Hope’s face was alight with curiosity. “Haven’t you wondered why I revealed myself to you the way I did?”She shook her head. “I’m still trying to get my head around what you are.”“When I first saw you, back in the hospital where Chloe died, I looked into your eyes. You reminded me of a person I fell in love with and lost, tragically. And Chloe reminded me of someone just as dear to me.”“Can angels fall in love?”“They can. And with humans, too, although that’s strictly forbidden.” The laws, those blasted laws. As he re-opened the wounds of the past, they returned to him. An angel shall not become emotionally involved with a mortal.An angel shall not become physically involved with a mortal.An angel shall not marry or sire offspring with a mortal.An angel shall not heal a mortal except by proper authorization... “I shouldn’t have allowed myself, but I couldn’t help it.”“Who was she?”“Her name was Sophia.” Nick waved his hand, and before them the blank canvas of light began morphing into London in the early 1900s.
