Fallen Angels by Natalie Kiest Page B

young and I was lying in bed reading a fabulous book about a headstrong witch when Devlin entered my room and began stripping down to his boxers. Watching him over my book, I exhaled a loud huff and rolled my eyes at him. 
    “Are you feeling all right?” 
    “I’m fine. I’ve been thinking though,” I replied, unable to stop glaring at him. 
    “About what?” he asked as he crawled into bed next to me. 
    I quickly scooted to the edge of the bed, creating space between us. Devlin looked at me curiously. “We can’t do this anymore Devlin. I love you, but not like you want me to. Things got out of control, and you know it was your blood that caused my mixed feelings. This isn’t what I want. You can’t sleep in here anymore,” I said in a rather bitchy way. 
    “You’re right. My apologies. I will take my leave then.” His sadness and guilt were evident as he slid out of bed, grabbing his clothes as he left my room.
    I hated hurting Devlin like that. He had done so much for me, but the truth had to come out before it was too late. I needed to talk about it so I sent a thought to Nebiros. I need to talk to Angie please. I knew Nebiros would get her for me so I wouldn’t have to get up. I wasn’t being lazy; it was just hard to move around being so big. 
    Seconds later Angie rushed into my room. “What’s wrong momma?” she asked, trying to hide her worry. 
    “I think I just crushed Devlin,” I replied with a huff. 
    “Okay, how would you do that?” She sat next to me in my bed. 
    “I don’t love him, and I don’t want him sleeping in my bed anymore. You know what your demon blood does to us humans. Anything that happened or that I thought I felt for him was all fake. It was the blood talking, not my heart,” I ranted.
    “Kara, if you’re done you’re done. I knew the blood would do this and so did he, but I assure you he only wanted to help you. He didn’t do it for any other reason. I think he misses Lilith and you miss Ravyn. Loneliness just got the best of both of you. He will see this. Just like you did.”
    “How did he figure it out anyway? Did Ravyn tell him what I needed?” I asked. It was the question that haunted my dreams. 
    Her eyes quickly snapped to mine and filled with worry while she stared at me for a moment, shaking her head. “Ravyn wanted you to terminate your pregnancy, remember? She would never save your baby,” Angie reminded me sternly. 
    “I know, but she would save me. She wouldn’t let me die no matter what.”
    “It wasn’t Ravyn! Devlin saved you, not Ravyn,” she yelled, storming out of my room.
    It was the first time she ever yelled at me, and it hurt.

Chapter Six
    Kara
    Strange Miracles
     
     
    After Angie’s strange outburst, I lay in bed alone wishing I could sleep. My mind was busy analyzing her words, and I missed the comfort of Devlin holding me, of anyone holding me. I hated being alone in Ravyn’s dark room. It seemed to welcome an onslaught of memories, both good and bad. 
    When sleep finally came the dreams it offered were both haunting and wonderful. It was a dream that felt so real I never wanted to wake up. I dreamt of Ravyn slipping quietly into my room while I slept. She looked at me with the same curiosity that our love once carried, smiling at my silly thoughts of everlasting love. She fed me her magical blood and let me wrap myself around her like I used to, then she was gone.
    I had the same dream every time I slept for the next two weeks, and I slept a good portion of my days away, just to enjoy her invisible comfort. The weird thing was that the dream never changed, no matter how hard I tried to get her to stay longer or talk to me, her actions were always the same.
    One unusually warm December night the dream didn’t come, and I wasn’t able to get comfortable. Tossing and turning, it felt like my baby was doing somersaults within me. A sharp pain suddenly jerked me awake, and a piercing scream erupted from me. I screamed