It was that time of the month again. The time of the celestial monthly meeting. During that meeting the archangels were discussing the general direction in which humanity was heading. Or in more simple terms,the archangels were gathering to nag about the human kind.

"The percentage of divorces has gone up again? Look at the number of abortions. And don't get me started on family problems in general."

Gabriel was indeed in a very bad mood: "The situation is most serious. This kind of performance is unacceptable on our part."

Michael was in the same bad mood(not that he showed it).

"Agreed.But what can we do? We already have one angel guarding every human. What more can we do? Have an angel guarding every bond of the human kind?"

"We don't have that kind of angel resources."

"It was sarcasm,Michael."

Meanwhile somewhere else God was listening.

"Have an angel guarding every bond of the human kind? Not a bad idea son. But all important things start from small seemingly insignificant ones."

After that a light exploded and a few moments later a female angel appeared. Beautiful with black hair and blue eyes,different from the rest of the angels but born from the same love.

"Daughter"

"Father,why was I created?"

"Look below."

A mass of green and blue was visible.

"This is earth. The home of humans. They used to be happy. But now they are not. They are destroying the most precious thing that they ever created. Their bonds. Their relationships. I have a plan to help them. And you are the first step towards that new salvation. You are special. You can see inside a human's soul in a way that no other angel can. I want you to go down to Earth and pick a bond to protect,guard and guide. You can pick whoever you want."

"Any relationship?"

"Yes but you must choose wisely because you will have only one choice."

"What about my fellow brother and sister angels?"

"You will pass unnoticed by them. They will think of you as a mere human. Now go child."

"Yes father. I will not fail you."

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"Your concern should be not to fail yourself. Not me."

"What is my name?"

"That remains to be decided. Your name should be fitting to the bond you will choose."

One week later

This was harder than she thought it would be. Thank God,she could teleport. The situation was more dramatic than she had imagined it would be.

And so she prayed:

"Oh Father please help me. I can't pick. These creations are hopeless. They forget all important events like birthdays and anniversaries. They are not there when someone they love needs them. They pay too much attention to their work. And so much more. Bless me mother,if there is one single bond in this planet that qualifies to be called one please show it to me."

She was getting tired. Right now she is in London, England London. She had found out that she enjoyed travelling by bike. It was most relaxing. During the ride she was listening to the souls of the people and she was getting more depressed by the second so she wasn't paying attention to the road. The next thing she knew she was lying on the road with a big headache and a man was hovering over her. He was wearing black and he had red hair. He wore sunglasses on a cloudy day. Most peculiar indeed.

"Watch where you are going missing."

Now that did it

"What did you say? Listen here mister,you hit me."

"No,you hit me."

God was punishing her.

"You got some nerve sir accusing this lovely lass for causing the accident."

A nice young man stepped in to help her. Too bad she was cheating on his girlfriend for four months. You would be surprised by how many secrets a person's soul can reveal. The strange thing was that her instincts were on high alert and so were her feelings. She felt strange. Like a man who is searching for gold but only finds rocks and then suddenly sees a light from the top of a mountain from where the rays of the sun hit the precious gold but the man can not find the precise location of the precious gold because the light goes on and off. She was sure. Yes,finally she had found the bond she was searching for. Or at least half of it. But they were in central London with dozens of people. No, the presence was steady. It was either the young man that was defending her or the irresponsible driver that hit her. How nice choices. Her bad mood must have influenced her instincts.

"Can't you see the lady is in such deep shock that she can't speak?"

"I'm fine,sir. I'm sure this "good" man would want to have a cup of coffee with me instead of me becoming such a drama queen in the middle of central London that my performance would put Shakespeare's actors to shame."

"What? Ok,you are lucky I'm in a good mood today. Get in. I know a place. But only for an hour. And then i will pretend i never met you."

"We will see."

The poor man thought she was hitting on him but she just wanted more time with his soul. It was difficult to read. Like it wasn't human. But something in it made her feel like she just won the lottery.

A few moments later

"Okay,spit it out woman. Usually I'm pretty good at reading people but it seems you are the exception."

Lack of modesty. We didn't start well.

"I'm looking for something. And for some peculiar reason i have the impression that you can help me."

"And what makes you think I would want to spend my time helping you?"

"Lets not get hasty. First I must see if you can indeed help me. An hour is more than enough for me to realise that. Sorry you didn't tell me your name,you practically kept silent during the entire ride."

"Anthony. And yours?"

That was a problem. Normally when people asked her she said a random name because she knew she wouldn't see them again. But this was different. They might meet again and she couldn't just change her name everyday.

"Oh right. You said in the car your name was Angelica. Stange. I'm not the forgetful type."

That was weird. She really liked that name but she was sure she hadn't said anything in the car. Then suddenly the phone rang and Anthony picked it up.

And her instincts woke again.

That's it. She had to act fast. There is a small amount of time when one interacts with another that their bond is exposed to the outer layers of the soul. During that time she could get a glimpse. And a glimpse was more than enough. She was speechless. She wasn't impressed no because that would mean that this bond was close to her standards and nothing could come close to her standards. But it was close enough. She had made up her mind. She knew first she would have to ask permission from her Mother for her choice but it was there right in front of her. The next part was hard on. Luckily Anthony was rude and was talking quite a lot on the phone in front of her. They would have to work on that. She had to "grab" the bond,in a sense, with her life energy. Like the humans plug their cellphones in a charger. After that the connection would be permanent. She would feel the bond,control it but also be affected by it. If the bond is damaged so will her body. And so she made the biggest decision of her life and connected. And then she saw. The problem with her hiding her essence was that she couldn't detect demons or angels. And Anthony was a demon. But,he had helped in creating a masterpiece bond. Well there was no turning back.

Her mother would kill her.

"Yeah sorry to leave like that but something came up. But I'm a man of my word. I own you another thirty minutes. Here take my number and call me when you have time."

"Well then mister anthony,it seems we will see each other again."

"For the last time"

"Who knows?"

And then Anthony got into his black car and drove away.

Oh, they will definitely see each other again more than one time. In fact Angelica knew she would become a part of his life soon enough.

Now time to face Father.