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Then Kathrine’s mind went back to the questions that really bothered her. Did Paul even feel the same way? She wasn’t that good looking. Maybe Paul had taken one look at her and said ‘Nope, not gonna fall for that one’. That would be just her luck. She found her one and he didn’t want her back. He hadn’t made any advances while she could barely keep from kissing the gorgeous man. He had shown no real interest in her at all. She had last seen him over two weeks ago and he had not even put in enough effort to send her a secret message or anything. Maybe she was fooling herself. Why would a man like Paul want her?
“Here comes a truck,” Kathrine said to herself. She needed to quit thinking this way. It wasn’t productive. She needed to train and get better to stop the fallen angels from destroying humanity, Paul or no Paul.
Kathrine opened the door and begrudgingly walked out to the pump as the driver got out. She pushed her brunette hair out of her eyes as the wind caught it, how she wished she’d been born with blonde hair like her mother. Blondes just looked prettier in her opinion. Her grey eyes looked curiously at the truck, trying to figure out which driver it was. Why did she have to be born with grey eyes? They were so uninteresting. Sarah’s eyes were the most beautiful shade of green and they contrasted her lovely red hair perfectly. Hell, she would even rather be a redhead than this boring brunette with grey eyes. No wonder Paul hadn’t made any effort to contact her, she even looked boring.
“Hi Kathrine,” the older man said as he walked by. “Got anything good for snacks?”
“Yeah, shipment came in yesterday. You get first pick, George,” Kathrine responded in her usual kind tone. She liked George, he was in his mid-seventies, she guessed, but as chipper as a kid. “Oh, and…”
Before Kathrine could even comprehend what was happening, a brown sedan hit the delivery truck full force. The impact sent Kathrine flying backward, sliding across the cement. After a moment Kathrine forced herself to stand. The impact hadn’t really hurt her, she was much tougher than when she was just a Nephilim. A few bumps and bruises were not enough to keep Kathrine down for long.
“Is she alive?” Kathrine asked, more to herself than George. George was apparently just as stunned that Kathrine wasn’t hurt as he was surprised that a car had come out of nowhere and pulverized his van.
“Yeah, she’s getting out,” George finally managed to respond.
“Must be one of us, no human could walk away from a crash like that,” Kathrine said, this time talking to George. George wasn’t Asuune, he was just a simple human, but he was aware of what an Asuune was and that Kathrine was one.
The car wasn’t in such bad shape but the driver had smashed her head through the window and there was very little blood. A human would have been bleeding everywhere and unable to open the car door.
“I need to find Kathrine,” Hailey said as she started convulsing the moment she was clear of the car. She grabbed Kathrine’s shirt and nearly tore it off as she fell to the ground.
Kathrine bent down and lifted Hailey’s head.
“My name is Kathrine,” she said kindly.
“I’m Hailey. Are you Paul’s Kathrine?” Hailey asked wearily.
Paul’s Kathrine?! The phrase sparked happiness and resentment all at once. Who was he to claim her? She hadn’t spoken more than a few minutes to the man. She, of course, had wanted to do much more than speak but how did he even know that? Paul, however, was aware of her and he somehow knew her name, this made Kathrine happy. It also made her stomach do flips and she was immediately angry with her body for betraying her so quickly. She wanted to be angry with him, it would make the longing to be with him easier.
“Yes,” Kathrine replied.
“Please…” Hailey was cut off.
Kathrine heard her first. Sarah was sprinting across the grass to the gas station. Her sprinting got faster as she saw the woman lying beside Kathrine. Then Kathrine heard a sword being unsheathed and when she turned Sarah was charging at the woman.
“LEAVE MY DAUGHTER ALONE! DON’T YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER CASTRIANA!” Sarah was livid.
Kathrine was stunned. She had never seen Sarah so angry and she was scary. Her fangs were out and she almost looked evil. She hated the woman in front of Kathrine. Not hate, that word wasn’t strong enough for how Sarah was reacting. She loathed this woman. And had Sarah just referred to her as daughter?
Agnus chased after Sarah trying to calm her but there was no way Agnus was going to keep up or even stand a chance of stopping her. Kathrine wasn’t sure what to do, this woman, however evil, had a message from Paul. Kathrine stepped between Sarah and the woman just as Sarah reached her.
“Move Kathrine! She’s evil!” Sarah tried to sidestep but Kathrine wouldn’t let her pass.
“Stop Sarah!” Kathrine tried to reason with her but she just wouldn’t listen. Kathrine got angry, no one was going to kill this woman until she found out what she had to do with Paul. “Mom stop!” Sarah stood there staring at Kathrine. She had no words for what was going through her mind. “She has a message from Paul!”
