13. ησвσ∂y

  When had flown for more than three hours without rest, Akira felt he needed a little break and slowed down until you find a coffee shop on the roadside , it was empty . The bell that was attached to the door rang and a waiter appeared with apathetic expression, but with the notebook prepared to take the request.

- I want the biggest cup of espresso you have.

  The waiter went to the kitchen and police put the papers on the table to be able to think better . While analyzing , the waiter brought the coffee and disappeared in seconds . Akira took a long sip , enjoying the flavor that started to awaken her senses , making both the mind and the body stay alert again.

  The bell rang the door again, but she did not care who had just arrived . The waiter appeared again , but otherwise excused by the boy, who approached the table where the cop was sitting still and thinking about how those clues could be stuck doing Blade .

- Ah , Miss Shiragawa , as is the investigation going ?

- That's none of your business , now disappear from my sight .

- Hey , no need to be rude , I just want to know how things are going , as well as all around the world.

 - If you must know , wait at home and watch the news, now go away from here.

  Stephen looked at her papers on the table and soon realized the lyrics of one of the papers and gave a slight smile before turning and leaving the cafeteria with the phone in his hands. Akira continued to analyze everything more calmly and , before leaving, asked garçcom on the address that was in the paper they wrote Poison .

- Miss will not be long to find the place .

- Thank you.

  Akira continued the way to the German capital , where Blade was to escape the investigations . The address Poion had given him was in a middle class neighborhood and the hotel was not very big , looked more like a hostel . She came and stood at the counter where a lady was rummaging through some papers . When he saw the symbol of the military police in the clothes , the lady got the most spine erect than a stick and tried not to look frightened .

- Which room is hosted Connor Greene ?

  The woman looked at the records and then did a quick search on the computer before turning attention to Akira .

- I'm sorry , but he left the room where he was five days ago .

- Where did he go ?

- That I can not tell , ma'am Shiragawa forgive me .

  She left without saying anything, but eroding of frustration and hatred. She called Poison .

- Can you explain me what is this bullshit ?

- I do not know what you're talking about.

- How Blade left the hotel you reserved for it ?

- I told you I did not interest me where he was .

  Akira hung up the phone even angrier than before and returned the car to try to collect more evidence of the passage of Blade there, but not econtrou nothing to help her. Nobody saw or even knew he was in the area. She was going through a deserted street when he saw the body of a man on the ground and covered in blood . The polical approached and found that the man who should have between 50 and 60 years old , had recently been murdered by someone she knew well by the letter B in the man's neck . Blade was becoming worse and sickly, what motivated the polical to continue the search . She used the communicator to call an ambulance .

  Approaching the body of the man , she saw a note that was carefully folded in his jacket pocket and kept with the cadaver when he heard the noise near where the ambulance was . When everything calmed down and she was alone , Akira took the paper and saw that it was Blake mark .

' Maybe life very soon loses and who seeks knowledge is very alien looking for your burial . '

  Akira was always cold and expressionless , but something behind those lines made ​​her shiver a little . She knew very well that it was a threat and certainly directed at her. Blade meant it this time and it forced her to leave the memories aside and take up arms for the sake of others . It was sad to have to forget all about her past , but since he had forgotten , there was nothing else to do .

12. ρσısση

 Akira followed on her motorbike halfway up the east side , where several people began to see strange kind of wandering the streets . Lighting poles broken and defaced buildings were frequently seen and looks young people turned to the policeman, who braked sharply when he saw a shadow in the street in less than three meters.

- Do you want something ?

- Do you know where I can find Poison ?

  The girl laughed and then pulled herself together . The smile faded from her face to give rise to a serious expression .

- Are you sure this is what you want? He does not like cops , even if they are not here .

- Do not waste my time . Know where he is or not?

- Sure . Follow me .

  They went into a luxury building , almost like a dream compared to the rest of the place . The stiletto heel boots of orange hair girl pounded against the glass floor , making an annoying noise . For a moment , Akira wanted to throw it out the window , but could not do it . They went up the elevator to the eighth floor and entered a large, organized room where another girl with pink tinted hair and a tattoo of a snake along the neck was sitting behind a desk rummaging through some papers .

- Who's that there? Ah , no need to answer . Poison will not like it.

  She picked up the phone and dialed the number for Poison .

- Yes , I understand ... - She sighed every pause, staring coldly at Akira - I know you do not ... Sure, I can ... Okay . - Turning to Akira again - He let you go . Could take her there , Marlene ?

- With pleasure, Lynna .

  The police continued to follow the orange -haired girl by the end of a corridor covered by a carpet of red velvet and several statues and paintings , which was a big door cream color.

  Upon entering , Akira saw a different picture than she expected and it left her puzzled .

- You can quit , Marlene .

- Yes , sir .

  The boy turned his chair to face Akira and motioned for her to sit . By the look of it poisonous , police realized he could not get answers if unkind . She sat in one of the leather chairs, and her movements observed by him who called Poison .

  He did not seem older than Blade . He had brown hair a little messy and he had heterochromia , while one eye was a lovely green, the other was the color of honey and proved to be sharp for any suspicious movement .

- What should a visit of the Japanese upper class officer? To my knowledge , I did nothing wrong .

- I have nothing against you, just want some information .

 Poison raised an eyebrow slightly, nodding for her to continue .

- Do you know a killer who works with blades ?

- You're talking about Blade ? Sure I know him , he does some work for me often .

- Really? Interesting ... And could you tell me if Erin Takamura was killed at your request ?

  Poison opened an even more poisonous than your smile look. No wonder he was known as such . Anyone who stayed close to him was infected by the false hospitality and kindness .

- Yes. Are there any weather Takamura owe me something from the past and I hired Blade to recover what belonged to me .

- So you know where Blade is right now ?

- My dear Shiragawa ... I know everything , every detail of all the brightest minds in the criminal world ... I think I 've seen your face somewhere ... - He stared at Akira and soon managed to complete - You're that girl from the photo, is not it?

- What picture ?

- It's nothing. Well, sorry , but I can not tell you where he is .

  Akira had the nerves to the skin. It was hard to tolerate the excessive sweetness in his voice . She rose from her chair and stared at the files behind Poison , who , realizing her intentions , pulled a gun from inside his jacket pocket and pointed it directly at the head of police .

- Listen , honey , I do not like you, law enforcement , and I'm being as friendly as possible , but you will not get information from him . We may hate us , but there is an alliance between us and , as he can not deliver me I can not deliver him . Understands where I'm going , my dear ?

  She did not answer . He was still staring at the files , lingering in one of the drawers . However , looked again to Poison and the gun was pointed at her. Akira turned and left without saying anything at all .

- Listen, little girl. We can make a deal .

- And why would I do a deal with you ?

  Poison continued , pretending not to hear what she said the most natural way possible and keeping the gun in his jacket again.

- If you pay me a generous amount and swear that you will keep this conversation confidential , I can pass you basic information on where he might be .

  Akira returned to the chair and took the wallet a high amount of money . Poison looked at the notes and sighed , clearly unhappy with what they received , but kept it in its own portfolio and began scribbling on a pad and then deliver a foil for the police .

- I asked my agents to book a room for him at the hotel. If he still stayed there or not that is not my problem. And remember, this conversation never happened .

  She nodded and left , riding the bike to the city where Blade was staying . It was little distant , but every effort was worth it.

11. υη∂єяηєαтн

  Investigations were not progressing much intervention by the authorities and the local expertise . Akira was getting impatient , but had been threatened by government officials tried to shoo the country again investigations . But that was not the real problem . In fact , what bothered him was the lack of evidence to investigate the case . Blade had worked very well this time , it was undeniable, but he had not yet made ​​perfect crime . Some failures could be easily noticed, but that could not be the work of the great Blade .

  She returned to the bedroom and began to examine everything in detail , collecting hairs from the girl, taking pictures of footprints and collecting fingerprints and then analyze carefully each evidence.

  Before you end your turn research , she decided to stop at the station , where only one captured accomplices had not been executed yet. The delegate resisted , but the behavior of Akira let all frightened . The officer left the police entered the cell where the prisoner was sitting in a corner , analyzing strange that he was going in his direction . At first he thought she was stuck too, but noticed the distinctive Polica and squinted .

- You are the Blade accomplice , is not it?

  No answer.

- What do you know about what happened to Erin Takamura ?

  Silence again. Eitor was unwilling to negotiations and made the outside of the cell, indicating the output . Akira , now with blood boiling with impatience, grabbed the boy by the shirt collar and shook him violently .

- Spit it out ! What do you have to lose it? It's going to die anyway , right?

  Eitor hesitated a bit, but sighed , surrendering to the interrogation . After answering all the questions of the police , he was finally alone in his cell , while Akira gathered all the information , they were listed :

1 - Two accomplices were hiding ;

2 - Erin was brought against his will ;

3 - The suspects were from the border , but still within the country .

 After thinking a bit more , Akira went to the hotel where the border again find Blade . She followed his footprints through the land and saw the tire tracks again , going eastward . Police consulted the map in that direction and saw that there was nothing of abandoned areas and without any inhabitant.

- You lost official Shiragawa ?

  Akira looked ahead and saw a boy slightly taller than her wearing black leather clothing , red gloves and with her ​​hair dyed dark gray . She pulled a gun on him and prepared him for any attempt to escape, but the stranger did nothing but raise my hands and put them on the head .

- Who are you ?

- My name is Stephen Wallace .

  The polical looked at him and lowered the gun . He did not seem a threat , could just be a troublemaker in town , but nothing that would merit such concern. Stephen looked at the map in her hands and followed the girl 's gaze and saw where she was looking .

- The east side is heavy , official bar , I suggest you do not go there at night . Things get dangerous .

- I appreciate the consideration but to get that damn Blade paid any price .

  He raised an eyebrow .

- Blade you say? I know someone who knows him .

- Tell soon ! I have no time to lose.

- He is the commander of the east side , called Poison .

- That's all I need to know .

!!Merry Christmas, dear readers!!

10. sтαят α ƒıgнт

  Akira landed a few hours later at the same airport where Blade and Erin landed before. And it was there that the police started the investigation . Nobody knew anything about passing them around, because the time she arrived was different from theirs . It was a good start , but she moved on to the center of medical expertise .

- Sorry , but we can not provide this information .

- Why not? You know who I am ?

- Yes, ma'am Shiragawa , but we have no release.

  She leaned on the counter and an intimidating way stared at the receptionist.

- Did you follow the news today ?

  He nodded .

- And what I said ?

- That the lady took the investigation.

- So ...

  The boy gulped and printed information that expertise could . She took a quick look and left the papers on the counter . Everything she knew , so it was useless carry it . He decided to go to the hotel of the border , where the data were collected to look for clues .

- Well , we recently filed a reservation in the name of Connor Greene this time , lady, nothing more .

- What was the fourth ?

- 483 .

- I want the keys to investigate .

- But the expertise ...

- I do not care about the expertise! I'm on the case now !

  The girl took the keys to Akira and she rose , carefully analyzing every inch of the door before opening it . She put gloves and began to inspect the room. Sengue was in bed and windows that were with broken glass . There was not much to see there, so she looked out the window where tire tracks marked the lawn. The police jumped out the window and stopped near the car brands , which had scuff marks and some blood trail .

- It seems that whenever we find ourselves is not , Hunter ?

- Do not you dare tell my old nickname , Blade . You do not have enough credits to me since that time.

- Do you still hold a grudge that? Were children , for God's sake , Hunter !

- I told you not to call me that !

  Akira drew her gun and shot at him .

- You missed ... - Blade looked at the hole in the wall to less than two inches from his head and smirked - ... And it was on purpose.

- It would be funny so you end up with . I want to have the pleasure of seeing you being led to the electric chair .

- I do not count on it if I were you ... On the contrary , I think you should be careful where you walk . The person who is first in my blacklist is you, you know ?

- Surprise me if I was not . It's a shame that you have followed his father's footsteps and become so ...

- Skillful ? Professional ? Incredible?

- I think the right word would be disgusting .

  Blade approached her and grabbed her chin.

- You do not fool me wanting to play the tough , Hunter . I admit I think so too , but I can not conspire with enemies if you give it up and join me , we can start again .

  Akira pushed him away and kept walking following the tire tracks of the car . Blade got up and stood beside her a few minutes later the . It was turning into an interesting play and test the nerves of the toughest girl of Japanese would be rewarding , especially because they knew a lot longer than everyone knew there and already had something in common .

9. ρσłıcє ƒσяcє

  Investigations began in both countries and some suspects were being held . Blade was safe in a luxury condo in the German capital and was amused by the reports about the investigation. Alan was with him , but not amused with the facts , especially after seeing that two accomplices were caught and executed .

- Blade , do not you think we should get out of here ? It's only a matter of time before they find us .

  Blade laughed , sprawled on the couch of the apartment . It actually felt safer than it was , otherwise I would not be so quiet .

- Theme just for you , Alan . Nobody ever took me until today .

- But it was very close . Remember that Japanese Shiragawa ?

- She was lucky , nothing more.

  He got up and went to the kitchen . Alan continued watching the news closely and was the first who saw the testimony of the family of the dead girl.

- Blade , I think this will interest you. Takamura are giving the interview.

  Blade left the kitchen and stood next to the TV , with a smile , but did not remain fixed throughout the sentimentality of them .

- And what will you do now ? - The reporter asked .

- Hired a senior police officer here .

  The boy turned and resumed his attention to the conversation . What they intended to do now ? Erin was dead and there was nothing else to do . Why not just quit ?

- And who hired you ?

- I'm on the case now . - Akira was going to go to the airport and said , to the surprise of the spectators and the reporter - I do not want any other kind of police force involved in this. Blade is my prey and I want to have the pleasure of taking him to execution.

- Well , a message?

- Watch it , Blade . I have broken blades or my name is not Akira Shiragawa .

  Blade turned off the TV and took a hard punch on the wall.

- Again it ! - He growled , but quickly composed herself - if she wants to play , that is . Alan , will you help me with this .

- How ? I will not get involved in that , she has determined sensor and I do not want to pass this for the better anytime soon.

- If you obey me , none of us will somewhere and I 'll be happy to get rid of that nasty cop. When it arrives , we will begin by the plan into practice . Call Feng , we need it .

  Alan looked Blade movements , which was static looking beyond the window , thinking in developing the plan . Certainly he was born to be a professional killer and could do no better . What they tried to imitate him often wasted time and their lives , or because they were caught by the police or because the true Blade executed them in cold blood. Even though he is feared, cold and calculating , Alan had known him for years and always acted together . He did not catch what the friend actually planned , but it should be something big and fatal.

  The blades that were on the wall above the bookcase with television glowed a bloodthirsty way , so as to seem to comprehend what happened and want to shred Akira soon. Alan shivered and looked at the list of contacts by telephone Feng , another notable assassin, but serving other different branches of the Blade . Feng killed people for fun and for some reward and Blade made ​​by cash only and exclusively by money. He did not like to submit to anyone but Blade not following orders , did what he wanted and when he wanted to whoever paid you more .

- Hey , Blade ! Feng said he will not come.

- What? Give me the damn phone!

  Alan threw the device and the blade got nimbly .

- What is this plummet ?

- Well , I deserve a break .

- I do not want excuses, you will either want to or not .

- Blade , Blade ... Looks like you have not changed anything, is not it? Well , I think there is a vacancy in my schedule . What I need to do ?

  Blade gave the necessary instructions and Feng smiled across the line, willing to give up their clearance to cooperate. The great plan would begin soon.

8. αkıяα sнıяαgαωα

  Akira Shiragawa formed her career as a detective and federal agent in Japan for five years. Since little was inspired by the mother, who was a cop and father who served in the army . After they both died by a man known as Markus attacks , at the time a criminal hideous experience , Akira endeavored to join the police and , early in career , Markus managed to find and this one was sentenced to death . With that, she could be promoted quickly and became known as the most severe woman who has entered the police today. She was not afraid of anything and has traveled to many countries to do research contract with some other governments . Even has worked on numerous cases involving Blade , and has always been very close to arrest him , but never managed to complete his goal .

- Akira Shiragawa .

  The polical nodded attentively to every detail . Turned on the TV and saw the news of the new Blade attack .

- It would be a great pleasure to take care of this case for you . I'll be there to gather more information in thirty minutes .

  She looked at the name on the screen with determination Blade . This time you do not escape , she thought .

  Akira Takamura arrived at the house of the agreed time and started doodling on papers that were on the drawing board everything that was said by the family .

- Very well . That's all I need. I will travel to Germany tomorrow morning .

- How can you be sure that it happened there?

  The policeman lowered his glasses and gave a predatory smile.

- Blade 's favorite place to commit murder is on the border of Germany . Also , if you pay more attention to the images, it is possible to view the brands of tires in Germany. Well , have a nice day .

  Blade not changed at all . Despite not having acted on for several months , he came back strong . In all cases , it was the second most spoken and it needed to have an end . The days of his murdered were numbered and she would get revenge , for he knew Blade in a way that no one else knew . If there was anyone who could capture him without using force , this one was Akira .

  She packed a small suitcase and booked their ticket to the next flight to Germany , would happen the next morning .

7. вα∂ ησтıcєs

  After weeks of despair , the Takamura receive a call from the neighbor family to attend the news that very moment . Reluctant , eventually giving in and soon were reduced to ashes fatally hopes .

- A car that was on fire was discovered a few days ago at the German border . The authorities of Germany and Poland were fired and it was reported that there was a body in the back seat . According to medical examination , it was found that a girl was in the range of eighteen years of Asian origin who was killed with another kind of weapon is still unknown ...

  The family was paralyzed . Was it Erin ?

- ... Well , we just got more news about the case and found an identity in the coat pocket of the young man, who is identified as Erin Takamura and his report was found that she was killed by a professional assassin who is sought for years by the authorities of everyone who is simply known as Blade .

  Erin 's mother sobbed in anguish and the girl's father turned pale . With so many people in the world , why Fitted with Erin ? Then all began to make sense: the outputs during the afternoon , all the happiness and her behavior changed ; during that time , the girl was being deluded by the attention of Blade .

  At that time , the doorbell rang . Were the Japanese authorities . The girl's mother answered the door and received the condolences of the police and a list with the names of some more competent authorities for investigation on site. They thanked and assessed name by name, but offered no certainty of success of research . Had several names , but all useless until they saw a name that caught their attention.

6. gσσ∂вyє

  Alan began to lap up the situation in the room and went back inside , to admire the grand spectacle that happen . The many events he had witnessed , this would certainly be epic , as happened when a girl years ago .

  Blade grabbed Erin by the arm and threw her against the wall of the room and then lock the door . The girl did not respond , just buried his head in his hands and began to cry again. If she had not hidden anything for the family , if she had not given continuity encounters none of this would be happening . How would her family ? She did not like thinking about it.

- Alan , can leave if you want.

- Of course not ! This will be an epic event not miss it for anything ! Now I recognize you Blade finally returned to what it was .

- We all need a time to renew the ideas . Well , since you're here , enjoy the show .

  Alan smirked and was enjoying the scene, with his arms crossed over his chest .

- Please Connor , let me go , I swear I will not tell any of this to anyone.

- Hmm .. They all say the same thing , you know?

  Erin leaned against the wall to get to rise and reached a glass that was near her. She flung the glass against Blade in order to make a cut on his face . Alan gasped , because none of them had the audacity to do this until now . Blade touched the wound and invaded by hatred , threw the girl against the window , shattering the glass and causing serious injury on the back of the head of Erin , who fainted by the force of the impact .

  Alan whistled , surprised at the transformation of Bucket. They worked professionally in this business for years and never saw his blonde companion so fierce that way .

- I congratulate you , friend . For a moment , I thought you had changed because of it, but I see that you are becoming a great actor !

- Well, well , enough talk and help me finish the job. Take the blades and stop the car at the exit and entrance for employees , then go here again .

  Alan nodded , smiling , and went down to the car . Blade put the bloody girl in bed and looked at her for a moment . Her breathing was regular , but weak. A hint of regret passed him , but did not last long , because the function in which he submitted whenever required coldness and indifference in all situations . It had to be two things at once , but that was not the problem . Something was wrong , but he did not know what. Was paid to do this and had nothing to complain about .

- I think we should require a helper , I'm not obligated to do so . - Alan complained , bringing the blades - Hey , who is this guy ? Do not tell me ...

- No, I was thinking about how much it will pay off.

- It's gonna make a great amount , do not doubt . If this become a landmark case , surely there will be a bonus .

  Blade did not respond . Picked up the blades and did what had to be done . Erin was dead .

- It's no accident they call you Blade . You are the most agile with these things .

- If you want to be a professional assassin has to adapt to the features it has .

- If your father were here , I think he would be proud of you .

- Do not wanna talk about it . Let's go before the room service arrives.

  Alan handed a towel to Blade , who used to keep the clothes clean from the blood of Erin and jumped the window because there was no time to descend the stairs . Put the girl's body in the back seat and went to the border with Poland . They abandoned the car and torched it, chasing the shadows to avoid being seen .

5. αησтнєя ρłαcє

  Connor carried the girl - who has not agreed since I left Japan - until another car, a silver sedan that was being watched by a blonde boy with blue eyes and resembled Connor visual . They greeted each other with a nod and Connor spent some instructions in German quickly , always checking to see if anyone was around to hear. The blonde , whose name was Alan , turned off the car alarm and helped Connor to put the girl in the backseat and then went to the driver's seat , driving without raising suspicion over the border and stopped at a hotel so they could rest, for were hours of road and they were exhausted .

  Erin woke up in the hotel room feeling headaches and getting scared by all that was around and even more when he saw the blonde sitting next to her .

- Hey, she agreed .

  Connor came in and looked tenderly at her , approaching to give solace and comfort .

- Shhh ... It's okay, no need to worry .

- I want to go home , Connor .

- But you're home , honey . I 'm here .

  Erin sobbed in the arms of Connor painfully.

- It's always the same thing! You have to change strategy , Blade ! All they cry and cry !

- What can I do ? I have no better alternative .

  Alan moved away from crying and sat on the balcony of the bedroom window , which was quieter . Erin was still crying , but when his mind processed that little conversation, she lifted her head and turned away sharply from Connor, who looked at her with mock surprise .

- He called you Blade ?

- Yes , my dear , is something wrong ?

  Erin felt cold immediately. As she was not able to realize that this kind and loving person was actually a scam . Connor Greene was not really his name , no one ever knew his real name , so he is known as Blade .

  She ran to the door , which was unlocked , and got out , however , Blade was fast enough to be able to stop her and bring her back to the room . Erin looked at the bedroom door and hope left his body immediately. 483 . The room of death .

4. sσмєωнєяє

- What do you say we take a walk? Your parents will still take a while to arrive, right?

  Erin nodded and grabbed a coat closet , following Connor to a black Honda parked in front of her house . The interior was clean and spotless , despite Connor not be one of those obsessed with cars and smelled like new leather . He closed the door and went to her then giving starting and driving to a cafe that was near the main avenue . He asked her to wait and let her snooping CD's he had in the car .

  Connor put his sunglasses despite being night and headed to a waiter - who was the only one who was not Asian - and said something like a code .

- Black Serenade ... You know the drill , right?

- Yes , but ... So quickly ? You are excelling .

- Do not meddle in my affairs , o.k ? Just do it, Max

  The waiter nodded and ran to the kitchen and returned with a bag of beige paper and handing it to Connor , who nodded and went back to the car . Erin was still watching his songs and, therefore , did not pay attention to anything . He took a glass of what looked like coffee with milk and cinnamon and handed it to the girl, who drank with gusto. Connor smiled and kept driving to the airport .

- Wait! What are we doing here? I have to go home , Connor , and my parents will be terrified .

- I heard that the traffic on the avenue in which they are in chaos , will take at least another half hour , do not worry . Come on, honey .

  They parked the car and went into the airport, where Connor approached an extremely tall and thin girl and said something to her , which took two passages from his pants pocket . He joined up where Erin was and guided her to where the plane would follow to Germany .

- Connor , where are we going ? - She was feeling dizzy and sleepy .

- Lets walk a little more , darling .

  He helped her get on the plane and soon settled into seats that were at the end of the plane. The flight attendant caught a nod and once the aircraft took off , she appeared with a cup of tea in front of Erin , who hesitated but eventually accepted . Some time later, she fell asleep with her ​​head resting on Connor , who smiled while comtemplava the whole trip . Does the feeling pondered his actions was love ?

3. Secrets

  Erin came home more radiant - and delayed - than ever in her life . Her parents were waiting for her outside the house , as usual, however , the girl's father was frowning and mother overflowing with concern look. The girl gulped , but still could not undo the smile that was on her face .

- What took you so , young lady ? We were worried .

- Sorry , found a woman carrying lots of shopping and decided to help her . She lived on the other side of town and ended up slowing me down .

- That explains his smile . Now let's go , it's time for coffee.

  They entered and the girl felt no pang of regret for lying . Rather, it felt more powerful and independent thinking that what was done was a celebrated act. We all know that was not , however , can not be disputed .

  The meetings with the man of Erin were repeated daily and not to delay further , they talked as they walked toward her house , however , before reaching the corner, the escort girl said goodbye and took the opposite path . The days followed Takamura and noticed a significant change in her actions , which invented lies to be able to revise the stranger in the middle of the afternoon to be able to walk. He was mysterious , no doubt remained , but the girl was happy and loved by someone else than his own family. They exchanged phone numbers and kept in touch for secret messages or calls.

  The months were dragging and then Erin celebrated her eighteenth birthday . The celebration was not big , only for the family and for the two girl friends . She was happy for all that, however , when he thought of all that were present made ​​her feel incomplete . Missing someone else and that someone was called Connor Greene . It really was a shame he could not be there. Think blue eyes and gentle smile that made ​​her eyes marejarem , however , she swallowed the crying was restricted throat and continued to celebrate with other people important to her .

  When it was over and she helped parents to clean up a small mess Her parents went to buy it at a special dinner restaurane a bit far away . Erin went to her room quickly , as did a few times and locked the door . Reached the phone on the bed and dialed a number that was first in her phonebook .

- Good evening , my dear Erin and happy birthday .

- Good night , Connor , and thank you .

- How was the celebration ?

- Everything went well, but wish you were here too .

- I'm really sorry for that, my princess , is that I've been busy with a few things all day . Tomorrow I promise to do something to make up for it , okay ?

- Sure , it's great ! Where are we going ?

- That I can not say , but to spoil the surprise . Are your parents home?

- No, they went to the restaurant to seek special dinner , why?

- For anything, just wanted to come over power congratulate you and look after you . I'll be there in five minutes .

  Erin hung up the phone and ran to the bathroom to take a shower and lightning change. Just as she finished drying the hair , the doorbell rings . The girl runs to meet .

- Well , there were not many options now , hope you like it.

- It's beautiful , and cute too .

  She embraced the little Pikachu plush and took Connor by the hand , guiding him to her room . Erin looked at the clock . There were still more than half an hour to reach her ​​parents . Would have plenty of time to be together. Connor closed the door and stood with his blue eyes fixed on her .

- Why are you so tense? I've never seen you like this before .

- It's nothing, my love . - He came near her and hugged her tenderly kissed the top of her head .

  Erin closed her eyes and let Connor remained embraced for her. Even if he was a complete stranger , she felt happy and safe with him . She had never kept a secret in life, but this was worth it.

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  Erin Tamakura was a third year student of one of the most prestigious schools in Japan She was little known , despite belonging to one of the most influential families . Students made ​​fun of her and a group in particular made ​​her feel inferior. Erin tried to compensate Negligence insults and being the best student of the school , however , was still little and nothing could make students see themselves what was behind the rumors . They saw only two people that Erin really was. One was his childhood friend , Saki Korato , and the other was his friend since elementary school , Kirihiro Sato .

  Even with the great support of his family and friends , Erin was not even a tenth happy to be alive and have everything he wanted . She felt a huge void in your heart and in the depths of your soul . Always before returning home , she sat on a bench of a park away from school reflecting on everything that happened day after day in your life .

  The gentle breeze of early autumn passed lazily where Erin was . The wind , which was carrying some leaves already dyed brown and orange danced around the girl , stroking her hair and disappearing as fast as appeared seconds later , as even the very phenomenon of nature realized that nothing could erase the sadness that came from within her and left the hostile air and nuisance .

- Why does everything have to be so? Why am I here?

  Erin sobbed with no control over her tears . The real reason for its existence was something that bothered her and that was a icógnita for her . Why everyone cared so much for making her feel excluded and lost ? Why they wanted it was always out of everything ?

I wanted to die , so everything would end . Erin said to herself .

- Can I help you with something , young lady ?

  She stood up, frightened and astonished . Before her , a man with sunglasses and with completely covered body was standing a few feet away . He sat on the bench , took off his glasses and looked at her with sparkling blue eyes of tenderness and kindness . So we looked at it , Erin sat back on the bench , but without saying anything . The young man began a conversation and she was just getting carried away by the kindness and attention for him everything she had to say .

  The time passed quickly with that casual conversation and she prepared to leave, but remembered something during the dialogue she had not asked , and he also failed to mention , perhaps have forgotten or perhaps because he expected her to cared to know .

- I'm sorry , but I forgot to ask one thing : what is your name?

- My name is Connor . Connor Greene.

- I'm Erin and Takamura was a great pleasure talking to you . When can I talk to you again?

  Connor smiled right touch of shyness .

- I will always be here waiting for you if you need a listener , but I want to keep this between us, ok ?

  She nodded and looked back one last time and smiled . Erin ran home , however , happier than could be . Was granted the fact that she did not know him , however if he claimed to be always there to hear it , why not trust him ?

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  In road linking Poland to Germany , during the early dawn , a white Tahoe was speeding . Inside the vehicle , a man in dark clothing and sunglasses driving the car with one hand while holding a handgun current model pointed to a girl with her face and clothes covered in blood and mud . A storm was coming and there was nothing that offered a momentary shelter there.

  He was impatient and soon the Tahoe was running at full speed until he saw the approaching target . When they were already within the boundaries of Germany, the first thing the man saw was a hotel . There could be considered a five star hotel , but maybe four .

  The girl who was losing consciousness was inside the car while the Tahoe conudutor provided a room to spend the night . Luckily - or not - there was only one room available that was on the seventh floor . She was roughly guided by the boy , and when she stepped in the room , he pushed and locked alone inside.

  Having the girl trapped and no escape options , he again went up the driveway and drove the Tahoe to the border again and fired it , causing not a trace was left of what had happened previously .

  He returned to the hotel on foot and when he entered the room , he saw that the girl was trying to force one of the windows to escape .

- Did you really think would get away ?

  The girl had been thrown against the wall violently and his head collided with such force that red spots took care of her vision, she was also blurred by the tears of fear and guilt . She sat on the floor and his body refused to obey her.

  The man approached and grabbed her by the hair curly whose color was not set by blood and wet earth of Poland . She no longer tried to defend himself , because his end was near and only a miracle would allow her to escape alive from that situation . On second thought , until she preferred to die rather than stay with this trauma the rest of her life .

- Please ... Stop ... - She whimpered , as weak and choked voice by crying .

  He did not answer , just dropped the girl and allowed it to lie in bed in the hotel to sleep . This was not one of the best attitudes to do, but it was better than looking for it or suffer more than was suffering .

  A few hours later to make sure she was really asleep , the man lit a candle on a table that sat on the bed and opened the windows . He took one last look at her and went out , locking the door and throwing the key into the street when out the back door , which was restricted to those employees .

  When he was three meters away , he heard the desperate cries of the girl who was being imprisoned him and saw the flames take over the room with incomparével verocidade .

  The girl's body was being consumed by the flames of this dying candle and asking for help but no one came to her aid . His body was burning slowly , until only charred bones remained . The hotel staff called the German authorities , but it was too late . The girl was dead , destroyed the room and the killer had fled into the country with a false identity and shape the people who supported him .

  The room was restored months after the fact , however , the people who stayed in that room disappeared overnight and were found days later dead with strangulation marks and burns on arms, legs and face. When not disappeared , were found dead inside the apartment also with strangulation marks and signs of possible intoxication was caused by highly toxic substances from federal control .

  Several cases occurred involving one of these types of death and the hotel was not so sought after. Even those who were not in that room they feared for their lives and those who risked there avoided the room that was the scene of a tragic death .

 If you are staying in hotel White Moon , stay away from the seventh floor . But mostly , stay away from that room ...

... The room 483 .

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❋ Eighteen

  All the archangels were willing Order in court . Daniel was the center at the highest chair, looking at us with cold and sharp as a blade look . Nora looked at me with joy and pride, which left me deeply wounded . I thought she was my friend , but I guess I was wrong bitterly. I looked away from her and looked around . It seemed that all the angels were gathered to see our judgment . D shuddered and seemed to do the same , but I was not sure . Zeo indicated two empty chairs at the side of the archangels . We sat and all the angels were silent when Daniel got up and spoke.

- Thanks for coming . After many years , we are present to this court , unfortunately , punish our own race . Our Father is not happy about it , but it is with His permission that I start this audience .

  Castiel was time to take the floor .

- Resumed the charge of treason on one of the seraphim Oliver Willows by making alliances with Lucifer , attempted murder and subtraction of powers of companions .

  The whispers started everywhere and ended when one of the archangels brought Oliver warriors chained to the neck to the court . All eyes were fixed on him and saw the archangels of the Order discussing what would be his sentence . Daniel nodded and whispered something to an angel and he disappeared from the room , bringing with him a stick and placing it at the disposal of the warrior archangel.

- Oliver , from now on , you are no longer deemed a seraph and all its powers will be removed . You will be banished to hell and remain there without the right to return to the kingdom of the Father

  Oliver saw him swallow , but he had not lost his arrogance in his eyes. His wings began to degenerate slowly until there was nothing left . I felt that his powers were fading and he soon became an ordinary human . The crowd was apprehensive until Nora took the first speaks .

- And , as a final result , Oliver will receive fifteen ablaze with light whip , so weigh the scars on his soul .

  The bat in the hands of the warrior archangel turned into a whip of fire . Oliver was with an eye to the center of the court , in the direction of Daniel , but nothing happened . The first blow was applied , and he came not no crying Oliver . For someone who became human , he was tough, but after the sixth stroke , tears wetting his face . I looked at D and he nodded .

  Before the eighth blow, the whip curled forearm D , but caused no serious injuries . Knelt and offered support for Oliver , who accepted , but was too weak to get up . The astonishment of all present was visible and saw Castiel staring at me reproachfully . I ignored the look and concentrated on Daniel .

- Do not you think that's enough ?

- Come out and resume their seats .

- We will not leave. As much as he has done unforgivable acts against the laws of this place , think being banished to Hell is the worst of punishments . - D began, convinced his words .

- You can not go against the laws of our Father Come back or be accused of treason and suffer along with it .

  None of us moved . Looked at each other and looked at Oliver, who was still crying , her face hidden in her hands . I got up and looked at all the angels that were there.

- Daniel , you said at the beginning of this hearing our Father gave him permission to conduct this trial , but I believe he should not be happy with your decision . I'm sure someone as great and as compassionate as He would not accept such punishment. Losing the powers and be exiled in hell as a human is already a great burden , as D said , because it will now carry the guilt with him forever .

  Daniel rose from his chair and squinted .

- How you have the audacity to refer to the feelings of the Father as if he knew ? You are the last that should say it .

- I do not need to know him so well , because we know that He always forgives everything we do wrong. Surely you already know that a nuisance for Oliver because he will live to be unable to light again . We have to protect and advise so that mortals do not do anything wrong and when they do, our mission is to save them , regardless of whether or not they believe in us , is not it?

  He nodded , as if he understood where I was going. Deep breath and continued .

- If our nature is to help everyone in need , even being right or wrong , why are stopped seeing one of us be punished ? Receive all deserve a trial , but the assault will not erase everything we did . The crimes will haunt us forever and this is the greatest punishment we can bear . So if quisem punish me , I am ready to be punished too.

  All eyes turned to Daniel . He closed his eyes to think and D approached me , putting a hand on my shoulder to comfort me . Oliver stood up and hissed a 'thank ' . I smiled at him , because even with the crimes he committed , being whipped is not punishment even to Lucifer, who is responsible for the bad things . For a moment , I forgot about the trial , but Daniel opened his eyes again and made a nod for them to take Oliver away. When he left, all the attention was concentrated on D and I , we had disrupted the trial.

- You two blocked this trial to save a traitor , which is unforgivable . However , you remember the true function of angels and compassion of our Father not afraid to receive no punishment for what they did and that's admirable. We were preparing the punishment of you , but after that we'll think of something better. - He finished with a smile .

  Nora started talking again , with a huge smile . So she knew what would happen and why was smiling at me . I returned the smile , realizing that she has always been my friend .

- The punishment will be removed and , with the permission and honor the Creator , you both will receive a new and higher nearest station of the Father

- We are proud to create a new class for those who have mercy and solidarity at the heart and also try to keep the peace and avert violence with courage . From now on , you belong to a new class known as Diplomacy .

  Something hot and blue wrapped my body , making my wings fall asleep . I looked around and saw that D was covered by a light the same color as mine. I closed my eyes and let the light coming over me , bringing more power and a great sense of peace .

  Everything turned out faster than I expected . I looked around and was still in court with the Order D by my side. Our eyes widened at the same time to look at the wings of another. The D were golden , but with a hint of blue at the top and was twice the previous size . I wondered what would be mine, until a mirror appeared in front of us .

  I was amazed with what I saw . My wings were white but with blue on the bottom and a few millimeters smaller than D , but were still higher than the wings of archangels or even the Order of the Seraphim . Everyone was smiling at us and then started clapping . My cheeks burned , but I did not care . I looked at D and he also smiled and applauded . I joined the crowd clapping , knowing that we had done what was right .

  I looked up and saw the smiling face of Theos . Now I was not a seraph , I was something more important to the world along with who it was important to me .

  I was a diplomat.

❋ Seventeen

  The fist Oliver was standing inches from my face . Djin panted behind me and coughed a lot . I turned to help him and saw him badly wounded . I took care of his wounds and did not care about Oliver 's eyes fixed on me, giving all the resentment he felt. Protect that body was my priority and even being inhabited by a demon , I could not just close our eyes to what was happening , not after Fellows have told me everything . Now I saw Oliver not as an angel , but as a selfish traitor.

- Sety ...

- D ? Coming back?

   I started to see human traits in him again and felt a little more relieved . Before long , the demonic features left his face and I could see Thomas ever. And he offered support , reluctant and proud, not accepted . Oliver stood and stared fiercely. Oliver growled and ran , but not in D but me.

- Why him and not me ? What does he have that I do not ?

- He is honest , something you're not .

   He looked at me with narrowed eyes and held me by the neck , making my head slam against the wall . Being with my necklace back , nothing happened to me , just felt a sharp pain at the site of the blow and could heal the wound that had opened .

- Who told you that ? How did you know ?

  I was silent . Fellows would not deliver in any way , so Oliver would face without fear , In addition , I wanted to stay alive to deliver it to the Order .

- Stay away from her !

  I went back to watch what happened after seeing Oliver with his mouth bleeding . D was holding him by the hair and brown eyes flashing with anger. Surely he knew nothing of it and , if discovered , would be angrier than he already was. A part of me pondering what to tell or not to him while the other half thinking what to do to put my plan into practice .

  I used the collar to communicate with others seraphim , but none of them replied . Now I was alone to try to calm the situation. Approached them , without having the slightest notion of what to do and I saw something shiny in the back of D. His body radiated a golden glow , like the dawn, and which overshadowed both the vision of Oliver as mine , and when the light became weaker , I saw a pair of golden wings , like those who were in his memories . Let D Oliver, who was pale and wide-eyed and surprised eyes and slowly pulled away . I shuddered with the force coming from him , it never felt such power before. Even the leader of the seraphim had such power , nor Daniel , the leader of the Order of the archangels .

  Two family sparkles appeared then a near Oliver and the other in the center of chaos , so that you can pay attention to all of us . The red light went out and saw Suzanna holding Oliver by the arm . Soon after, the emerald color brightness brought Zeo , I looked at the three of us blankly . He nodded and looked to D Suzanna , who nodded and disappeared along with Oliver .

- Serenity and Thomas , I want you to accompany me . The Order awaits for an audience .

  D held my hand and flew towards the heaven I felt chills as I approached my new home because I knew that the Order should not be happy.

- Let's take care of it together, do not worry . - D whispered so Zeo slipped slightly upward.

  The light gold color and I was involved in before the bar of Order . I shook hands with D and he returned the grip. We were in trouble .

❋ Sixteen

  I stopped when I was about a meter away from him . Something is not right , GO AWAY FROM HERE ! NOW ! My conscience told me clearly . I'm not one of those to listen to the instincts nor to consciousness , but this time I thought I better get out of there . Oliver was back and I walked on tiptoes to grab my backpack and go. He should be sleeping , because his breathing was deep . He was crossing the side door leading to the garage when the gray eyes of Oliver begin to track my movements in detail , lingering on my injured ankle . I saw him wince , but it was so fast I was not sure of having seen it in fact . I froze where I was and waited for any reaction from him . Nothing . I started to get more nervous and stepped back, reaching a step.

- Now go away , Sery ? Let's talk a bit .

  I grew suspicious and took another step back , determined to run if needed . Discreetly looked back. The garage door was unlocked . Maybe if I act quickly could escape before knowing what Oliver was up . He forced a smile I had never seen before and narrowed his eyes when he realized that my hand was on the door handle . I heard a growl forming in his throat and not thought, slammed the door and locked it with the key that was on the outside , jumped into my bike and got out of there at full speed , just when Oliver pulled the door hinges and followed my departure to look fierce and wrathful .

  He was coming out of Dakota Street when a figure appears in the middle of the street . I knew who he was and swerved , passing on the sidewalk following and to a safe place. Could not go home because I did not want my mother to suffer the consequences and went to the house of a former seraphim who had retired and was in the human world . I turned left onto Baxter Avenue and stopped in front of a home cream color Fellows and saw him sitting on the porch admiring the movement of the street absentmindedly .

- What I owe your visit young Lightwood ? Glad you recovered your necklace .

- Thanks, but I need help .

- What happened ?

- Do you know something about Oliver ?

  He frowned and rubbed his chin , already standing and holding the door for me to enter . I bowed - is a custom among seraphim do on Earth - and went .

- Oliver Willows,  the super happy seraphim ?

  I nodded . Something in the expression ' super happy seraphim ' sounded strange .

- Yes , I know all about it . Oliver was my apprentice .

- He was a person so friendly and was now so strange ...

- So you did not know?

- Huh?

- Of course he does not know , this subject has been forgotten and could not be passed on to newcomers . Sit down, I'll tell you everything I know .

  I sat on a chair in front of him and heard the whole story carefully .

- Well , in fact Oliver was always a good person even after becoming seraphim - Fellows began - But then there was an incident with a young boy named Thomas and Dakota ...

- Thomas Dakota ?

- Yes , you know him?

- I knew him up to forty minutes ago !

- What are you talking about?

- He helped me find the necklace ! He trained me so that I was stronger and made ​​sure I stay safe ... What Oliver has to do with it ?

  Fellows was taken aback for a moment , but soon composed himself then already leaving for the end of the story .

- Everything that happened was because of Thomas Oliver . When the boy was safe to order and welcomed by our Father as an angel , Oliver did not like that and knowing the past of the boy and aware that his memories had been erased , he made a deal with Lucifer .

- What kind of deal?

- There are times Lucifer coveted the soul of Thomas and knowing the grudge Oliver regarding the boy , proposed a deal: if Oliver would help to have the soul of Thomas , Lucifer grant to our friendly seraphim the power to predict the future .

- And he gave it?

- Yes, when Oliver knew you would be born , he soon began to pay attention to you and managed to convince our father to turn her into one of us , just so that you could stay with him . Everything was going as he planned , but Lucifer conned and used Thomas to kidnap her necklace . You two met , and when Oliver saw the Sky first transfer of power you had , was quite angry and went down to the mortal world to destroy you.

  I got up from the chair with a jump and ran , opening my wings and flying as soon as possible to Dakota Street again. From the top , I could see two bodies are attacking , I recognize two shadows everywhere : Oliver and Thomas .

  I dove in the clouds and landed between them . Would not let it linger and not allow D to be hurt , even though he was only a demon could not bear the idea of ​​being Oliver wounding the body of a person who was like a brother to me. I saw an agent of Lucifer in the shadows , comtemplando the fight and felt immediate determination . I already knew what to do and should act as quickly as possible .

❋ Fifteen

   I held the pendant tightly and felt my powers of seraphim returning gradually . Every cell in my body again absorbed the lost skills . D put the necklace around my neck and gave me an unexpected hug. Retrubuí , feeling embarrassed , but soon a slight feeling enveloped me and only then realized that D was transferring what was left of his power angel for me . Unable to remove him , so could block the transfer of power.

- Why are you doing this?

- You'll turn into a ...

- Shh ... You go back to Heaven , this was my mission ever since , now that his collar back into place , I have nothing more to do in the world of mortals .

  Pulled away in order to face him . He was teary eyes and opaque . Why? What was going on here anyway? If it was meant to help me , it was certainly not by orders of Lucifer , then, who could have given him this order ?

  I have not had much time to think about it , because D was turning into a demon again. I felt a great shiver down my body and I saw a black light enveloping him . Never seen this before , but I'm sure I'd feel the same sense of fear and dread . Did everything he said about his task in the mortal world was true ? If it were , why Lucifer would agree with that? Probably some kind of dispute between the two forces , but was not sure . All this because of a necklace? I think this was not well .

- Sety , run as fast as you can and do not look back .

- But ...

- Go right before I do something I do not want !

  I got up from bed and ran toward the door . D looked one last time , but did not have time to thank , for this human that even for a short time together was important to me in those eyes was gone . I felt tears sting my eyes and started running , thinking about the force that D had given me moments before . Something inside me said that Thomas Dakota was dead, this time forever.

  The bedroom door was open and I heard fast and furious footsteps behind me . The only person who was there was now another demon who wanted to break up with me . My face started getting moistened by tears , but tried not to prevent them from falling . My vision was blurred by tears , but I could guide me the same way that D had led me to leave the condo . The key was still with me and traquei output .

   I ran to his house to pick up my stuff and my bike to go there , but when I entered I saw a shadow moving in the darkness and a similar energy with my invaded my senses . I turned on the lights and saw a someone I trusted . Oliver . But what was he doing there? How to know where I was ? Well , the second question was spontaneous , as the seraphim know everything , entretando was still surprised by everything . Approached him with involuntary caution. For me there was nothing wrong , but maybe another part of my being knew something did not suspect my senses .

❋ Fourteen

  The D was heavy breathing on my neck and made the hairs on my neck stand on end . We were still on the outside of the condo and do not know for what reason , D stood motionless and looked around carefully. I was not seeing anything .

- Go slowly and without walking out of the shadows and only stop when I say .

  I nodded and began to walk slowly up the building without understanding why so much care . Probably there was no one around except the two of us , however , I could not question what he had in mind .

  We walked for a few meters , always hidden in the shadows until D tells me to stop in front of a metal door that was getting rusty over time. He took a key from his pocket and opened the door with an almost silent click. A part of me was relieved by the fact that we need not climb those security bars . The door closed behind us and everything went dark , except for a little light escaping beneath a door ahead. I tried to open and also was locked.

- Everything here is locked and I have the master key , do not worry .

  Pulled back and let him do the work . Soon , we were in a rather sweeping staircase and leading to other floors. The characteristics of the place, that should be the entry for employees who worked in the kitchen and cleaning.

  After many endless flights of stairs, D stopped in front of a door which indicated the sixth floor and opened with the master key , revealing a dimly lit hallway with rooms. Walked with the utmost care possible. All the way just felt a lot of adrenaline in my body , but now I feel a few pairs of eyes on us. D stopped and pushed me down the aisle when something began to move in the shadows .

- Go to the last room on the right and do not stop . Close the door when entering.

  I have not had time to protest because three dogs appeared and stared in a predatory manner . One salivated and other snarled , but everyone was staring D and all the moves he did, I looked at him and when I got a positive nod, started walking back, not taking his eyes of dogs, whose movement eyes ranged between D and I constantly. One of them slipped and the others followed , but soon Djin took over the body of Thomas and the dogs had great difficulty . I do not want that to happen , but had no power to calm the dogs and never got anything from them besides various growls enquando was human . So the only option left was to run to the room .

  When I started to gain speed , one of the dogs came towards me and sank his sharp teeth into my shin. Stumbled and staggered but did not fall . Once the animal dumped me , kept running and opened the bedroom door with difficulty, but closed shortly thereafter before taking another bite . I slid down the wall next to the door and tried to use what little power I had left to cure me of the dog bite , but it worked . I was losing blood and there was nothing there that could be used to stop the bleeding and it prevented me from standing for, besides the blood , the pain was becoming unbearable.

  D came shortly after and was already as a human again. He turned on the lights , I had forgotten to light and saw me sitting with her hands on the ankle .

- I think I'll have to change my plans extra lessons for you, some classes of racing would go well .

  He went to a drawer and pulled out a bandage , band and what appeared to be an antiseptic liquid. I grimaced as he passed where alcohol was injured but all passed quickly as he finished bandaging my ankle .

- Is that better?

- A little. - Lied . Was hurting too , but it was not the time to worry him .

  Unable to stand and follow D limping about the room, which was great. I stopped when he stood before a beige cabinet . He opened the door and rummaged until he found what he wanted and asked me to sit on the bed . I sat and he sat beside me , but allowing one could see the other's face clearly.

- I think you should open .

  I held the box made of mahogany that smelled of varnish and stared at her for a long time .

- What are you waiting for?

  D touched my shoulder and I opened the box once, as a dressing and my eyes were bright and my body got tougher . I removed the object from the bottom of the box and smiling like a fool .

  Finally found my necklace .

❋ Thirteen

  The days spent crawling , my nerves leading to madness . I do not know what to expect when the day came . Should meet with Djin to retrieve the necklace peacefully or should try to recover it by invading the apartment along with Thomas ? Yes , they are the same person , I know , but each has a different personality and I trust Thomas now . Do not know what to follow and who to believe . D spent regularly at home after school and my mother was increasingly infatuated with him, especially after learning that he became my physical education teacher who lived punishing me with extra exercises after class .

  Soon the day arrived . It was midnight and I still had not slept . I struggled on the bed from one side to the other, but no sleeping . When sleep began to appear , my phone rings and scares my sleep again.

- What will you do?

- I do not know . What are you planning ?

- I can not control Djin , so I need your decision.

  I stopped to reflect a little . If I counted with the help of Thomas , it would be faster .

- Thomas I trust .

- Great . Wait for me after school at the beginning of Dakota Street .

- O.K.

  He hung up and tried to sleep again , but when I started to relax , the damn alarm clock starts ringing. If I had a baseball bat now , surely shatter that thing mercilessly .

  I crawled to the bathroom and then changed clothes . I had coffee and left a little earlier than usual and decided to take a walk . It was a little cold outside and I needed it to cool off .

  The hours dragged on and I was getting anxious and eager . I wonder what we would find ? I could finally get back to heaven ? My time was running out and could not wait for many days . Sabrina barely noticed my agitation , so I could meditate in peace . Nor had lessons with D today so I could get some rest before starting this dangerous mission with him .

  The bell rang and I was the last to leave . D was waiting for me with the clothes and always wore her hair wet , smelling clean. My bike was still for a nearby and he handed me my helmet .

- Come on.

- What? But what my ...

- Does your mother know what we will do , I 've told her everything.

  I felt relieved and called her just to confirm if he actually had talked to her . After everything is in order, I climbed on the bike and D took us to Dakota Street at full speed , but Rosalie appeared in the middle of the street and D crossed the sidewalk, trying to avoid the maximum delay with our plan . We followed along the street and began to notice that the end of Dakota Street was different the last time I went there to go to the city center . The buildings that were still new were in ruins and were completely looted . It was a sad scene, because it was a street that had great movement and great wonders before it happened .

  D gave a sudden stop , and when I realized we were inside a garage . We went down and he motioned for me to enter through the side door of the garage . I went after him and saw that this was to be his home .

  Everything was in perfect order and without any damage . The furniture was of good quality and the house was clean . Discreetly looked mobile and saw no trace of dust somewhere. The dishes were washed and everything completely clinking.

- Not because I am a man I should be rowdy .

  I nodded , surprised. Knew other guys organized , but D should certainly be a perfectionist . He grabbed my backpack and put it on the couch.

- Come on, we have no time to lose.

  I followed him to the door and we walked into the building that was recently abandoned. It really should be a luxury condo , for they had several buildings and a security fence extremely high . Immediately , I remembered the dream I had and felt the goose bumps . D And if you do that to me really? I looked at him quickly and soon the reasons that I suspect it dissipated . He looked around and grabbed my wrist , pulling me into a shadow that was on the other sidewalk.

❋Twelve

  The next day , Sabrina could not stop talking about D and what had happened , which gave me a lot of work to contain it . The day was common and lunch too, but Sabrina as much as I saw something unprecedented happens .

  Dressed in sports clothes , D entered the coffee shop and came toward us . Students looked at him curiously , but nothing has shaken his confidence heading to where we were.

- But what ...

- I'm your new physical education teacher for some time .

- How so ? They employ any over 18 ?

- It seems that my resume approved . - He winked - See you in a bit .

  Snorted . Had completely forgotten about the physical education class and had eaten more than you should . I left the plate aside and prayed that everything would be digested in just ten minutes . Sabrina nudged me and I looked at her.

- How did he get here professorship ?

- This I also wanted to know .

- At least your average in this area may increase slightly .

  I nodded . I hope he gives me some extra credit because no teacher that area never sympathized with me . I was tense and worried , doing exercises in front of the other students was embarrassing, but join it to the attention of D in my movements was much worse and I did not think about it ahead of time , but could not avoid .

  The time has come. Sabrina went to the locker room and changed clothes along with the other girls , who were gossiping about D and how he looked good in a tank top . I did not support their decision mentally, for me D was much better with the dark clothes he usually wore .

  We went to the gym and he was waiting for us with a clipboard in hand and looking at the roles that were trapped in it . So we all sat down , he looked at each of us , not take me any time. I felt relieved by his professionalism and started to get more relaxed .

- Very well , as I still do not know the performance of each one, ask that the names I call come over here and I will give basic commands of exercise. Whoever does in less time is relieved of upcoming activities during the week and one that will take longer to meet me extra credit after school .

  The other girls were busy and I could hear plotting are late to be with D. I, on the other hand , wanted to be the fastest to get free of this torture week. He called name by name and rigidly cronometrava time of each, noting the clipboard . Before I knew it , I was already in my time.

- Miss Lightwood - he called indifferently .

  I stood up and waited for instructions . He looked at me and shook his head , denying any possibility for me to go that route as well .

- Miss Lightwood , think you can afford to do this ? According to the records , your health goes unstable .

- I'm better.

- Well, let's begin: I want five laps around the court starting now.

  I started running awkwardly , but then I could stabilize my speed . To my disappointment , the speed of the seraphim was gone a lot and I had only 15 % power before , which precluded me from running much faster . When I was coming to the end of the fifth lap , D yells another statement.

- I want fifty abdominal and then climb that wall .

  Snorted . He thought I was what? I lay on the mat and did the abdominal soon as I could. I got up and ran to the wall, which was on the other side of the gym . It had at least four feet tall and I had to get to the top and descend rapidly .

  It was a great challenge . I was tired and my body was not cooperating with me too . I almost fell numerous times , but in the end I managed to climb . Once upstairs , down was easier . I jumped in and stopped walking , to my relief .

- Very well . You can go take a shower and get changed in the locker room , then come back here .

  I nodded and did what he said quickly. I sat back down next to Sabrina and were hoping to finish the rest of the exercises and take showers. So we were all there, D analyzed the time of each and said bluntly :

- Well , Ausitn McGroudy are free of me for this week .

  Austin could not contain himself and gave a cry of celebration ;

- Now I will have the company of Miss Serenity Lightwood after school .

  I widened my eyes . How ? I saw that there were people who were slower than me, how they saved it? I fixed my eyes on D , but he showed indifference and dismissed us when the time expired .

  At the end of class , I called my mother and told her that I would delay fault D and changed clothes again . I tied my hair in a ponytail and went to the gym. He was examining some papers , but stopped when he heard me coming.

- What does that mean ? People were slower than me!

- I know .

- Then why did you say it was me?

- Because you have to train more . Those who were slower than you tensed , but had sufficient physical conditions . His time was good, but his fitness is weak . Come over here .

  I went down the stairs of the grandstand and was close to him .

- See that rope?

  I looked up and saw a bell tied on top of her. I swallowed and felt a shiver down my spine . As ridiculous as it is, I have a certain fear of heights when it came that year . I returned my gaze to D.

- I will not do that . I'm afraid .

  He could not control his laughter .

- You were a seraphim and afraid of heights ?

- Well , as ridiculous as it is, yes .

- So we have to work on your fear first. Climb on the bench .

- What?

- Climb on the bench .

  I obeyed , hesitant and waited for the next recommendation.

- Now jump .

  Jumped. Easy. What he wanted with it .

- Climb that wall again.

  Subi . My hands were shaking a bit . At that altitude I could still survive, but was uncomfortable .

- Skip .

  I jumped and the goose bumps came along .

- Now climb the rope .

- But ...

- If you are not afraid of the wall you can climb that rope . Now . That's an order .

  My body shook with the idea . The rope was still higher than the wall and it made me scared. I grabbed the rope and began to climb . I closed my eyes not to be curious to know how high I was on the floor.

- Open your eyes , Lightwood ! I want to see your blue eyes wide open .

  I risked opening an eye . Was still close to the ground . I opened the other and looked up , determined to ring the bell . I forgot for a moment of time , but my body said I was too tall and felt falter for a moment . Lost the support of one foot and almost fell , but managed to compose myself . From the top , I listened to the motivation of D and that gave me some strength . I figured that was going up into the clouds and my fear began to fade away . I was just a few meters from the bell and now nothing would prevent me from getting to the end. You 're not scared , I said to myself , you can win this. I rang the bell and looked down . At first , I was dizzy , but I let my fear aside when I saw D there.

- D ! D !

- I'm here .

  I looked ahead and saw D on the other side of the rope , smiling .

- How do you ...

- It is one of my skills . I'm proud of you .

  I smiled , happy with my progress , but D was not satisfied .

- But do not think that's it . We have much to train ahead , girl , tomorrow is Saturday, you can rest .

- I hope I get a good extra credit for it .

- I'll think about your offer ...

❋ Eleven

  D let me slowly hug , but I was completely shocked and petrified . I looked at him , not knowing where to start or what to say . He really suffered a lot and I did not believe him . I felt guilty at the same time and I leaned on the door not to crumple to the floor. He held me put me sitting on my bike .

- So that's why everyone you know as D , is not it?

- Yes, when people knew my name , went from me and condemned me , so I started using the name Drew to justify the nickname D.

- I 'm sorry for your family and for you . Forgive me for suspecting you .

- It does not matter anymore and you do not want to be unhappy because of me . So recognize you as a seraph and I want the bottom of my soul to help you recover the necklace ...

- But you can not by the power of Lucifer , is not it?

  He nodded , leaning back in my mom's car and took a long , deep sigh . Silence fell on us and became unpleasant. I tried to start a conversation either , but nothing lasted more than three seconds . I do not know what to say nor what to do , until he came near me .

- Are you still willing to trust me ?

  I nodded . It was true that half of him wanted to destroy me , but another half wanted to help me . He reached out to me and I accepted it support the bike and I stood up , still staggering . We stopped in front of the entrance of my house and he opened the door for me . Before leaving , I decided to finally ask :

- Why when you ...

- Easy if you took a part of my memory, you'll remember seeing me in Heaven as an angel .

  I nodded .

- When I made that pact with Lucifer did not lose all the power that the Order of Archangels gave me so I can control myself as human. You sentu strong because absroveu a part of this power.

  I was shocked . If I knew that would never have let him do it . I do not want him to leave the human being because of me and not him to suffer the punishment of Lucifer for helping me .

- What is it?

  I did not answer . I swallowed my pride and stepped forward . D did not pull away and stared at me with confused look . I know there are a few moments I hated - and still hate a bit - but after learning about his past began to see it with new eyes and realized that he does not deserve so much hate as it seemed at first. My mother and Sabrina had their eyes glued on me, but said nothing . I opened my arms and hugged D the most caring and kind way that I could .

  He did not react and it made me feel like an idiot . I started to retreat , but he wrapped his arms around me again and rested her chin on top of my head . I felt my face heat up, but soon returned to normal temperature. Did not trust him so far, but I began to feel safe after that hug. He had never felt anything like it , it was like we were brothers .

- Do not worry about me , okay ? We'll get your necklace and you will go back to being what it was.

- Thank you.

  He smiled and pulled me gently.

- You know where to find me . If you need me , I am always ready to help you. Just do not make any more triumphal entry , ok ?

  I could not restrain a smile and he kissed my forehead before leaving . My mother smiled with pride and Sabrina screamed like crazy , excited by the revelation that my mother did to her. I closed the door and went upstairs to the room .

- Serenity has a boyfriend ! Serenity got a boyfriend !

  I looked at her angrily , but did not last long after my mother joined her. So they say , you can not beat the enemy , join him. I joined in embrace together with his eyes watering with happiness. He was not my boyfriend , but I meant something more to me.