A
Privilege:
The
Angel Chronicles, Book 3
The beloved Angel/Warrior team face pure evil in
their final climactic story!
The first time they were sent down, Irish lives were led.
Emily, the angel, ended up embedded in murder and lost in the realm of true
love. While Matthew, the warrior, took over a life that left blood on his hands
and anger in his soul.
With their second coming, Emily found herself facing an
oncoming war that brought her to the shores of America. While Matthew tried
desperately to unveil the evil character of a young man who was intent on
locking his partner in a ‘gilded’ cage.
Now...Emily and Matthew find that their lives are all their
own. Yet, all the memories, hatred, longing and regret have come hand-in-hand
with this newfound freedom.
In small town U.S.A., Matthew finds himself loving his new
life. From his military school existence to a new, ‘odd’ friend who’s arrived
in town, Matthew’s looking forward to graduation and heading off into a
brilliant future with Emily by his side.
Emily wants nothing more than to hide. Although doing her
best to fit in, she lives a life on the edge, wondering when her past love with
reappear to either forgive or seek revenge on the angel who let him down.
Battling the shadows that seem to be breaking her soul in two, Emily soon
discovers that her small, quiet town has a secret that’s beyond
dangerous...
As she and Matthew join forces to help a ‘haunted’ victim,
they open the door on a mystery neither of them can believe. A true villain has
returned from the past, and not even their heavenly family will be able to save
them. This time they’re on their own, as they face a fight that could lead them
straight to Hell…and end the angel/warrior team forever.
Without a word, Matthew reached out, took Emily by the hand
and pulled her down beside him. He looked into her eyes and smiled. “I knew my
Emily was still in there.”
Out of the blue, the room became incredibly hot, as if
Gabriel had entered in order to give a lesson to his favorite students.
“What?”
“That spark.” He pulled Emily’s face closer before she could
push herself away. “You’ve been acting all this time like you’re just here to
sit and wait it out until you’re lucky enough to go Home. But you’re still in
there, Emily. You still have all that energy and belief in there and you want
to do something. That’s the partner I know.”
Shaking her head, Emily listened to her own breathing
intensify as she stared at his full lips and wondered why she felt so
completely and utterly strange...vulnerable even. “I want to help this girl.
This is a job, maybe my only job down here. She saw a ghost and she wants me to
help her out, that’s all.”
“And you will.” Matthew captured Emily’s lips, and she could
no longer feel the breath in her lungs. Completely different than the one kiss
they’d shared up above so long ago, this one was far more demanding, as if
Matthew was a young man determined to kiss his human love for the very first
time.
Sitting back, Emily practically jumped off the bed.
“I’m sorry,” she heard him whisper behind her. “I guess I was
just excited to see you again.”
Not trusting her voice, she remained silent.
“We have jobs, but we also have a life to live. Our own lives
this time around. Maybe you should think about adding that into your angelic
plans.” Matthew continued softly, “Jason isn’t here, Emily.”
The name being said out loud sent a chill down Emily’s spine.
It reminded her of the vow she’d made a long time ago—a vow that an angel
couldn’t break.
She cleared her throat. “It doesn’t matter if he’s here. We
were sent to do a job, and maybe helping this little girl prove her story is
what I need to begin.”
Standing up, Matthew looked as if he was a man who wanted
nothing more than to turn back the clock and erase the name he’d spoken aloud.
He walked to the open window. “Well, I hope the job goes
well. Good luck with it.”
“Matthew,” Emily took a step toward him. “Don’t leave like
this.”
He nodded at the book on the bed. “You have your mission,
Emily...your job. Ghosts, goblins, lost souls—knock yourself out.” He took a
deep breath. “I wonder when you’re going to figure out that the living souls
around you would like some of your attention as well.”
Closing her eyes, Emily shed silent tears as she heard his
feet hit the ground beneath her window. A friend, a partner, the one who
actually listened, was now just an angry young man racing back to The Armory—a
place where warriors reigned.
Emily sighed. She’d done it again. No matter how hard she
tried to be good, her mouth always got her into trouble. She needed Matthew to
understand. She’d made a promise to a young man a long time ago; a promise that
was supposed to last for eternity. How was she to know at the time that their
eternity would include death by her hand?
Had the second time around broken their vow? Emily had no
idea. But whatever happened she could not and would not offer Matthew her heart
if payment was still due for her past sins. Above all, Matthew was the last
person who deserved to be punished for her mistakes.
Author Amy
Lignor
Amy Lignor began her career at Grey House Publishing in
northwest Connecticut where she was the Editor-in-Chief of numerous educational
and business directories.
Now she is a published author of several works of fiction.
The Billy the Kid historical The Heart of a Legend; the thriller, Mind Made;
and the adventure novel, Tallent & Lowery 13.
She is also the owner of The Write Companion, a company that
offers help and support to writers through a full range of editorial services
from proofreading and copyediting to ghostwriting and research. As the daughter
of a research librarian, she is also an active book reviewer.
Currently, she lives with her daughter, mother and a
rambunctious German Shepherd named Reuben, in the beautiful state of New
Mexico.
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