Chapter 42 (Liam)


    Liam frowned as a figure announced itself next to him, “I wasn’t expecting you here so soon.”


    Kalbreal appeared from the air itself, sitting directly next to Liam, who had remained on the other side


    of the Bayou where Alexa had left him. The night sky still, windless, regardless of the invisible and


    protective shields lifted. He was watching the activities that were taking ce across the Saltrilke,


    just to keep tabs on re. He wanted to make certain she was safe before he left, and get his fill of her


    presence.


    He sipped from the bottle of cognac he had brought with him, to quench his thirst as he watched the


    ceremony. First, he eavesdropped on Alexa and re’s conversation, which really rallied him in the


    wrong way, for reasons he didn''t want to admit. And then re’s loss of control. When she screamed,


    he hated that nobody even held her, or consoled her, that made him glow. He decided to loosen his


    mind, as his brother Kole, solemnly would put it.


    He should’ve insisted Jullie be there, she would’ve known what to do, he was on his third bottle, when


    he was now interrupted.


    Kalbreal’s face was faint, he wore dark stone denim and a cream loose linen shirt which was opened to


    the chest, revealing his chest.


    Liam knew that look, there was something wrong, but Liam was not one to really care much, so he took


    a swig of his cognac, and Kalbreal scowled. He was not amused by Liam’sck ofpassion, clearly


    daunted by something, and that almost brought a smile to Liam’s face.


    He knew Kalbreal better than he would openly admit, even to himself. The Angel was not easily


    swayed, his suspicion was confirmed by Kalbreal’s voice, it, was too soft, not crowded by his


    conceitedness, “Ceremonies are not my thing.”


    “The rare few things we have inmon, cognac.” He held it up, a bottle of Camus.


    Kalbreal took it without a thought and gulped quarter from the bottles half in one go, “Deceptors, they


    do make a good drink.”


    Liam nted his mouth into a weak smile, “And food too, what’s up with you.”


    He tried to keep his voice neutral, he was pretty versatile with all his years of speaking. When there


    were things to do he knew how to get it done, but now Kalbreal needed him, no matter how much he


    hated the annoyance of the Angels’ constant uninvited arrivals.


    Liam felt sorry for him, there was distress in his eyes, and Liam knew it wasn’t good for anyone


    especially now.


    Kalbreal drank swig after swig of the Camus. Liam considered reminding the Angel whose stash he


    was drinking, but then again, what better way to seek some satisfaction for his brother’s recent


    ipetence.


    Kalbreal’s quietness gave him a chance to check what was happening with the ceremony. He stood up


    from the old wooden bench and walked a few steps to theke.


    Liam’s eyes darted across x-raying his vision to see what was happening parallel from him, “The


    ceremony has started.”


    “Armatos is here, his son is ascending tomorrow.” Another Angel Liam thought like he hadn’t had


    enough on his te already. He kept his back faced to Kalbreal, he’d known him long enough to know


    that Kalbreal was not one who you fooled easily but then neither was he - “Oh, when did he arrive?”


    “First light, apparently, why cause so much attention, he could’ve been more discreet.”


    “That’s going to be all over CNN.”


    Kalbreal got up off the bench and walked toward Liam, “UFO’S,” he muttered, taking another sip of


    Camus.


    Liam figured he wasn’t getting it back by the looks of it, “Aliens and flying saucers, I wonder what’s


    next, you never could put anything past them.”


    Kalbreal shook his head, “you would think by now they would have figured it out, it could never be more


    obvious.”


    Liam turned his attention to Kalbreal when he came shoulder to shoulder with him. Liam was two


    inches taller than Kalbreal but much less bulky, but older by at least a few thousand years, “There’s a


    reason why we have named them deceptors.”


    Kalbreal looked up into the night sky andughed, “I would drink to that, except, do you have another?”


    Liam could see the worry in Kalbreal’s eyes. There was a lot on the young winged warrior''s mind, a


    small part of him wanted to grab the Angel and see his thoughts, soothe his horrors, but he knew there


    was no good going toe from it, especially if re was still in danger. He hadn’t found out exactly


    why yet, but he didn’t me Kalbreal, regardless of his part in this whole mess.


    Armato''s was an older Angel, you never knew with him, and he did not hold favour on the deceptors


    either, so from what Liam gathered, Angel’s arrival seemed to stem from more than just the ascending


    of his son, “No, but I’m sure there’s more at the manor, why don’t you get it.”


    “Not so fast, what’s going on with rabe, have you met with her yet.”


    He faced theke and looked from far, but he didn’t extend his eyesight to see whaty in the distance,


    instead, he just admired the fire which mirrored on thekes waters and the reflecting stars which


    dusted with glitter on the calm surface,


    “No, you know my track record when ites to the opposite sex,” Liam said, as he willed himself to


    stay calm, from hearing her full name spoken from Kalbreal’s lips, “I was hoping you’ll be more


    informative.” Liam flexed his jaw muscle, hating the sarcasm in his own words, and continued, “When I


    agreed to help Franchesca, I didn’t consider you to have an interest in re, my interest is in her


    protection.” For now, he thought.


    Kalbreal nodded, “Tomorrow, as we agreed, I’ll be here but I need time to think. re is safe for now,


    there’s much more happening here, like the deaths of the Lightwatcher’s, it has scarred even


    Asguardians. Now that Armatos is here I have to keep him away from re.”


    This peaked at Liam’s curiosity, but he didn’t show any of it, not even a brief flicker, “Why, are you


    afraid he might try to harm her?”


    “My fears are much worse, than her death.”


    Liam wanted to push further, but he had to have patience, he knew Kalbreal did not like to be pushed


    around, “Did you hear about Calub?”


    Kalbreal’s tone was dry, “Yeah, she knows too, I suspect she’d want to get right to saving him.”


    Liamughed mildly, “She can barely swat a fly, I wonder how she would be if she was raised as a


    Lightwatcher all her life, she is already a fascination.”


    Kalbreal didn’t respond straight away, but Liam caught his jaw tighten, from the corner of his eyes and


    his throat glitch, but Kalbreal refrained any eye contact, instead, he looked straight ahead, “Yes, she


    would have been dead, if it was left, Kadreal was the one who tried to kill her all those years ago.”


    “Kadreal!”


    Liam was about to say more when he remembered something, and instead, he kept quiet, his eyes


    darted for a second to catch a glimpse of re, but was filled up with what was happening on the other


    side, something wasn’t right.


    Kalbreal shouted, in agreement to his own instincts, “You need to go, now, GO.”


    Liam closed his eyes he knew the risk of what he was about to do but this was the most sensible


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