Revelations Coming (The Dark Truth Novel Series) Read Online Free PDF

marring her beautiful features.
    “You gifted me with your memories earlier. I should have been there for you to protect you all these years but I've just now found you.” His voice drifted off at the end, strained with pain.
    “Who are you?” she whispered.
    “You could say I'm your Guardian Angel,” he breathed.
    Her frown intensified, her jaw working back and forth as she ground her teeth. “Yeah, I could have used you a lot earlier.” Did she believe him so easily? Why wasn't she accusing him of being insane?
    “Do you have any special gifts Venus?”
    She looked at him suspiciously. “What do you mean?”
“Well, one of mine is looking into the soul. Another is incredible strength. Do you have any special abilities?”
Venus immediately shook her head, her eyes flipping to the ground. Michael sorted through the memories of her, trying to pick out what her abilities were. He nearly gave up until...there it was.
    “Tell me,” he urged softly.
    Her eyes flew up to his, her mouth parting slightly all wet and pink. It made him hard all over again. She absently tucked a lock of hair behind her ear and turned her gaze toward the sky.
    “I haven't thought about it in so long. I don't even know if it's still there,” she whispered her voice like a thousand feathers against his skin.
    Michael waited patiently for her to sort it out in her head. She blew out a breath and shook her head.
    “I could move things...you know with my mind. I always used to do it when I was alone, just testing it out, seeing what I could and couldn't do. I was living in a group home at the time. I was seven.”
    Michael waited and waited for her to continue but she was lost in her own thoughts. “What happened?” he pressed softly again.
    “I can't remember what I was moving. Probably something stupid...a blanket, or a pen. Whatever. One of the administrators walked in and saw the thing just hovering there in midair. When I realized she was there, it fell to the floor. She locked me in a tiny closet for three days.” Venus paused again, her voice wavering causing Michael to suppress the urge to scoop her up and comfort her with his hands, with his lips. Venus closed her eyes and tilted her head back. “No light, no food, no water. I thought I was going to die in there with nothing but a cold hard floor to comfort me.”
    Her big eyes opened and met Michael's and he thought he was going to pass out right then and there.
    “Why?” he asked, his voice ragged.
    Venus looked down again, this time focusing on her nails.
    “It was just another thing that screamed that I wasn't normal. Normal kids get adopted. Not normal kids are state owned the rest of their childhood. The home's job was to turn kids out as fast as they could...spare the expense for the state. I was a complete and utter failure.”
    Michael reached forward and took her tiny hands in his. He automatically shuddered as his skin touched hers. A raging fire grew within him, begging to be released or to be sated.
    “You were...you are precious,” Michael murmured.
    Venus gazed into those beautiful baby blues. His voice was so calming. When it felt like she would be swept away from her emotions, his voice wrapped around her and held her steady. He was her rock. Her hands in his caused her heartbeat to speed up and it felt like she was struggling to catch her breath. “I'm strong too,” she whispered tears now bubbling up to the surface.
    “What?” Michael asked, his voice a rich warmth that coated her like a second skin.
    “You said you're strong. I'm strong, too but I'm a coward. I could have hurt the people that hurt me. I could have snapped their spines like twigs. But I didn't. I wanted to be wanted. I didn't want to be not normal anymore,” her breath caught and she hiccupped as the tears streamed.
    “Oh baby,” he coaxed, lifting her hands to his lips. “I should have been there damn it. I...Venus, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you.”
    He listened to her