"Jump." he says confidently, and I could feel all the energy in my body draining out.

"Jump?" I repeat, barley letting the words pass my lips and Francis sighed at my nervousness.

"Look, Angel. Yes, we are more human than bird, but we also have bird attributes. Like when a baby bird needs to fly for the first time the mother would push it out of the nest, trust me. It worked when they tried it on me." Francis explained but the end came out in a mumble so I couldn't hear it.

Stepping to the edge, I felt my body tremble as I looked down the edge and flinched as a hand was placed on my shoulder.

"And I'll be at the bottom if you can't do it to catch you." he says calmly, making my nerves ease a little.

My gaze switches from the far away ground to Francis's reassuring eyes, and finally I decided what I was going to do.

Taking a deep exhale, I nodded to Francis, and he smiled contently as he jumped off the mansion side, landing on the ground perfectly.

"Just spread your wings and move your body where you want to go!" he shouted upwards to me

I gulped as there was a large gust of wind, as if it was urging for me to go. Letting the front of my feet peek over the edge, I looked at the man below me once more before finally jumping.

Letting the wind take me as I urged myself forward and I closed my eyes taking one final breath before unfolding my wings and spreading them fully, opening my eyes, I saw that I was still falling and getting too close to comfort from the ground. I moved my wings without thinking, then suddenly I was in the free air, the gusts of wind were guiding my in the sky.

It felt amazing.

It felt so natural to be in the sky like this. I flapped my wings once and went soaring through the sky faster than I could ever imagine. A smile spread across my face feeling the wind on my face and when I saw a clearing in the woods I landed there.

I curved my wings in front of myself to touch them with my fingertips and they felt so much better now, less sore, I'm guessing.

Still checking my wings, I sensed a presence around me and as I was about to turn around, a pair of black wings wrapped around mine and I smelt a strong cologne leaning against me.

"You're amazing for a first timer." his dark voice says soothingly, and I smile at the compliment.

"Why thank you." I say and walk out of his grasp and turn my back around so that I was facing him. "But that isn't it, right?"

Francis shook his head and I nodded at the response waiting for my next task.

"Falling from a tall place is easy enough, but what you really need is to know how to get off the ground, no wind or height, just you and your wings." the man explains, and I think for a minute before nodding, I need stuff like this for the outside world out there.

I step back from Francis before I stretch my wings out to their full length. I jump and flap my wings, only to fall back onto the ground. Not really knowing what to do to be able to achieve my goal.

Taking yet another inhale and exhale, I run a little before jumping again and narrowing my wings further, allowing me to get more distance from the ground, but that only lasted for a minute.

The sky had been blue when I started training to get off the ground with only the will power of my wings and it wasn't easy and I had been trying to do what I had been told, but I had taken so long that the sky was now pink with the sunset, and it was going to get dark soon.

Francis was leaning besides a tree, watching me, only occasionally throwing in some hints on what to do, which only worked for a short time.

I was puffed out, but I wasn't going to admit that to him or anyone. I wanted to know how to fly and not just have some useless weight on my back.

After a few more minutes the sun was out of sight and the sky was getting colder, and when I was about to try for what felt like the millionth time, I was pulled down from the air by a hand and groaned as Francis wrapped his hand around my waist so that I couldn't go any further.

"I think it's time to go back home, love." he sighs, and I reluctantly nodded, knowing my body did need some rest.

We walked through the wood and back to the mansion, up the spiralling stairs and to his bedroom.

I went to the bathroom and put on a nice smelling hoodie before flopping on the bed, exhausted from my workout, but when I looked up, I saw Francis putting on what looked like his work clothes, but still having a sleepy face.

"Where are you going?" I mumble, furrowing my eyebrows.

"To finalise a good deal for the gang." he says, trying to sound excited but ended sounding tired.

Francis could see the worry in my eyes, so he immediately tries to get rid of it. "Don't worry Angel, this would be a good opportunity for us." he smiles, walking out the door before I could protest.

Rolling over in my bed, I wanted to follow him and keep him company, but the energy was slowly draining out of me, and my eyes felt like rocks. He was burying himself in work and if anyone knew what that was like it was me, and it doesn't do anyone, any good.

I wanted him to talk to me.

It hurt me that I had to leave Valentina like that, I wanted to have her by my side, but what Lorenzo said what right. Sooner or later, she would become a distraction for me, but what would I know, I've never been in love like this.

What I needed to focus on was my work, and then my love.