Fallen Souls by Linda Foster Read Free Book Online

place in her stomach grow, a bad omen of
what was about to happen. Or rather, what was already
happening.
    All around her, as if mimicking the
lightning, the glow of hundreds of angels lit up the night. She
hadn’t seen so many arriving, but the clouds had obscured her
vision on the journey. Now she realized that there were more angels
than they had anticipated. Many more. The realization made the
darkness in her stomach grow even larger. This was worse than she’d
expected.
    “ There weren’t this many
the last time I was here,” Seraphine whispered, and Kali turned
away from the scene in front of her for a moment. Seraphine’s voice
was shaky, her brows drawn together. “This is bad.”
    “ Why, Adrian?” Kali
breathed to herself. She felt sick with dread just standing there,
watching, as more angels showed up by the second. It appeared that
everything Seraphine had told them was true. Even worse, she and
Seraphine were outnumbered by hundreds, and if it came down to a
fight, the odds were not in their favor.
    That meant they were in real danger if
they were caught, and Michael’s words about Adrian showing no mercy
echoed in her mind. Adrian was her friend, she reminded herself
warily. He wouldn’t really do anything to harm her, would he? The
Adrian she knew wouldn’t, but as her eyes scanned the field in
front of her, she began to wonder if the Adrian she used to know
even existed anymore. What had happened to change her old friend so
drastically?
    In the first place, it had never been
his style to hide, and they were certainly in a hidden – or at
least remote – location. Before her lay a large field, covered in
lush green grass that dropped off in the distance. She could hear
the sound of waves crashing against the nearby cliff, and smell the
salty ocean breeze blowing through the field. Twenty yards from
them, the large group of angels was gathered near the cliffs, and
from the look of it, they were waiting for someone, all standing in
a circle and speaking in hushed tones. Thankfully, they hadn’t
seemed to notice her or Seraphine yet, and she wanted to keep it
that way.
    Even if part of her did want to run
down there and ask them what the hell they thought they were going
to accomplish.
    She needed to get out of there as
quickly as possible, before she did anything stupid. She couldn’t
believe what she was seeing, or wrap her mind around what Adrian
was doing. How could he? She wasn’t good at hiding her emotions, so
pretending to be fine with all of this – let alone wanting to join
– was going to be nearly impossible. Resisting the urge to punch
him in the face for his behavior would be even more
difficult.
    She watched the new angels arriving
and gripped her bow more tightly, glad that she’d filled her quiver
with arrows before she left. Then she forced herself to let her
weapons disappear. She didn’t need them right now, and if anyone
saw her with the bow and arrow, they’d realize she was a spy rather
than a friend. She didn’t need Adrian – or anyone else – thinking
she was here to fight. And with any luck, she wouldn’t have
to.
    Besides, she could easily call them
back if conflict broke out.
    She so was busy assessing the
situation in front of her that she failed to notice when someone
snuck up on them. Then she heard Seraphine gasp next to
her.
    Kali turned, and froze in
place.
    The angel in question was standing
right in front of her, smirking. She curled her hands into fists at
her sides and fought the impulse to call her weapons back. Adrian,
the Creator’s right hand, and the most beautiful angel ever
created, stepped forward to block her path, looking her up and
down. His eyes were pure gold and sparkled like the sun – a stark
contrast to his jet black hair – and his perfectly sculptured
features were set in a pale complexion, shifting only when he
smiled at her. She forced herself to smile back, though her stomach
turned sour at the expression. This was the angel