Awaken the Soul (Havenwood Falls High)(32)

I clench my jaw. “You will let him choose, though. Won’t you?”

“The way we chose?”

Always this.

“We had a choice, Hamon.”

“We were given less choice than man. We were locked out of Heaven.”

Inhaling through my nose, I close my eyes and pray my words sink into his blackened heart. “There is time for redemption. You can change your ways. The wars will never stop. You can be on the right side.”

“Tell that to Phaedra.”

Everything comes back to Phaedra. I swipe the wrench I was using before Hamon arrived from the table.

“A demon killed her,” I remind him needlessly.

“Because she was powerless.”

We’ve had this fight for years. It is still pointless. I turn my back and return to working on my copter. Hamon’s steps resume, and I peek over my shoulder, finding him walking to the open doorway. Leaving already.

“What is the child’s name? Phaedra’s blood?” He asks at the entrance.

“Vivienne.”

His head bobs as his wings stretch out. “Watch over her. Watch over them both,” he says as he jumps into the air.



I return to present day when a grunt escapes Hamon’s lips. “I suppose we should have expected this.” He pauses, and I twist the rag and wait. “Them. Vivienne and Breckin,” he finishes almost reluctantly. “More punishment—”

“Maybe it’s His way of righting a wrong. His apology,” I interrupt.

“Nothing good can come of them being together. What is she? A human with angelic ancestry? Something else?”

“She is your son’s soul mate, and she is Phaedra’s great, plus a few, granddaughter. She is family, Hamon.”

“She is a complication. She will make him weak.”

Like Phaedra made you weak? He has to be thinking it. It’s in the way his muscles flex and tense. He’s angry, because he sees himself as he was years ago.

I toss my rag down and meet him halfway across the hangar. “Stay in Havenwood Falls. Be his father and help me figure out what this all means.”

The suggestion pulls a long sigh out of him, before he turns toward the exit. “I have a job to do, and so do you.”

“Hamon?” He’s leaving as he always does. Ignoring the salvation that knowing his son could offer him. Ignoring the forgiveness Breckin brings.

Hamon’s dark wings spread wide as he stops. “I’m not ready, Elias.”

“I’ll watch over him, then. I’ll watch over them both, until you are, old friend.”

Without a response, Hamon leaps into the night, his wings an ebony shadow against the snow-covered trees as he leaves Havenwood Falls.



Breckin and Vivienne’s story will continue in July 2018.





We hope you enjoyed this story in the Havenwood Falls High series of novellas featuring a variety of supernatural creatures. The series is a collaborative effort by multiple authors. Each book is generally a stand-alone, so you can read them in any order, although some authors will be writing sequels to their own stories. Please be aware when you choose your next read.

Books in the Young Adult Havenwood Falls High series include:

Written in the Stars by Kallie Ross

Reawakened by Morgan Wylie

The Fall by Kristen Yard

Somewhere Within by Amy Hale

Awaken the Soul by Michele G. Miller

Bound by Shadows by Cameo Renae (Jan. 2018)

Inamorata by Randi Cooley Wilson (Feb. 2018)



More books releasing on a monthly basis. Coming soon are books from E.J. Fechenda, AnnaLisa Grant, Katie John, J.L. Weil, and more.



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About the Author





Michele writes novels with fairy tale love for everyday life. Romance is central to her plots, where the genres range from Coming of Age Fantasy and Realistic Fiction to New Adult Romantic Suspense. She is the author of the bestselling From the Wreckage series and co-writes the Paper Planes series with author Mindy Hayes.

Having grown up in both the cold, quiet town of Topsham, Maine, and the steamy, Southern hospitality of Mobile, Alabama, Michele is something of an enigma. She is an avid Yankees fan, loves New England and being outdoors, and misses snow. However, she thinks Southern boys are hotter, Alabama football is the only REAL football out there, and sweet tea is the best thing this side of heaven and her children's laughter!

Her family, an amazing husband and three awesome kids, have planted their roots in the middle of Michele’s two childhood homes, in Charlotte, North Carolina.