Track down

In my sleep I felt something warm that first touched my forehead and then my lips. Unable to think about it, I also felt how after a few minutes something large and incredibly warm snuggled against my body. I let out a pleasant sigh. To pass the time I went to sleep, but now I ordered my eyes to open. My gaze met that of ice-green eyes. 

"Nyria." I breathed drowsy. She smiled. 

"Hello, my handsome," she said softly. Her hand took mine, which was under the covers.

"Did you sleep well?" She mumbled.

"Go." I mumbled and pulled her into my arms. I buried my nose in her silky hair and inhaled the scent of roses. 

"Nice to have you back." I greeted her somewhat awake.

"Did you think I'd leave you alone with the devil?" She replied, laughing softly, and kissed the crook of my neck.

"Probably not voluntarily, no." I mumbled and closed my eyes again. With this woman in my arms, I would sleep better. Was I still so tired because I slept alone in a bed for once?

"Zayn, may I ask you something?" She breathed suddenly. I growled in confirmation. 

"How do you feel about your brothers?" She whispered. I thought for a moment, amazed at the question. 

“It may be a thing of the past, but I still sometimes hate them. Above all towards Nereus. I vowed revenge on myself at the time, I didn't really let that dissuade me. Does this fact frighten you? ”Was my completely serious answer.

"No.", she replied and snuggled closer to me.

"You want the hierarchy of the archangels to go away, am I right?" She added.

"Yes."

I silently wondered why she was talking about it. I didn't dare to ask about it yet.

“Back then, Ezekiel felt betrayed by you, Zayn. He had expected that you would save him from exile. "

I promptly opened my eyes again. So she could get down to business that quickly ... I sighed softly. 

“Amazingly, Ezekiel always seemed to have liked me. He was also the one who always left me alone while the others pestered me. He has abused his power several times. Not that I had a problem with him, but even if I had defended him he would have been banned. After all, they all agreed. Maybe I was too arrogant to help him, but I've already paid the price. "

I stared thoughtfully into space.

"So he was hoping for my help," I muttered. "You seem to have had a long conversation with him."

"Yes," she replied. "So, you want revenge, right?"

I just nodded.

"What if you can have it?"

Slowly she scared me. What was she trying to suggest?

"Nyria!" I growled demanding. She looked at me guiltily. 

"Please keep calm, will you?"

She took a deep breath and then sat up. Whatever was coming now, she apparently knew that I would not agree with it.

"Ezekiel and you, you will ... work together."

A loud roar reached my ears, which made the corners of my mouth twitch. Looked like Nyria Zayn was just reporting what she had experienced. Immediately after her return, she came to me to tell me about everything. As expected, she had remained matter-of-fact. I would have loved to know what role her feelings played in all of this, but I held back with my questions. I would put everything in the woman's hands and I had already told her that. From now on it was entirely up to them how to proceed. She was smart and realistic and she would be able to judge how I was supposed to deal with Ezekiel. She hadn't elaborated on it, but it seemed to me that she got along very well with her ancestor. She certainly wouldn't let Ezekiel talk to her, but caution was advised. Nyria was sensitive and extremely soulful. If you had used her feelings, you had her on your side. So of course it was no wonder that she was so cold and withdrawn towards others. Another reason for her heartless appearance was that she didn't want to be hurt. Probably hardly anyone had found out about it so far, I was probably an exception together with Zayn. Speaking of Zayn, he just came rushing into the hall, closely followed by Nyria. 

"You just let that happen?" He roared. Again I had a ringing in my ears, but I didn't let it show. 

“First: Nyria is quite capable of assessing this situation. She knows what she's doing, believe me. And secondly: from now on she has it in her hand. If you look at it carefully, all of this is still your problem. I didn't have to help you, but I did. From now on Nyria makes the decisions, I'll stay out of it. "

My words left the fallen man staring up at me in disbelief. Apparently he couldn't believe what he had just heard. Smiling, I got up to stroll out of the hall.

"I'm really excited to see what you're going to do next."

I looked after the devil in disbelief. Had he put the reins in Nyria's hand? Why? Did he have such confidence in her abilities? But that wasn't the only thing that shocked me. Should I work with Ezekiel? I admitted that I still liked the idea of vengeance, but to retaliate with Ezechel seemed strange to me. My brother probably wanted revenge on me too, so why should he want to work with me? I also admitted that we had a common goal and nothing would go wrong with Nyria by our side, but I just didn't like the whole thing. Nyria had told me everything earlier, especially emphasizing that she had set the conditions. Among other things, his and my collaboration. From what she observed, he had been just as irritated by this as I was now. So he didn't know what to make of it either. I shook my head. Maybe I should just wait for Ezekiel and I to speak? I didn’t believe it, but maybe there was a reasonable debate after all? Nyria seemed to have noticed that I was calmer because she took my hand.  

"Is it going again?" She asked with a wink and smiled. I sighed, but nodded, then ran a hand through my hair. 

"Yes. I must have overreacted, I'm sorry. "

She laughed softly and kissed my cheek.

"We'll manage it, don't worry," she whispered and pulled me back into the room we had come from.

Angry, Nereus rushed into the great hall in which all the other archangels were already seated. Ty and Fare suspected they were getting bad news.

“What's the matter, Nereus? You look like something happened. ”, Fare said calmly, without taking his eyes off the man.

"Yes," he growled and sat down on his seat. Nereus sighed, rubbed his temples, and then began to talk. 

“I tried a few more times to track down Vaher and the girl and found out that the girl had returned to the castle without our brother. And now guess who joined us. "

The other archangels exchanged looks.

"Out with the language!" Demanded Fare bitingly. She already knew the answer. 

"You and Ezekiel passed the time with a chat.", Nereus solved the riddle and watched as most of the others let out a low growl.

"Did you understand what they were talking about?" Ty asked the crucial question. Everyone else was apparently speechless.