When Francesca opens her mind to an entire world invisible to the human eyes, not only does she start seeing angels, but the terrifying demons that roam the earth as well. Now trapped in this new reality, Francesca and her Guardian Angel, Eli, struggle to keep up the charade that everything is normal, but as the war between Good and Evil rages on, one wrong move could be the end, but the right move could be the beginning."I'm sorry," he whispers as he releases his hand from my hair."Why?" I glance at him with a furrowed brow as he moves farther away. My heart aches at the sudden distance."Why? Because if I can influence your feelings with my own, who can say your feelings are real? Besides, we can't be together. I shouldn't be doing anything to make you think otherwise."I let out a breath for a laugh, "You obviously don't understand human emotions at all. You're the one who saves my life. You're the one who forced his way into my dreams every night for as long as I can remember. Yet you can sit here, right now, thinking what just happened could happen only because of one-sided feelings? I can promise you one thing, Eli; love is not such an easily manipulated emotion.""Francesca..."I stand up at his disagreeable tone and take quick, but sure, steps to approach where he is now sitting to stand in front of him."No! You can't go around telling me one thing and then act the opposite. If we can't be together, don't get jealous when a guy touches me, stop making time stop when you gaze into my eyes, don't touch me like I am the most precious thing in the world, and don't keep talking like I am the one you want to be with. It isn't fair!""Fine." He lets out a whisper that might as well be a shout, as he stands up to confront me.I hesitate because of his intimidating stance for a moment, but I can't back down. I am already in too deep.He backs me up against the dryers, with his hands trapping me in place. He leans over and whispers into my ear, "This is what you want, right?""Yes," I breathe as my heart races in anticipation, my entire body heating at the sudden change in atmosphere."Then, forget the rules." Trigger Warning- Some scenes in this book depict Violence.
