Alice's Insurrection (Alice Clark Series) by Andrea DiGiglio Read Free Book Online

soul of Elizabeth, trapped at the Field of the Damned.
    Kokabiel pulled back , heartbroken. “What I’ve done, cannot be forgiven.”
    “Not true, but for you to forgive yourself , I fear I must first speak with Elizabeth. I think I should speak with my father before I make such a trip,” Alice said, a little winded from the emotional tug of a love so similar to her love of Cole.
    “Whatever you need ,” he said, excusing himself. He carried a certain sadness that he rarely showed and it ripped through Alice viciously. Alice glanced out the window to see Cole flip Jake over his head and onto his back, both of them smiling like children playing in the grass. She smiled but it was fleeting, as she couldn’t discern which was worse, her future conversation with her father or with Cole’s very dead mother. She sighed loudly as she finished her now cold coffee. She wasn’t sure how much time she had before Rogziel came to finish them all off, but she knew it would be sooner rather than later.
     

    COLE
     
    Jake lunged at Cole, which he countered by flipping him over his shoulders flat onto his back. They both laughed as Cole reached his hand out to lift his brother up. Briathos walked stiffly onto the porch to watch.
    “Want a try at him?” Jake asked , jokingly.
    “Why not ,” Briathos answered unexpectedly.
    Cole and Jake exchanged surprised glances and met him halfway across the lawn. “I’m getting better it seems.”
    “I hear you are often underestimated,” Briathos replied.
    “Seems so ,” Cole said.
    Jake backed off and allowed the two to face each other one on one. “First one to tap out loses. Ever watch wrestling?”
    “Can’t say that I have.”
    “Well , whoever cries uncle… meaning whoever gives up first, loses.”
    “I think I follow. Let’s begin ,” Briathos said with a grin.
    Cole swung his right fist directly at Briathos’ face, and right before contact he dodged out of the way. Cole recovered awkwardly , quickly losing the smile from his face. Briathos dodged another swing and swept Cole’s legs out from under him. Cole bounced up quickly and uppercut Briathos, knocking spit from his mouth.
    “Nice hit. Again ,” Briathos said, wiping his mouth on his sleeve. They continued to spar for close to an hour, neither one the victor.
    Cole turned to Jake and said, “Jake, I think he needs more of a challenge.”
    ”Loud and clear ,” Jake smiled happily, accepting the role. He ran up behind Cole and swung at Briathos from behind as Briathos swung at his face. Cole fell down to the ground, causing the two Fallen to punch each other with their clenched fists. As they stumbled backwards, Cole jumped head first toward the ground, kicking his legs out as far as he could reach, kicking them each in the throat. Cole sprung up, satisfied as he claimed his fighting stance in between them. They weren’t preparing for battle as much as they were measuring who was stronger, faster and smarter. The two Fallen requested a time out or as Cole liked to call it, a forfeit.
    “Cole, you are something else , man,” Jake smiled, rubbing at his throat.
    “Perfect mate for the chosen one ,” Briathos added. They all smiled and shared a chuckle. This might not be the life Cole once thought he would lead, but at this moment he wouldn’t have it any other way. He knew something was dawning, beckoning them, but for now he would enjoy these moments and feel more secure that he could protect his love and his family.
     

    COLE
     
    Alice and Paul sat at the kitchen table where they could see the others sparing through the kitchen window. Alice was having second thoughts about speaking with Elizabeth’s trapped soul about the day her true love had saved her son but couldn’t save her. Alice wasn’t even positive that securing the light within them, connecting them to her, was in fact going to save them anyway. All she knew was that she had to try, she had to have something to show Him when she finally