Blessed by Night

Chapter 138  You Knew?

Joanne: "N-NO! Why would you think that!?"

PG: "I feel like I've missed a few episodes..."

Malachi immediately waved away all of Annalise's suspicions as he placed his arms on both of her shoulders. "Joanne's just a friend, and I knew but-"

"I'm not your friend."

"Pick your fucking battles." Malachi reminded. Anna looked somewhat betrayed and her violet eyes were filled with hurt. "How did you find out...?"

"I..." Mal didn't know how much he was allowed to say. "I told him, I thought he was unconscious but he heard it anyway." Joanne admitted. "And why the fuck were you around my boyfriend while he was unconscious!?" Anna roared. "I-It wasn't like that! It was right after we failed to apprehend Alex Heller and I just-"

Joanne didn't mean to let that bit of information slip out, but she had been flustered by this unexpected situation. Unfortunately, her daughter had caught it anyway. "We?" Anna questioned. By now, she had heard enough to be able to put a clear picture together. All of Malachi's girlfriends knew that he was working with the dark angels to apprehend that monster disguised as a man. But Anna was the only one who knew the specifics of how that partnership came to be since she and Mal were together when he was 'kidnapped'. She knew about the supposed boss lady whom he freed from under that slimy bastard's thumb in the first place. And though it was a small reach, this woman's fancy suit and Mal's referral of her as a friend made it seem like it was that much more plausible. "Are you... the director of the dark angels?"

Joanne froze and opened her mouth to refute Anna's claim when her brother further blew her cover. "Jesus, is that what you've been doing all this time!? Is this where all that money came from?!" PG cried. "How much money?" Anna asked. "8 million dollars!"

"Fuck, I had eight million dollars in a secret account and you never said shit?? My cupboard at home is full of ramen noodles and prayers!" "Can you honestly blame me for not wanting to tell you about the money before, AG...?" Anna fell silent, unable to refute her uncle's words. If she'd had that amount of money before she'd fully matured then there's no telling what she could have gotten herself into. Blowing through the money was the best case scenario. It was a very high likelihood that she could have ended up dead in a ditch somewhere. Anna put away those unnecessary thoughts and looked back at her mother like she was waiting for an answer. Joanne looked like she wasn't prepared for this level of interrogation and she weighed her options in her mind. In the end, she decided that the last thing she wanted was to start off her relationship with her daughter by lying. "Yes, I am... " She admitted. "Does that surprise you...?" "It surprises me...." "Shut up, Peter..." Anna ignored the squabbling of the two of them as she looked at her mom in a new light. Now that she knew about the way she had lived the last two years of her life... she couldn't make herself be as mad as before. Coincidentally, Joanne also noticed the way her daughter was looking at her and she realized that her daughter must have known quite a bit. "So... it seems like you already know how Mal and I met then."

"Yea... I'm sor-"

"Don't."

Joanne shook her head as she held up her hand to put an end to any unnecessary words or apologies. "I didn't come here because I wanted your pity. I haven't done nearly enough to deserve something like that, have I?" Joanne swallowed her fear and closed the distance between herself and her daughter. Instead of going for a hug, she held out her hand for a simple handshake in the hopes that her daughter would take it. "I... want to get to know you, and love you the way that I always should have. But if you don't want that, I will understand and respect your decision."

Joanne had hoped that her inner desperation wouldn't be transmitted into her voice as she tried to keep her hand from shaking. If her daughter didn't want her in her life... she would truly have nothing left. Anna watched her mother's hand for what felt like a long time. Her mind was clouded with so many thoughts that she had only one real option in front of her. "I... need some time to think about it, okay...?"

"I understand." Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Joanne returned her hand to her side and moved past Anna to head towards the front door. "Your Uncle and Malachi both know how to contact me so.. whenever you're ready."

After opening the front door, Joanne revealed her pure white wings from her back and shot into the sky at a speed none of them could follow. Save for Malachi of course. 'I couldn't even begin to keep up with her before, but now she looks a little slow... This avatar thing has a lot more benefits than I thought.'

"My sister's a blessed!?" PG nearly fell to his knees from this completely unfair turn of events. Why did she get to have super powers and he didn't?!

What's next, his niece too?

"Woah, wings... Oh yea, I got blessed too, Uncle Pete." Anna reminded. "WHAT!?"

-

After the pair left PG's home, Malachi drove Anna to her apartment in total silence. Normally he would have been a bit worried that she may have been upset with him, but ever since they'd gotten into the car she hadn't let go of his hand. After falling from grace and becoming something like a fallen angel, Mal developed an ability to sense the emotions of others. It wasn't easy for him to use, and he hadn't practiced with it a whole lot but the difficulty was typically lessened when the person he was trying to use it on was experiencing negative emotions. Right now, he could feel a few of those coming from his girlfriend. Confusion. Sadness.

Resentment. And even exhaustion.

But there was also something else that he couldn't quite identify. Before Mal knew it, they had reached her apartment and the two of them were stepping out of the car. In the back of his mind, he decided that he would talk this out with Anna as soon as they were comfortable inside. And that was certainly his plan, all the way up until she started peeling off her clothes as soon as he locked the door. "Let's have sex."

"...I beg your pardon?"

To prove that she was serious, Anna pulled off her panties and tossed them directly into Mal's face. "You were meditating on the moon, right? Then let's put it to use."

Malachi could already feel his rational psyche slipping away as he stared at Anna's knockout figure. He had of course seen her naked before, but when you love someone enough every time feels like the first time. Anna's body was dangerously alluring, with wide hips and a large chest being her least impressive assets. The gorgeous tattoos on her body, the small silver piercings in her pink nipples, the neatly trimmed patch of hair between her legs it was almost too much. Were Mal capable, his nose definitely would have started bleeding by now. But even though he was incredibly tempted, he still knew something about this scenario wasn't right. "Love... you know I want to, but don't you think that we should talk about the elephant in the room first?"

Anna didn't look at all surprised that Mal was hesitant and she closed the distance between them and pressed her naked body against him. "I don't want to deal with all that right now, I just want you to take my mind off of everything for a while..."

"Anna... this isn't healthy."

"I know, but you've always spoiled me before so you can't stop now."

Again, Malachi bit his lip so hard it seemed like he was going to tear off his outer skin and it was easy to tell that he was really wrestling with this turn of events. Anna knew that he only needed one little push until she could get what she wanted. "If you don't want to have sex, we could always have a fight about the fact that you were keeping secrets from me?"

"....Couch or the bedroom?"

Anna giggled as she finally allowed her hands to wander into Mal's pants. "Neither, I want it right here and now."

-

The day to day life of a primordial goddess is really boring. Nyx had been doing the same thing, day in and day out for millennia without ever stopping or taking a break. A few billion years ago she would entertain herself through escapades with Erebus but the two of them hadn't had that sort of relationship for quite some time now. Nowadays, most of her time was spent helping to fend off the earth from an impending doom the likes of which could not be imagined. And also, spying on her newest son and daughter!

'It's been a while... I should check on them!'

Nyx excitedly reclined backwards in her shadowy dimension and used her divine vision to search for her dearest son and avatar. And her heart completely dropped to her knees when she realized that she could not find him anywhere.