Chapter 37: Trust

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Nevaeh's eyes desperately pierced his as she waited for his answer. She could tell he was being hesitant with his response, or maybe he was ambivalent on what he should say. But she wanted to know. For once since this shenanigan began, she wanted to be in the know of something. Know how she was in danger, and whoever was watching her.

She has been wallowing in oblivion from the moment her mother draped that gown on her. She had said yes to a man she didn't know. Came to his house with no knowledge on how to live with him, or what he expected from her.

She wasn't used to not knowing. It was frustrating and overwhelming.

Since she left home years ago, she had been in charge of her life, made every decision on her own, defended herself to the best of her capabilities. She wasn't used to being told what to do. It was hard living a life she wasn't used to. But here she was living the life of someone else, and now, even her emotions has become unknown to her.

Her slender hands covered his large ones. "You can tell me, Dale." She said in the gentlest voice she could muster. "If I must protect myself, I must know what I'm in danger of." The incident from Elle's office still haunted her. Something of such nature has never happened to her before, and truth be told, it was scary.

"Do you think I can't?" His cold voice came asking. Nevaeh gulped when he suddenly turned gleam. His eyes darkened in a way she had never seen before, and so did his face.

"I-I didn't say that." She stuttered.

Was he angry because of what she had said? She didn't mean it that way. She was sure he could protect her, but she had always looked after herself and hadn't depended on anybody, not even her father and Francis, who had been the only men in her life.

And still, she didn't know if he was the reason why she was in danger. If he was, could she depend on the very man who endangers her life?

She watched as he sighed, maybe from realizing that he had scared her with his look. He held her hand and placed a kiss on the back of her palm while his face relaxed.

"Protecting you is my life job, Elleanor. If I can't do that now, then to what reason have I waited? Keeping you safe is my life purpose."

His life purpose? S..she was his life purpose? Nevaeh was confused. Her round eyes narrowed at him in sheer confusion. And what exactly has he been waiting for?

Nevaeh felt her head spin with every word that fell from his lips. Not just because she didn't quite understand them - the man spoke in ways that left her lost - but because those words could tug on the strings of every woman's heart, including hers.

Why was he saying things like this? And why was her heart fluttering this way, even when she knew those words weren't for her?

Her heart loudly raged in her chest when he sat beside her and he turned her chin towards him. His eyes looked deeply into hers in a way that made her helpless and spineless, she couldn't help but look back.

"I can't provide you with the answers you seek."

"Why?"

"Because I fear you won't be able to take it. You're not ready for it."

"And how would you know if you don't tell me?" She challenged him. "I'm not that fragile. I can protect myself." She stubbornly declared. "At least I can try."

He smiled at her words. She didn't know what amused him so, but she was stricken with his perfectly lit-up face.

His large warm palms lovingly cupped the side of her cheek and he stroked it ever so gently, "Elleanor, the answers you seek destroys even the toughest of mortals, but at the right time, you'll have them all. I shall not hide a thing from you, but for now, let me keep you safe. Trust me, I can."

Trust him? Would it be stupid if she said she already did? She could tell he didn't want to tell the answer to her question for some unknown reason. Maybe to protect her? But if anyone could keep herself then it should be him. The man was rumoured to be formidable.

"Promise me, you won't make me wait too long." She said while he nodded.

"On my life, my Angel." He held her hands and raised them to his lips again.

Angel? It's been days since he called her that.

Nevaeh didn't know what else to say, so she nodded to his words. She would believe that he'd tell her the answers at the right time.

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Oh, God, this meant she wouldn't be able to leave now, right? If she was in danger, wouldn't it mean Elle would be in danger too? Could she leave and let her sister replace her despite knowing there was a possible threat to her life?

...

Dale believed her when she said she could protect herself. Because for the first time she looked braver than she had ever been since she first stepped into his house.

He was sure she wasn't ready to get the answers she wanted.

How could he tell her the mysterious and supernatural things that existed in this world, that her present mortal mind is oblivious to? Tell her of the dangers lurking around her. That she was a mystery, not just to him, but also to the people who sought after her. He truly didn't know how to do that. He still wasn't sure if she was a mere mortal, or something more.

Telling her about it would involve revealing his true identity

'His true identity?' He scoffed inwardly. He didn't know who he was anymore. Just like Elyon had said, he had changed and he could feel it. His soul was always thirsty and in rage.

He walked out of the room to let her have some privacy. He had thoughtlessly hurried over to her when he heard what had happened to her. He could remember how cold his blood ran when he read Simon's thoughts.

He shouldn't have let her out as Elyon had said. What was he thinking letting her go alone? He had been surprised when Nevaeh agreed to stay indoors. He had expected her to protest to it. He didn't like the thought of keeping her hostage, but there was nothing he could do. His house was almost impenetrable, thanks to the demon that lived with him, but he could protect her from here.

Dale wasn't sure of where he should go, but he saw himself standing before the door of the library, and soon he stood before the portraits.

His eyes slowly travelled across them. A bitter smile played on his lips as he stared at the beautiful smile on her face. The smile on his face died down when the atmosphere suddenly changed, and the hand of the clock ticked slowly.

"Come out, Kiel." He said, and like a figure had been conjured out of space, a man suddenly appeared by his side, but he didn't turn to look at him.

They both stood in silence as they watched the portraits.

Dale glanced at Zadkiel when he noticed his gaze on him. "What is it?" He boredly asked. He wasn't in the mood for this wannabe.

"You should let me take her. The elders can help her." Zadkiel said making Dale chuckle.

"My wife is no ticket for your redemption, Kiel. Go look for something else." He said and turned away from him.

"I'm not saying she is. But we need to find answers. Do you think you can protect her if you don't know who she is?"

"I'll find answers, and I'll keep her safe." He said as he turned around to leave.

"But you don't intend on telling her," Zadkiel said, halting him on his heels. He turned to look at him once again.

"You don't intend on telling her who she had seen, and what that injury can do to her, do you?" Dale frowned at him but the man wasn't fazed. "Accept it, Engel, you're scared. You're scared she'll find out you're the reason why she's here facing the pain of mortality. That she'll hate you for the sacrifices and mistakes you have made. You can't even protect her, not in this form. Accept the truth and let me take her."

"No one takes my wife." Dale told him. Deep frown lines ran across his face as he deathly stared at Zadkiel. They both stared at each other in a silent challenge.

"We need to find answers, Engel. Not just for us, but her."

"I'll find them." He declared. He walked leaving Zadkiel to disappear to wherever he came from.

That stupid creature. Only he had the nerve to rile him up. But down in his heart, he knew Kiel was right. He knew who Nevaeh had seen and why she had taken her blood. But he couldn't tell her. Neither could he tell her he was the reason why they were there in the first place. His failure was the sole reason for all she had been through, and more that she would encounter.

But Zadkiel was wrong about one thing.. This form wasn't his weakest form.

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