the most important question of the night, “Do you trust me?”

Without hesitation, he answered, “Absolutely. Always.”

In a flash, I took us into the baby’s room and gathered her to me gently. There were shouts and crashes from the living room coming down the hall. Time was up. I settled the baby close against my chest and gave Finn his instructions.

“Hold on to me, and do not let go. No matter what happens, hold me tight. Okay?”

Finn put his arms around my waist, making sure not to catch my wingtips. The sounds in the hall were almost to the door. I placed my hand around Finn’s shoulder and pulled him tight. Against my ear, Finn whispered, “Where are we going? They can track us anywhere.”

I squeezed him tighter and closed my wings around us in an angelic hug of protection.

“Not where we’re going.”

Finn huffed, “And where are you taking me that can’t be tracked?”

I closed my eyes, concentrated on my destination, then answered just before we left the earthly plane, “I’m taking you home.”

Chapter 11

Finn

I woke from a deep sleep slowly. At first, I didn’t remember where I was