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  "Kas, wow! You look amazing." Nina said, walking towards me.

  I smiled at her, tired to the bone. "I have no idea why everyone keeps saying that, but thanks."

  "Really? Well, you need to find a mirror. You are in for a real surprise." She gestured to a door.

  Intrigued, I opened the door and stepped in. We were in a hallway and soon found a room with a mirror. What I found looking back at me was amazing. My eyes were shining a bright white light; no more red, yellow or even blue. My wings, once black, were now white, the edged rimmed with crimson. They were even bigger than before. While walking around, I had to maneuver myself under a door with them, but I used to do that a lot. It looks like I will be doing that even more. My horns were now a yellowish color, but still deadly. My eyes reached my chest and I stopped there. "What is that?" My hand reached for the golden symbol, smoothing over it.

  "Let’s see," Nina said, walking in front of me.

  She whistled. "I have no idea, but it’s really beautiful," she remarked, stepping back.

  "It’s the seal of divinity," someone's voice said behind us and we jumped around, surprised.

  There, sitting on a couch in the dark, was Raven. We didn’t even see her when we came back in. "Raven?"

  "The golden symbol on your chest is known as the divinity seal. The others should have one as well," Raven continued, that cold voice still there.

  Something was really wrong with her. "Nina, would you give us a minute?" I smiled at Nina.

  "Sure, I'll be out there trying to find something to do," Nina replied and left us alone.

  "Is everything alright, Raven?" I didn’t move towards her. I could feel the emotions of hundreds of fallen, but hers were the strongest of them all. She was not to be approached without invitation.

  "I am fine, Kas. Just tired." She leaned her head back on the couch and closed her eyes.

  "You are not, and you know it. What the hell is going on, and what happened out there?"

  "I took care of the problem. It’s as simple as that."

  "Don’t even try that crap with me. Talk or I am going to shift you into a bloody cave and pin you down!" Yeah, patience was something I didn’t have at the moment.

  Unnerved by my threat, she opened her eyes and looked at me. "The moment you shifted, I shifted in and kicked his ass back into hell where he will stay for eternity."

  "What happened to you?"

  She turned her back on me. "I grew up."

  Knowing that she was lying, but feeling that she needed space, I turned around and left the room. I was going to have to watch her, keep a good eye on her. Something wasn’t right with her, and I feared for her. I rounded the corner and found Chax leaning against the wall, completely healed and looking as hot as ever.

  "You ready to go home, my love." He smiled and stood up, walking towards me.

  I smiled. "Yeah, I think we can call it a day."

  "Good, because I think you need a shower." He smiled at me.

  "Oh, that was one hell of a pick-up line." I laughed and stepped into his arms.

  "I don’t need to pick you up. I already have you." He gave me a wicked smile and then kissed me.

  Chapter 19

  Six months later...

  "Will you stand still already?!" I looked down at the bloody male and wanted to smack him.

  "Can you finish already?" I growled back at him.

  I had to restrain myself from pulling out my gun and shooting him.

  "I could have already been finished if you just stand still for one damn minute." Yeah, I am going to shoot him today.

  "Stand still, Kas. We’re already freaking late," Nanini fired at me.

  I turned my death glare on her. Molly, an Ex-demon now human female, was just finishing off her hair.

  "I still don’t know why the hell we need to do this?" I stopped myself from scratching my butt again.

  "Because it’s tradition, and you had no say in it." Lada decided to enter the fight.

  I greeted her with the same death stare.

  "I hate dresses. I can’t take the damn things. Can’t we just have done this in our fighting gear or something? You all know that we are going out today anyway. We would have saved ourselves some time, if you ask me." I was beyond pissed off.

  Three months ago I was bullied into this damn wedding thing. My mom even joined the attack against me. I hated the idea the moment I understood what all the fuss was about. Why the hell should we have a formal white dress wedding thing anyway? It’s not like I could kick demon butt in the bloody thing. Before I could stop myself, my hand had travelled to my butt and I was scratching like mad, running the dress up. A sudden prick on my left side had me pulling out my gun and pointing it at the ex-demon who was now an irritating dress designer, Draco.

  There was a standoff. I had my gun in his face, and he had a needle the size of a freaking car in his hand, ready to jam it into my leg again. "Hellhound, get that thing out of my face and stand the hell still," he growled at me. I didn’t move a muscle. The mantra in my head was playing over and over. You can’t kill him now. He's human. The same mantra had been playing in my head for three freaking months!

  "Kasadya Levourne, drop that gun now." My mother totally ruined my daydream.

  Reluctantly, I pulled the gun back and placed it into the invisible holster on my hip.

  "You are not going to wear that to the wedding, are you?!" Draco was becoming a real freaking diva, if you asked me.

  "Bet your ass I am. I go nowhere without my weapons," I growled back at him.

  He sucked in a breath and looked at my mother standing behind us for assistance.

  "You will not take your weapons with you," My mother stated.

  Like hell I won’t! I didn’t answer her and crossed my arms over my chest. Lada was swinging around with her 1600 whatever century dress, totally delighted. Nanini was all done and sitting in a chair across from me, blooming like a spring blossom. They were all happy go lucky and I was irritated beyond hell. Damn Nanini and her damn plans! A growl escaped my mouth without my consent, and eyes flashed at me from all directions. I huffed and kept still, so diva below me could get it over with.

  "There, was that too much to ask? If you had kept still and had done what I have said all this time, you wouldn’t be standing here for final alternations." Draco walked off towards his table and placed his gadgets on it.

  "Freaking finally!" I jumped off the step and just as my feet planted on the ground, heard the dreadful noise of more problems. The sound of cloth ripping echoed in the shop and all eyes burned into me.

  "Please...please tell me that wasn’t you?!" Draco squeaked, his eyes trying to pop out of his skull.

  "Oh, hell no, Kas!" Nanini fired.

  "We are never going to make it in time," Lada complained and fell back in her chair.

  "Kasadya Levourne!" My mother blasted.

  I hated this. "Don’t look at me. He's the one that wanted me to wear a damn slim line dress. I am choking in the bloody thing!" I was so getting out of here.

  I whirled around and came face to face with Zurita. "Now, Kas, everyone’s waiting. Let’s just get this over with." She stopped me dead in my tracks, and had a damn smile to make it even worse.

  Growling, huffing and moaning I got back up on the step and glared at Draco. With some dramatic diva moaning he had his equipment and was back, trying to fix my dress. Zurita walked to sit down next to Lada, her baby tummy rounding of her slim wedding dress. She looked so happy; and Caim, well, let’s just say he's become what can only be called obsessed. Zurita wasn’t even allowed to watch the training sessions, let alone practice with us.

  "Do you guys think the guys are already finished and waiting?" Nanini asked nervously and for the first time in months, started jumping on the spot.

  "Really? Do you think they will be late?" Lada asked sarcastically.

  Nanini glared at me once again. I just shrugged and tried to keep still. The door slammed open and Melissa came strol
ling in with all her glory. Now a mother, she was even worse than before.

  "You guys are still not finished? The guys are waiting!" she shrieked.

  Again all eyes pierced me with death glares.

  "Should have known. Kas, come on. Everyone’s waiting," Melissa continued.

  "It’s not me. It’s him!" My finger pointed to the ass behind me.

  She rolled her eyes and stomped around, impatient. "Where's Aiden?" Zurita asked her.

  "Oh, he's with Amon and Astin. Anna-belle's twins are also with them.” A wicked smile spread over her face.

  Oh my God. The twins are also there! Yep, this wedding thing was going to be a disaster. Told them so.

  "Poor guys." Zurita giggled, her tummy jumping up and down.

  "How are the new recruits doing?" I tried to change the baby subject. I was never going there. Not after meeting the twins.

  "Gosh, last night almost thirty showed up at the sanctuary. If I had known that the serum would work that fast, I would have already opened up more sanctuaries," Melissa growled.

  Melissa and Amon successfully made a serum from my blood. With this serum, we only needed to get it into a demons system and voila, ex-demon here we come. To make it even more epic, Max developed a gun that could shoot a bullet containing the serum right into them. Swords had suddenly become overrated, and instead of killing demons, we were out there every night, turning them. Each day demon numbers grew smaller and smaller. Finding a demon these days took a while. When word got out that we were not killing them anymore, but now converting them, a few thousand decided to stay in hell and avoid us. Now only the insane or desperate were out each night searching for victims, and they usually ended up converted. Within seconds, the demon is unable to shift to hell and stuck on earth. Ten hours later it’s all over with and the demon is human. Of course we knew that we would have wandering humans without a clue how to live, so we opened up a huge sanctuary for them to start all over again. The plan was successful and ex-demons, like Molly over there, were able to continue a normal human life. Bummer, we have no more fun these days.

  My eyes drifted to the figure standing at the window, looking outside. Not everyone was so lucky. It had been days since I last heard her speak. She didn’t sleep anymore, dark circles making her eyes even more sunken. She was also unable to fight in a team anymore. Three nights ago, she split from her team and started killing demons rather than saving them. I had to stop her and ended up knocking her unconscious. Of course, Chax exploded and as Dominos Custos, I had no other option but to call in some help. Raven will be handed over into Zadkiel’s care tomorrow. I met the archangel a few times and I am content that he will be able to save her. He has this demeanor of no nonsense and pretty hard ass attitude. Although he doesn’t speak much, I can feel the power rolling off from him. According to Chax, he was the one who would replace him if anything should ever happen to him. Zadkiel was the next angelic leader, so I hope and pray that he can save her in time. She can never become a Custos in this condition. My heart was saddened, knowing that if he failed, we had no other choice but to destroy her. But hell would freeze over before I let that happen.

  "Raven, did you get some sleep in last night?" I asked, concerned.

  Zurita looked at her then, sadness replacing her beautiful smile.

  "No," came Raven's short and cold reply.

  At least I got an answer this time.

  "There, all done. Now gently get off and gently get to the damn wedding," Draco fired and stepped away.

  I glared at him but wanted to avoid another round, so I stepped off gently and regrouped on the ground.

  "Finally! Let's get this over with," my mom instructed, holding open the door.

  Nanini flew out of the door first, followed by the others. Finally it was me, Raven and my mom. I motioned for my mom to go on ahead and let me have a minute with Raven. With a scowl she left and closed the door behind her.

  "Raven, you can’t go on like this. We need you." I took the first step.

  She turned around and a tired but fierce face looked at me.

  "Kas, if I had a way out, I would take it. But there isn’t a way out."

  "Out of what, Raven?"

  Her eyes bored into mine, and I held my breath, waiting for her to finally tell me what was wrong. I had tried so many times. We all had tried. But she closed up and just refused to discuss it with us.

  "Nothing. Your mate awaits." She dismissed yet another of my attempts and walked to the door, flung it open, and walked away.

  The breath that I held rushed out of me and another feeling of defeat rushed over me. She was never going to tell me.

  I felt the familiar pull of the fallen and closed my eyes. After all hell broke loose, we all worked hard to stabilize Exsilium and earth. The more days that passed, the more I noticed that I could ‘zoom’ into any fallen. With some training from Chax, I discovered that divinity wasn’t just to save the hellhounds. I also became a sort of medium for all fallen. I was able to pick up any fallen at any time and not only be able to communicate with them, but I also knew exactly what they were feeling. I became a walking, breathing Corra. I could even feel the sphere as if it had life of its own. At first, I was taken aback from all the sudden emotions and connections. Going into overload a few times and almost passing out from it. But with Chax’s help, I learnt to control it and use it to our advantage. A fallen can’t disappear anymore, and although we hadn’t tested it yet, thank the heavens, I would even be able to know where to find a fallen in hell should one ever be taken. With this new ability, it wasn’t long before Astin and the other Dominus Custos decided that I should be one as well. At first I was scared to hell, but I decided to try. It worked out pretty cool.

  "Kasadya, we are waiting." Chax’s voice brought me back to reality.

  I closed my eyes and shifted to him. Our bond had grown even more with my abilities. I was able to pinpoint his exact location. He was standing there smiling at me, already waiting for my surprise shift. Apparently, it wasn’t a surprise anymore.

  "You take my breath away," he said, leaning in to kiss me.

  I blushed from head to toe.

  "Alright, everyone’s here. Let’s get this party going, shall we?!" Vulcan bellowed over the crowd to silence them.

  We turned to look at him. Next to us were Max and Nanini, and next to them were Lada and Lotan. Finally, we had Zurita and Caim. Nanini decided that we should all get hitched on the same day, and it looked like she pulled it off.

  We pledged our love and vowed to each other, sealing our mating forever in a more traditional way. Afterwards there was the party; no more balls for us. Not with Nanini anyway. We were jamming our butts off at fast pumping tunes and loving every moment of it. Ah well, until a fallen shifted in with news of a group of demons found in Scotland.

  "What do you say, my love? Shall we?" Chax playfully extended his hand.

  I laughed. "Like hell could stop us." I grinned at him.

  "To battle!" the others cried, shifting out to get their gear. We joined them, getting dressed and continuing the battle.

  Yes, there will always be demons. With sin out there in the human world, demons will never cease to exist. But this time around we were ready for them. We were not backing down and we were not allowing them to rule. This time around, we are more prepared and capable. But most importantly, we fight not as a unit or force, but as a family.

  Deus vobiscum, my friends. We will always be out there, protecting each and every one of you. Vale till another time.

  Word from the Author

  I know a lot of you are going, “What? But you said no more cliffhangers?” and indeed there will be no more. This is the end for Kasadya, but Raven’s journey is just beginning. My next series will be Paranormal Romance and it will be called - The Arch Angels Series. Archangel’s Desire will be the first book featuring the Arch Angel Zadkiel and Raven. From there it will be about each Arch Angel from the Kasadya Series that will find their own love. Ea
ch will be able to be read as a standalone. Kasadya and the gang may be seen here and there in this series, but it would be quick appearances. You can take a sneak peek of Archangel’s Desire over here. Be warned it is suitable for 18+ and will contain scenes with strong language, sexual content, violence and all the juicy stuff you find in PNR Romance.

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