5

Maite

 I'm wrapped in those arms again, and by Muriel's light, I don't know what effect he has on me, I just know that in his arms it's dangerous to forget even who I am, that wasn't the idea I had of a relationship for me

 of course, I know that reality differs from fairy tales, there are no charming princes, these stories are made to give a little fantasy to children's lives, my mother always told me these bedtime stories, some were beautiful, but mine Mom was always concerned about telling the real version of these stories and I confess that some scared me, like, for example, the one about the mermaid Ariel, the name of an angel who falls in love with the prince, but is unable to win him over and ends up turning into sea mists. A way that my mother found to show me that in reality everything is different. But in good conscience I never imagined that I would encounter a being of light, those that my mother said existed to protect us and did not let themselves be seen, as their light is enough to blind or even turn an ordinary human being into dust. And I found one, who, in addition to his light not blinding me or turning me into dust, ended up surrounding me with his light, taking me for himself, and giving me as a gift, Ariel, a charismatic little boy, with very light skin and hair. Extremely blond like their father, I was researching the name given to the children of humans and humans, and I discovered that they were Nifelin, beings of their own grace and very intelligent and some of them perfect and loving.

 Muriel can't free herself from the kiss she's giving me and neither can I, we have a dangerous effect on each other. Ariel, our son is quiet, we only manage to free ourselves when he pulls his father's hair.

 "Maite there is someone here who needs you, he hands Ariel to me, and we go home."

"Maite, I really need your help to understand the effect that your gaze has on me, I am an angel and I try to understand. I violated a very important rule of beings of light, not to get involved with humans directly."

 "So, Muriel, if that's the case, I also need to understand what happens to me, your look and your light make me want you and be with you."

 I notice that Muriel looks at me in silence while I feed Ariel, I smile at him, Muriel has her back to me and there are no signs of wings between her clothes, but I saw the wings open, beautiful golden wings of strong light.

 " Maite we have to help each other, as guardian I can't stay here constantly, my brother Azaquiel will notice and discover that that night gave birth to Ariel. And he may want to kill you both."

 I am scared by this revelation, I am not afraid for my life, but for that of my son who is just a child, a baby.

 "Muriel, this is serious, this is a child's life we are talking about."

 "I have a plan, you continue living your life normally, and I will come here every Thursday, which is my free day. Continue taking care of Ariel as if I hadn't come back. I will find a way to take care of you both, and on these visits, let's get to know each other. When your sister is here in I'll be the cat, and if your sister happens to be at home that day, we'll find a way to meet on the beach, but avoid taking Ariel."

 I have this doubt in my head because the light that emanates from him does not affect me, nor does it blind me, nor does it turn me into dust. He thoughts and responds.

 "I don't know for sure Maite, but we have cataloged records of Nifelin, so this could have happened, either your father, or your mother, or both were Nifelin

 I shouldn't stay any longer, I become calmer as he approaches Ariel who is on my lap and kisses him.

 "Maite, don't even say anything to your sister, she could get in the way of our plan, I heard your fight yesterday."

 And of course, I'm not going to say anything to Ester, she might want to take me away if she finds out that the man who got me pregnant on the beach showed up, and I don't want to leave, I feel safe knowing that Muriel is protecting me and my mother. Ariel.

 "Maite I have to go back, I promise that I'll come back on Thursday, I would stay with you like a cat until I understand how I feel, but it's too dangerous."

 I follow him to the living room and as he walks, a light surrounds him, and he disappears, I hug my son Ariel, and I catch myself thinking about the risk he is taking, but I push those thoughts away, because Muriel is protecting us, I am my son. Skin as white as snow.

 Muriel

 I really wanted to stay by Maite's side like a feline, but I thought it was dangerous to stay by her side, because of my brother Azaquiel, who believes that the Nifelin cause the imbalance between the human world and the world of light, Maite has the doubt that I will searching through old records, really stopping to think, it's intriguing that when she saw my extreme light, it didn't blind her that night or make her turn to dust, only other angels who protect human beings closely and live among them have this power, some demons and those who have mixed blood, in this case the Nifelin And if Maite saw me and nothing affected her, the power we exert over each other is explained, now I need to find out if she is a Nifelin or their descendant, in this case father and mother and Esther? Could she be a Nifelin too, these are answers that I will only find in the records of my brother Azaquiel?

I returned to the place of light and went in search of these records, luckily I found them and spent time studying them, Azaquiel catches me studying them and watches me. Of all the five angels, Azaquiel had to meet me here:

 "Researching the old records, my brother?"

 "Yes, I want to understand the Nifelin, and it seems here they have their own light and don't cause so many problems."

 "Muriel, you are innocent, these hybrids must be killed, along with the mothers who seduced a divine being."

 I know it's not like that, Maite didn't seduce me, it was a mutual attraction, our eyes met, it's a connection that I don't know how to explain how or why it happened.

 " You just have to analyze Muriel, the angels who came down to earth in the past and had relationships with earthlings, generated Nifelin very evil beings, and the children of these Nifelin are equally evil, my brother. That's why the human world is the way it is, wars, deaths, diseases, murders and crimes."

 "Human beings have free will Azaquiel, they are not like us who are what we are and have not evolved. Human beings have the opportunity to grow and evolve, to generate children, they do good things and some are bad, it's not so different of our existence, you see, here we fight and face demons, it's good versus evil and I don't see anything different about that."

 "That's why you're innocent Muriel, human beings exterminate their own species, and they themselves cause imbalance in the world. Continue reading the records, and you will reach the same conclusion as me, and in the future we will be exterminating the Nifelin together."

 I see my brother turn his back on me and leave, I really don't think like him and I never will. I'm worried about the safety of my son and his mother, when I think about her, I feel something different that I don't know how to define, my son, who is my blood, I love. Ariel is a month-old baby, but he has a lot of light and a heart full of kindness and love and I will not allow anyone, not even my brothers, to harm him and his mother.

 No matter how much I read the ancient records, I find no connection between the Nifelin in case the cruel giants of the past, with the Nifelin of this time, well from what I have observed, I realize that my brother Azaquiel is having difficulty locating the Nifelin  the last were killed in a plane crash: Clara and Haiaiel, Nifelin who leave a biological daughter whose name Azaquiel did not discover and another adopted daughter named Ester, who at the time of the accident was 30 years old.

 "I haven't located the biological daughter, as they have the energy of a very powerful archangel protecting her, I need to locate and exterminate her and find out who this Archangel is that is protecting these damn Nifelin."

 When reading this record, I feel my heart race, the name of the eldest daughter Ester and the youngest that Azaquiel did not find to kill, most likely and Maite, but who is this archangel who is protecting Maite, if he protects her does he know that night, and why didn't you stop us? If he knows about us, he most likely knows about Ariel and is protecting him. I need to know from Maite what her parents were called, if Azaquiel didn't kill Ester it's because he knows she doesn't have angel blood.

 Ester

 I lost my adoptive parents when I was already a grown woman, I took care of their daughter, a very charismatic girl of extreme light, my parents, Clara and Haiaiel, were Nifelin a mixture of men and angels. I had a happy childhood, because they loved me, even though I didn't have their blood, and I was human. Maite was born when I was fifteen, a source of joy for our family, who always lived in this house in Lisbon in a quiet village. When Maite turned fifteen, my parents, who were scientists, left for a trip to Washington in the United States, but they never got there, the plane exploded mid-flight, killing my parents and 180 other passengers.

 After their deaths I could continue my life as an interior designer, a profession that I love, but I couldn't abandon Maite even though we don't have the same blood and know that she is a Nifelin I love her as if we had the same blood.

I don't know for sure what caused the accident, but I have the impression that it was something planned, and perhaps it had to do with the fact that my parents were Nifelin thinking that way. I never let Maite know about this characteristic of hers, my parents would reveal this condition when she turned sixteen, until when she was already eighteen, they went for a walk at night on the beach as usual, and there she met the mysterious man who enveloped her and possessed her, leaving the fruit of his love, if it is that I can define the act of the two like this: Ariel another Nifelin. I made those who knew us believe that Maite dated a boy who deceived her, got pregnant and ran away, because no one would believe her story, and they would even label her as just anyone else, I helped her raise Angel, but I'm afraid that whoever killed her my parents come after her and now the baby, but I try not to think about this because she doesn't know she's a Nifelin and has never met the being of light again, no matter how much she wants that.

 Furthermore, I fight with her, because I love her and I don't want anything bad to happen to her and the child, but Maite is stubborn and doesn't understand my concern. Sometimes I think she thinks I don't want to see her happiness, which isn't true.