Snippet Saturday – Endings – Nevar from the Her Angel romance series

I’ve joined the fantastic Snippet Saturday run by Lauren Dane. Each week has a theme or is author’s choice. This week the theme is Endings.

After sharing an exclusive scene about Nevar from my Her Angel romance series with readers in my newsletter this month, I wanted to continue exploring what happened to this angel after the events of Her Demonic Angel, and decided to write what I’m calling Interludes for the series. Scenes with characters set between the books.

So, this week, my Snippet is another exclusive peek into Nevar’s life, this time taking us back to a point I consider the end of his old life… deep in the bowels of Hell.

Nevar stared down at the images playing out in the pool, his breath sawing in and out of his lungs, the stench and stifling heat of Hell forgotten, drowned out by the chilling numbness sweeping through him. He hadn’t wanted to believe it was possible, but the shimmering water before him recorded the truth, meaning Heaven had tampered with his memories.

In response to the crushing blow this dealt him, his silver-blue wings shrank and disappeared into his back. He no longer wanted to feel those soft feathers or the weight of his wings. What had once been a comfort to him was now torture. He crouched balanced on his toes, his elbows resting on his knees, pale green eyes locked on his image in the pool as it reversed and the scene played out again. A scene he couldn’t remember. They had erased it and others, moulding him into the angel they wanted him to be, controlling his actions. Had they felt any guilt over what they had done? Or had this been nothing out of the ordinary to them?

If Veiron and the others were to be believed, then he was not the first angel to suffer this cruel abuse, and he would not be the last. He curled his fingers into fists, his silver-edged blue vambraces creaking against his forearms as the muscles beneath them tensed. Anger washed through him, obliterating the numbness, and he welcomed it.

Heaven would pay for what they had done to him.

“What have we here?” A deep voice boomed from behind him, sending a shiver of awareness down his spine and causing him to tense in preparation.

Evil. Incarnate.

He could feel the darkness slithering over him, emanating from this unknown male at his back.

“Little lost lamb… you should have remained with your flock.” The male stepped closer, the gravelly basalt crunching as he neared. “Shall I show you what I do to little lambs who have lost their way?”

Nevar shot to his feet and turned at the same time, coming to face a tall male with wild black hair, bright golden eyes, and huge glossy black wings. He had seen that face before, but this male was not that angel. He was something else. Something sinister. A shadow created of malice, a lust for violence and dark power so incredible it pushed against Nevar, pressing down on him.

He called his silver sword to his hand, materialising it out of the acrid air, and shifted his feet on the uneven black ground, readying himself for a fight.

The male grinned cruelly, flashing fangs, and cocked his head, regarding Nevar with inquisitive eyes laced with amusement. Had he expected Nevar to flee rather than fight?

Twin golden blades appeared in his hands. “I punish them and then send them back to their flock… with their memories back to how their master liked them… I make them forget… the ultimate punishment… and I relish it and the knowledge that you are up there, clueless, devoted, suffering at the hands of your master without ever knowing it.”

Nevar’s heart thudded hard and he growled, his fingers tightening around the hilt of his sword as rage boiled through his veins. This male meant to take away all that he had learned here. He meant to blinker him again and send him back to Heaven, a dutiful soldier once more. Never.

He wouldn’t allow it.

He pushed off, launching himself at the larger male, aware that he was at a disadvantage and would likely lose this fight but unwilling to surrender without one, driven to battle now and forever so he could be free.

“I will never forget.”

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