Hiding In Plain Sight by K Lime (interesting books to read for teens txt) 📕

Looking back over her shoulder Kirsten keeps running as fast as she can knowing she has to hide. Her wings had not yet grown in even though she was already 16 otherwise she would have flown away and left these creeps at the party when they first started bothering her.
'Why didn't I just listen when Auntie told me the party would be a bad idea!? Wait why the hell did she let me go knowing it was a bad idea? Did she know they would come? I have to hide before they catch me.’
"Come on girly we just want to see to you up close and have us a real nice talk. Don't you think you should stop? We'll even give you a ride back to your house if you stop now."
"Shut up you idiots. Do you think an angel like me would be stupid enough to fall for your tricks?" She screams back at them.
"Oooh looks like we got ourselves a feisty one. That's just how I like them." The lead hunter Kyle mocks.
She turns heading into the brush and lays down under some thick thorn bushes hoping to discourage the hunters from following her. The thorns prick at her skin and clothes as she crawls a little ways under them. The thundering footsteps stop, right next to where she is hiding.
"Come on Kyle she isn't worth it" Jesse, one of the underdogs, pants.
"Fool did you not feel the energy coming off of her? Either she is one strong human or she's an immortal. I'm willing to bet that it's the other."
"Jesse! Kyle! She ran up towards the water fall!" Adrian, another hunter, called.
"Well don't just stand there let's go."
The footsteps start up again and she wiggles her way back out of the bushes. As she stands up she is grabbed from behind and slammed against a tree with a hand over her mouth. Her captor quickly ties her hands behind her back and gags her. A collar is placed on her neck that has a chain going from it to her captor's waist.
"You try to attack me and your dead got it?" Her mystery catcher whispers dangerously against her neck.

She feels a hand on her cheek and she turns and bites one of the fingers. The smooth metallic taste of blood fills her mouth and the irony smell fills the air. She feels her teeth scrape against the skin as the person jerks their hand away.

"What the hell did you do that for!? I was gonna pull out your gag so you could talk! Be still and I’ll take it off alright?"

She feels him reach back down and untie the knot. She opened her mouth as he pulls it out and licks her lips before asking what he wanted. Her question is ignored and she sits in the dark wondering if he had left her completely. The striking of a match catches her attention and she looks to her right to see a tall muscular figure leaned over a lamp. The lamp took the flame and he turns up the light before unlocking her chain from his belt. She looks to the door to find it locked as he walks across the room and lights another lamp.

When the room is bright enough he stops and turns to look at her. She gasps as she realizes it is Xena's cousin Riverr. She had been crushing on him for forever even though she had only talked to him a couple of times at school. There could be no way that somebody so handsome could be an angel she thought. No way in hell.

"Close your mouth before something flies in and lays eggs. Want some food?"

She continues to stare at him for a moment shocked by what he had said before shaking her head no.

"Water?"

She shakes her head again. He shrugs and walks off into the other room. Soon light comes from inside the room and the sound of pans being placed on a wood stove catches her attention. She licks her lips and realized she was thirsty and very hungry but she wouldn't accept his food. It is probably poisoned anyway.

After sitting on his bed for a little while longer listening to him moving in the kitchen she hears a chair scrapping the floor and hears him sit down and begin eating. Curiosity was poking at her to go investigate, but she refused to move from her position. The smell from the kitchen began making her mouth water and her stomach growls its irritation so she finally gets up and walks into the other room.

He smiles as she walks and she knew that he had heard her walking across the floor with the chain dragging behind her. She looks at the food on the table before looking at him.

"Would you like some?"

"Please?"

"Come here let me get your hands free so you can eat properly unless you want me to feed you?"

She walks over towards him turning around so that he could unleash her wrists. The cool metal of a knife presses against her briefly before cutting through the rope. She pulls her arms around in front of her and stretches before taking a seat in the other chair at the table. He stands up and grabs a plate and a fork setting them in front of her before placing a steak and vegetable on it.

"Eat it all, you need it after all that energy you wasted tonight."

"How did you know?"

"I heard rumors about immortal hunters coming to town. Usually they leave angels alone since they are so well respected, but these guys have been known to catch young angels and sell them. They do the same thing to demons. Catch them at age 15 just before their wings sprout and then clip off their wings when they first appear. Any angel or demon without their wings loses their means of escape and since young ones haven't had time to acquire another means of identification, it’s the perfect crime."

"And these hunters, you knew they would be at the party?"

"No. I didn't figure there would be any young demons there. Most hunters only attack the demons since there are some humans who pay big money to have them destroyed."

"There weren't any demons there."

"Ah so you don't know yet. Not surprising that they wouldn't tell you, but still odd."

"What do you mean? Who tell me what?"

"It isn't important for now. Eat."

She growls angrily and cuts her steak into chunks before scarfing down her vegetables. She pokes a piece of meat with her fork before stabbing it and eating it and the rest of the chunks quickly.

"Do you want more or are you full?"

"I'm full thank you."

"Alright. Your parents never told you their secret did they?"

"No."

"Your mother was an angel."

"Yes and so was my father. I live with my aunt and uncle after my father died and my mother was found to be the mate of a demon."

"No."

"No?"

"Your father was not an angel. Who told you this?"

"My mother. Why?"

"Your father was no more an angel than I am."

"How would you know?"

"I may only be 17, but demons do not hide what wrongs they may do unlike angels. Do you know what happens when an angel mates with a human?"

"The angel becomes fallen and is forced to live its life on earth as a human."

"Do you know what happens when a demon mates with a human?"

"It gets ignored?"

"No, the demon is punished by the demon lord but then is released to continue life as it was. What about an angel and a demon?"

"The last case of it, the baby was taken and slain by the angel lord, its parents were destroyed."

"What if the demon happened to be the demon lord?"

"Why would a demon lord want an angel?"

"Because you creatures are beautiful to us in some ways and disgusting in others."

"Gee thanks."

"You’re welcome. Now see the demon lord met this angel before he became demon lord and he fell in love with her. They knew the risks of what would happen if they got together so they tried to get one of their friends to cover for them. The friend covered for them when the child was born and said it was his. When the child was young its mother was found to be the mate of a demon. She was thrown from heaven to live on earth as a human. She died when the child was 15. The child was thought to be an angel so the child was given to the brother of the mother. There she turned 16 and her wings did not come. They waited for 6 months but still no wings. So they just expected them to come later. Her true father was such a powerful demon that his blood runs through her veins even stronger than the angel blood does. Due to the mixing, the half-breed is stronger than most angels and also most demons. Unlike angels, a demon grows into its wings when it turns 17. Along with its fangs and poisons. On the night of you 17th birthday, you'll grow into your wings, and you'll be stronger than both your father and the angel lord combined."

"What makes you so sure that this half-breed is me?"

"Your blood. I can smell a difference in it. It isn't human, demon, or angel. It is demon and angel mixed together. I went through training to be a tracker. Trust me I would know. Plus the fact that the demon lord keeps tabs on his little "angel.""

"I'm not sure I believe you, but we will see in a few days."

"Alrighty then...So angelcakes, I may have captured you and you may be my prisoner, but your running me low on lighting so you'll have to forgive me if I seem impolite and do the whole get to knowing each other process through insight."

"Insight?"

"It's when a demon looks into an angel or human's soul and sees their past. I'll do a two-way so that you can see mine as well."

"Wait is it safe?"

"Yes."

"Do we need to lay down or something?"

"If you would like to lay down."

"Could you take the collar off?"

"Yes."

Riverr stands up and grabs his keys taking off her collar before dousing the lantern and walking back into the