Remember Me (Storm Lords Book 1) by Nina Croft Page A

her, but some invisible barrier prevented him from getting nearer.
    “You’re too late. You can’t save her.” Lilith spoke fro m behind him, and he spun around.
    “Release her,” he growled.
    Lilith pursed her lips. “Her own fear locks her in, not me. The circle is closing. When your time is done, she will burn. Again.”
    Hatred poured through his veins like molten metal, but he couldn’ t waste his last minutes on Lilith. One day, her time would come. He returned to the flames, fighting to get to Phoebe, but the magic held him back. “Phoebe!”
    He couldn’t bear the thought of her dying alone.
    Taking a small step toward him, she peered throu gh the curtain of fire. When she caught sight of him, the panic cleared from her eyes. “Cade,” she whispered.
    Despair clawed at his guts. Phoebe trusted him to save her, and he was about to fail her for a second time. She took another step, halting as the flames licked at her skin. Stretching out her hand, she reached for him.
    “Remember me,” he urged, hearing the desperation in his voice.
    She shook her head, the pain and fear smoothing from her face. “I don’t need to remember. I love you.”
     
     

Epilogue
     
    Eternity
     
    The flames flickered and died, and the fire vanished as though it had never been. Cade stood before her, and the last of her fear washed away. Phoebe gazed up at him, watching the expressions flash across his face. Awe. Wonder. Love.
    “Say it agai n,” he whispered.
    “I love you.”
    As the words left her mouth, it was as though a curtain drew back in her mind, and she almost staggered under the blast of memories.
    She was Eleni.
    In another life, Cade had loved her, married her, promised her eternity. The n he’d left her. An image of Cade as he had been in that other life filled her mind. The first time she had ever seen him, she thought she’d gone to Heaven. He’d been the most beautiful thing she’d ever encountered, his eyes the deep blue of the sky above the desert, his wings silver in the sunlight. Oh God, she’d fallen in love with an angel, and she’d paid the price.
    But so had he.
    “I remember you. You’re an angel.”
    His face filled with a fierce satisfaction, and he threw back his head, roaring his trium ph to the sky. Without giving her warning, he scooped her up in his arms, pulling her tight against him, and they were flying. She clung to his broad shoulders, wrapped her legs around his waist as they rose higher, until at last they burst free of the dar kness, and they were standing on the rooftop in London under a star-filled sky.
    For a few seconds, she continued to cling, but then she slid down his body and stood, her forehead resting against his chest, breathing in the remembered scent of him.
    Cade loo sened his hold and stepped back, his hand coming up to cup her face. “I love you,” he said. “I’ve always loved you. But I’m no longer an angel. Can you accept me as I am now?”
    She examined him, swallowing down her fear as she took in the blood red wings, t he wildness in his eyes. She had a sudden inkling of what he had become. A shaft of fear pierced her, but she forced it down. “It doesn’t matter. I didn’t love you because you were an angel.”
    He lowered his head, and his lips slanted over hers. For many lo ng minutes, she lost herself in his kiss. Finally, she pulled away, pressed her hand to his chest, and felt the steady thud of his heart beneath her palm. “Tell me you’ll never leave me again.”
    “I’ll never leave.”
    Never was such a long time. “You promised me eternity.”
    He leaned in close, kissed her again, and she felt the words against her lips. “It’s yours.”
     
    The End
     
     
     
    I hope you enjoyed REMEMBER ME. Storm Lords Book 2, RETURN TO ME, (Torrin’s story) will be out soon.

About the Author
     
    Nina Croft grew up in the north of England. After training as an accountant, she spent four years working as a volunteer in Zambia, which left