My Soul Laid Bare: Book 4 (The Soul Keeper Series) (37 page)

They've already retrieved Elena?
Either they are quick, or time is really different here. “How did all of this happen in just a few minutes?”

“Come on. We'll tell you all about it on your way to meet
Him
.
He
wants to personally thank you,” my dad says throwing his arm around me and leading me across a stone bridge and into a pair of gates adorned in gold. From here, you can see the beautiful city. It goes on for miles, and I've never seen anything so stunning.

Elijah
~

I land on the transfer platform and weave my way through the crowd, but the Keepers seem to part when they recognize me. They
all know what today is, and a few even whistle their congratulations. Gossip spreads through this place like dry grass in a brush fire. We've waited our whole lives for this day, and now, it's here Brennen and I have nowhere to go but home with no crowd to dazzle and no demons hunting her. Speaking of the evil ones, I heard how she trapped Malphas, and I had to stop by the house on the way here just to snap a picture for Brennen. That devil was still lit when I got there. Trapped like a badger in a hole, he was rabid with fury.

Night has fallen, and I hate to waste hours riding to our home. Now more than ever, I wish I had the ability to teleport where I want to go. I would ask Emmagen to pop me over there, but I don't want to seem like I'm in that much of a hurry to get her only daughter into bed. I resign to whistling for a horse. I've waited this long, a few more hours won't be the end of me. 

Brennen will be young once again, and more than that, she'll be fully energized and rejuvenated. She will be more beautiful today than at any time in her existence because her spirit was so full of grace. Today is the day I will get to behold that beautiful spirit. Elena says she has a surprise for me, and I'm anxious to see what it is. A stunning palomino trots up, and I pray she's faster than she looks. Why couldn't I get a quarter horse just this once?

“Come on girl. Run like your
tai
l’
s on fire.”

She takes off like a bullet out of the barrel, and I grip her mane in my fist as we make miles fade away in minutes. I use the ride to plan out the next decade, how I will spend every waking minute loving her and showing her all these years what I've been holding back without fear of hurting her. There are so many
places I want to show her here. She may be sad she can't go back to Earth to visit, not even in her new spirit form, but I won't let her be upset for long. She's only seen a handful of places here, and I plan on being her guide in more ways than one.

I finally reach the estate in record time. I may have to keep this filly around for future rides, not that I plan on being in any hurry
anytime soon. Each day I spend with Brennen will stretch across a millennium, and I intend to savor every second. I burst through the front doors and spot her lounging in front of the fireplace.
Is she naked?
No, she's covered with a white blanket. She glances over at me, and her mane of long blond hair falls over her bare shoulder. I'm entranced by her emerald eyes like a hypnotist. She could have me hopping on one leg while clucking like a chicken right now. I'd do anything she asked. As I get near her, it's then that I see it's not a blanket. It's a snow white pair of wings. The feathers softly embrace her completely bare body, and I sink down to the floor astounded by her exquisite beauty. I've never seen anyone more perfect than my wife, and I've been around a very long time. It's like
He
made her just for me.

“You have way too many clothes on,” she says coyly as she recants the wings revealing her flawless skin lit only by the amber glow of the fire.

“Well Mrs. Morgan, I'm sure you can help me remedy that problem.”

She lets out a soft moan. “I've
waited so long to be Mrs. Morgan again.”

I cover her lips with mine and bask in her soft kiss. I get to do this forever. She unbuttons my shirt and touches my bare chest. I close my eyes and let her caress take me on a dream. “You stole my breath tonight. I will never in a million years, forget the way you looked in nothing but your wings.”

“I got to meet
Him
. It was amazing.
He
thanked me, and
He
hugged me. Has
He
ever hugged you? It was like pure love on steroids. I've never felt so cared for in all my life.”

“Yes
He's
hugged me.
He
hugs all of
His
children.
He
is the ultimate father.”

“
He
said the wings were a gift. I feel so lucky to have had this life. I know when I was younger, I used to want to throw it all away and run away with you, but I'm so glad I stayed.”

I pull up behind her and kiss her neck
with a feather soft touch, and she sighs softly. “I'm so glad you finally got your happy ending. I never expected any of this to turn out so perfectly in the end.”

She looks surprised to hear this revelation, but her gaze locks on me. She pours a heated kiss over my lips. I can't believe how
blessed my life has been. Before she came along, I was a rock, immovable and tenacious in my duty as a Keeper, but she changed me. She made my life whole. Ever since that first fateful kiss in the stairwell, I was hooked. How I stayed away as much as I did, I will never know.
He
must have given me the strength, because she is, and always will be my weakness.

~The End~

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank God for showing me how to be a light in a world that is dim. Thank you to all who have read this series and have sent me praises. You are an inspiration to me! To my children, thank you for allowing me the freedom to write and miss many, many movie nights with only a slight guilt trip. To my Editor, and Beta Reader, Stefanie Lee, thank you so much! You made me fall in love with this book, and its characters all over again. To my husband, thank you for encouraging me to write. It seems like such a small thing, but it is huge in my eyes.