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between them as the confines of the car would allow. Ren reached
out to cover her hand with his but she jerked away, the action stiff with anger
and hurt.
    “If you are so big on the Law, why are you on Earth and
dating a human guy? Weren’t you the one telling Dom that angels and humans
don’t mix?”
    “I reviewed the documents before I returned to the Earthly
Plane. As Dominicus pointed out, the Law prohibits offspring. There is no
chance of two men producing a child. I am not outside of the established
rulings.” His face went hot once more. Why did truth feel like prevarication?
    The look in Maggie’s eyes made it clear she knew he wasn’t
being completely forthcoming. “What about the guy thing? I thought that was a
no-no.”
    “It is socially shunned among my kind but the Law says
nothing on the subject.”
    “I don’t understand you, Ren. Why? If you wanted to be with
a man, why not Dom? He loves you.”
    “And I, him.”
    “But you’re going out on a date with Adam. You broke Dom’s
fucking heart, insisting you couldn’t be with a guy. Now you’re hooking up with
another man.”
    “I simply couldn’t. Not at that time and not with
Dominicus.” The emotions between them were too raw, the risk too great. Could
it be possible to love another too much?
    She turned away from him then, staring out the windshield
with such resignation it broke his heart all over again. “He misses you. He
runs his fingers over that one white feather and looks so sad.”
    The white feather. His feather, now a living part of
Dominicus, just as Dom’s black feather had become a part of his own wing. The
intimate exchange marked them for all to see.
    He reached up to stroke Dom’s feather, forgetting for the
moment he had hidden his wings.
    “Ren?” Maggie’s voice drew his attention back to her. “Are
you okay? You look a little lost.”
    “It is nothing.” Just a relationship that never was and a need
he’d been to cowardly to face.
    “Ren, I…” Maggie nibbled her lip and looked away.
    “What is it?”
    “Dom wants to get a blessing for us. He said it would be
like being married and since we can’t get legally married here he’d get a
blessing from the Most High.”
    “Ah, little one, why does this make you frown? You should be
rejoicing.” He reached up and brushed his thumb over her brow, wishing he could
erase the unhappy creases marring it.
    “I guess because I’m not sure how you’d feel about it,” she
said with a self-conscious shrug.
    “Why should he be anything less than happy for you?” He
shouldn’t be. That little kernel of sadness and regret for what never was
shouldn’t be there. Taking a deep breath he willed it away, saying goodbye to
the little part of him which wondered about what might have been.
    Dom was finally happy.
    Ren grazed his fingertips over her face to cup her jaw.
Tipping her head up he looked into her eyes and willed her to see the truth in
his heart. “Maggie, accept this blessing and be happy. It means much more than
any human acknowledgment ever could. And know that you have my blessing, too.
Make him happy for me.”
    “I want you to do something for me, Ren.” She placed her
hand on his arm, pinning him with that slight contact.
    “I will gladly do anything in my ability.” Anything for this
woman who had saved his friend.
    “Good. Come see Dom.”
    Ren’s heart broke a little. “Oh, Maggie. You are a sweet
human, a pure soul. But you ask the one thing I cannot give. I will promise
you, give my oath, that if I am ever able, I will see Dom. But I cannot see him
now. I’m not strong enough, not brave enough to face him.”
    She opened her mouth to protest but he leaned over and
silenced her with an affectionate brush of his lips against hers. “Now, I must
go. Goodbye, and remember, I bear you on my heart as well.”
    * * * * *
    Ren materialized on the college commons, his power drawn
around him to hide his presence from the humans. He stretched his