To Light and Guard

by Piper Hannah

  Joshua walked around me, observing my ‘aura’ or whatever this glow was to him. I gulped. “And the reason? I think that Luke is back in your life.” He stopped walking and stood right in front of me. “How am I doing so far?”

  I didn’t respond. Instead, I smothered the truth down my throat. The demons didn’t know that Luke was now Wyatt, a human, and I plan on keeping it that way. I wasn’t being fair to Joshua because he was Luke’s friend, but his demon buddies also killed Luke. I don’t know what would happen to Wyatt if the demons ever found out that he was Luke in the flesh. He was defenseless now. He was mortal, and Adra could come after him. It was my turn to protect him now.

  “Adra is dead, by the way. She faded into nothing.” It was as if this demon could read my thoughts. I bit my bottom lip. I didn’t know how I felt about Adra’s death right now. Glad? Not really. Safe? Maybe. She killed me, and now she is dead. Justice was served, I suppose. I’m always a big fan of justice.

  “Ever wonder how Luke managed to find you this time around?” he asked.

  It was a trick question. If I asked ‘how', then he would know that his little ‘theory’ about Luke being back in my life had some merit. I kept my mouth shut. He was getting nothing out of me. I am a vault, and I will say nothing. My lips are totally sealed with super glue.

  We glared at each other in silence. After a few minutes of silent intimidation, Joshua gave up with a sigh. He finally realized that he wasn’t getting anything out of me. As far as I was concerned, his little ‘theory’ can remain just a theory. Joshua took three steps and leaped in the air. His wings flared as he hovered, flapping his wings. Then, he flew a wide circle above me, flying higher and higher into the sky. Before he disappeared into the night, I heard him say, “His soul had nowhere else to go, Paige. In the last one thousand years, Luke’s idea of Heaven has always been you.”

  And Luke had always been mine. That’s another thing we had in common, I suppose. I smiled in the darkness. Happiness is here, and Heaven has always been where I wanted it to be. Right here.

  “Ditto,” I said, but as always, Joshua was already gone.

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  Piper Hannah