I woke up in an unfamiliar bed. I sat up quickly and winced at the pain in my leg. “Oh thank God your awake” I turned towards the voice. It was Lexi. “Lexi what happened?” Everything was blurry to me. “Someone broke into your house and really hurt you” she answered looking down. “Oh no my mom, where is my mom?” I asked my voice getting louder. “Well” Lexi paused. “She’s dead” Alex walked into my room. “No No” I whispered and I started to sob. Lexi sat on the bed and held me. “I....saw....a....light” I said between sobs. “Really?” Lexi said and she raised her eyebrows, “I’ll be right back.” she left the room and closed the door. I heard her urgently talking to Alex. I crawled closer to the door to listen. “Alex I thought you said she was unconscious” Lexi was upset. “I thought she was, I didn’t know she saw me” Alex said frustrated. I couldn’t piece it together. I hadn’t seen Alex at all. They moved farther from the door until I couldn’t hear them. I crawled back to the bed and tried to stand up, but it hurt to much. I wiggled into the bed and laid down. I was so tired and so upset. My mom was gone and right now I really needed her. I was so confused. Obviously Lexi and Alex knew what was going on but they wouldn’t tell me. I was really mad at them and I hardly knew them. The sun started to stream in through the window and I put the pillow over my head. I heard the door open and someone walked in. “Is the sun too bright?” it was Alex. I didn’t answer because I really didn’t want to talk to him. He sighed, “Listen I know your upset and confused..” I cut him off, “you know what is happening, and you won’t tell me” I snapped. “Jae please just trust me” he said quietly. “No” I said forcefully. He just walked out of the room without saying anything else. A couple minutes later lexi walked in. “You made Alex really upset” she sat down on my bed. “I’m not exactly happy with you either” I gave her a look. “If I tell you, you have to believe me understand?” she looked down. I just nodded. “Alright well my family isn’t normal,” she started, “Alex is your guardian angel.” I gasped. “The white light was him?” She nodded. “I’m a half angel because I’m a girl.” “That’s weird” I said. She laughed and nodded. “What we know right now is that someone is after you.” she took a breath. “A dark angel?” I suggested. She laughed, “There are only good angels,” then she looked serious, “But there are dark wizards.” “Um why do they want me?” I asked. “We are still trying to figure that out” Alex entered the room. I still didn’t want to exactly talk to him so I just looked down. “Lexi I need to talk to you” he grabbed Lexi’s hand and walked out. That’s when I noticed him limping and I realized he felt the same pain I did. I felt bad but not enough to talk to him. I sat there waiting for Lexi to come back. There wasn’t much I could do, because I couldn’t move. It was an hour before Lexi came back into the room. “What took you so long?” I said tiredly. I felt as if I hadn’t slept in weeks, but I had slept a lot. “Just had a few things to do,” she held out a pile of clothes, “put these on.” I took them from her. There was a sports bra, underwear, Nike sweat pants, a white cami, and a gray pullover sweatshirt. She dropped socks and a pair of hiking boots by my bed. “Do you need help?” she asked me. “Well seeing that I can barely walk, yea I’m gonna need help.” I smirked. She laughed, “Alright.” She closed the door and locked it. It took me thirty minutes to get changed. “Ok don’t get mad but I have this drink that should heal your leg.” she gave a small smile. “Why did you wait till now?” I said frustrated. “It needed time to sit” she started to get defensive. “Whatever just give it to me” I grabbed it from her hands and drank it. I started to feel really sleepy. Lexi caught me as I fell. “I’m sorry” she whispered. I woke up in a big hotel room, well it was more of a suit. I was in a huge bed and I saw a sitting room outside the room. I slowly sat up. I was fuzzy about what happened, but I knew Lexi had drugged me. I heard a knocking on the door and I got up to get it. I looked through the peephole and saw Alex. I flung the door open, “What?” I snapped. He just walked in. “What do you want?” I was really frustrated. “Listen I know your mad we drugged you, but we are trying to help!” he started to yell. “Help, are you serious!? You got me into this mess!” I yelled back. “Your unbelievable! Do you know how many times I’ve protected you throughout your life?” he sounded a little flustered. “No actually I don’t because I never knew you existed and you know what it was probably better that way!” I had hit him where it hurt. “Your right.” he answered, then he walked out of the room. Angry tears ran down my cheeks. “Not long after Lexi came barging through the door. “What did you do?” she yelled at me. “I told him what I thought.” I said calmly. “He just flew off and I don’t know if he is coming back.” she said angrily. “What?” I was shocked. She didn’t answer. I ran past her and into the hall. I ran to the stairs and started to sprint down them. Unfortunately we were sixty-five floors up so I was winded by the time I got to the first floor. I ran outside and yelled for Alex. “Alex if you can hear me please come back!” I yelled into the wind. The wind picked up and my hair whipped across my face. I knew he wasn’t going to come back unless he was ready. I slowly walked back in feeling numb with pain. That’s when I realized that without him I felt empty. I was in love, with my guardian angel. I sat at a table in the breakfast area which was huge. It sat nestled behind the huge staircase in the middle of the hotel. It had huge couches and a bubbling fountain in the middle. I was lounging on one of the couches when Lexi walked up. “He’s back, he heard you.” she was completely emotionless. “Ok good.” I answered back the same way. I knew that they would be mad at me for a while but I didn’t blame them, but I also had a reason to be mad at them. I was surprised when Lexi sat next to me. “You have every reason to be mad but please just put your trust in us” she looked at me with pleading eyes. I sighed “I do trust you but you can’t just drug me whenever you want.” “You were in pain and we had to move fast” Lexi argued. “Well you could’ve at least given me warning.” I argued back. “You wouldn’t of let me drug you,” she smiled with victory because she was right. I had no answer for that. Instead I changed the topic. “Does Marcus know about you and Alex?” She looked down, “Yes but he isn’t exactly human either.” I moaned, “Seriously?” “He’s a wizard, the only good one left,” she paused, “And I love him.” I laughed and hugged her. “I already knew that, its obvious!” I gave her a playful punch. We then sat silent for a few minutes. I broke the silence, “So I guess Alex isn’t going to want to talk to me.” She shook her head, “I’m sorry.” I shrugged, “I assumed that.” But deep inside I was completely broken. “Lex.” I jumped at the sound of Alex’s deep voice. Lexi looked up. “Oh my gosh!” she ran into the arms of another girl about Alex’s age. “Rachel!” Lexi was squealing like a two year old. Rachel laughed, “Hey Lexi!” I saw Alex smile and also give Rachel a hug. That made me fall apart. Alex never smiled at me. “Rachel this is Jae.” Lexi pulled me off the couch. “Hey” I gave a weak smile. She smiled back and shook my hand, “Nice to meet you!” I turned towards Lexi, “Hey I’m gonna go back upstairs.” I turned before she could answer. The minute I was out of sight I bolted towards the elevators. Luckily the elevator was already on my floor I stepped in and started the ascent up. When I reached my floor I slowly walked towards my door. I could feel the strength draining from my body. Alex would never feel the same way about me. He was an angel, and even though he was my guardian angel, I was sure he loved Rachel. She was probably an angel too. They would be happy together. The thought tore me to pieces. I almost collapsed before I could open the door. I pushed my self through then just fell onto the floor. I sobbed until there was literally nothing left. I dragged myself onto the bed. I turned to the clock. I hadn’t kept track of time since I was attacked at my house. The clock read 7:00 p.m. I groaned and laid on my back. After a while I walked into the bathroom. I looked like a complete mess. I brushed out my hair with a little comb that the hotel had supplied. I rebraided it and also washed my face. I brushed my teeth with my finger. After I had finished with that I decided to go downstairs for some coffee. I was hoping that Lexi, Alex, and Rachel had gone to their rooms. I was actually a little surprised that one of them hadn’t checked on me, but whatever. I took off my boots and walked out with just my socks on. I walked to the elevator and went down to the first floor. I walked towards the breakfast area and hid behind a pillar just to be safe. I peeked around and didn’t see any of them. I sighed with relief and walked towards the coffee maker. As I was getting my coffee I felt a hand on my shoulder. “Jae right?” the voice was unfamiliar. I turned. The mans face was pale and old. His eyes were a scary green and his touch sent shivers down my spine. “Um no” I said softly. He laughed, “come with me.” I pulled back, “No!” “Jacob don’t touch her” It was Alex. I was relieved but my heart was still pounding in m chest. “Alex this is your girl?” Jacob asked. But I knew that he knew exactly who I was. “She is so beautiful” Jacob tried to stroke my cheek. I pulled away. “Jacob don’t you dare” Alex growled. I felt a hand grab me, “Relax.” it was Lexi. She gently tugged me backwards while Jacob was preoccupied with Alex. “I can’t leave Alex” I tried to tug against her. “Jae he can take care of himself” Lexi pulled harder and I let her. We started running towards the door. I saw Rachel standing there. When we reached her we stopped. I heard and felt and explosion shake the whole building. I noticed that no one else felt it. “Lexi why did no one else react?” I whispered. “Because they don’t know about angels and wizards.” she whispered back. I saw Alex walk from behind the giant staircase. Lexi ran up to him and hugged him. I wanted to but I held back knowing that it would only hurt me more. Rachel ran up to him and also hugged him. I just stood there. “We need to leave now” Alex was serious, “Jae are you ok?” I was shocked that he was talking to me. I pulled down my shirt to reveal a huge bruise on my shoulder that I hadn’t noticed before. I covered it quickly hoping he hadn’t seen it. “Yea I’m fine.” But he had seen. “No your not.” He walked over to me and pulled down my shirt. His fingers lightly touched my shoulder and it burned. “Ouch!” I pulled back. “Jae you have to let me heal it.” I shook my head, partially because it hurt and partially because his touch only made me hurt more inside. “Jae” Alex was stern, “Come over here now.” “No Alex I’m fine leave me alone.” I knew that I probably shouldn’t argue but I just couldn’t have him touch me again. He glared at me then walked towards Rachel and grabbed her hand. They walked out together. I tried to hold back tears but they came anyway.

Lexi grabbed my arm and lead me outside. “What’s wrong?” she asked as we followed Alex and Rachel through the parking lot. “It’s nothing I’m fine” I wiped the tears off my face. “It’s Alex isn’t it?” she turned towards me. I nodded and before she could say anything we reached Alex’s car. It was a beautiful Bugatti Veyron. “That the most expensive car in the world!” I gasped. Lexi laughed, “You can have shotgun.” “No that’s ok I’ll sit in the back” I said hurriedly. “No you’ll sit in the front” Alex ordered. I crossed my arms, “Please.” I didn’t move until he said it. I slipped into the front. The interior of the car was even more beautiful then the outside. There were black leather seats and a huge stereo system. Rachel and Lexi st in the back. I couldn’t talk to Lexi because there was a black screen separating us and I think it was sound proof. Alex got into the drivers seat and we were off. “Where are we going?” I asked. He didn’t answer me. He was still mad, or that’s what I was guessing. Tears again threatened to spill over. I quickly wiped my eyes with my sleeve. I was really thankful I wasn’t wearing any make up. “Jae I’m sorry” his voice was softer. I didn’t answer because I was emotionally unstable. “Jae please” he laid his hand over mine. I turned toward him, hoping my eyes weren’t red and puffy. “Alex its fine.” I didn’t want to discuss anything right now. Every time I thought about Alex and Rachel I felt sick to my stomach. Something really strong pulled me toward Alex and I hated it more than anything. After about six hours of driving Alex pulled into a rest stop. “Ok we have an hour at most until we need to be on the road again.” Alex started to walk towards the doors. I followed in the back. Right now I didn’t want to be with anybody. Rachel was walking next to Alex and I wondered what her story was. I walked faster to catch up with Lexi. “What’s Rachel’s story?” Lexi smiled, “She’s an angel protector.” “Oh lovely.”