A fireball burning up the sky leads farmer Jason Thomas to the strangest thing he's ever found in his pumpkin patch. A man with wings. And no, he doesn't think it's an angel, no matter what his brothers say.<br><br>Taking the stranger into his home is hard. Keeping his heart from the stranger's hands? Harder. But everything in him calls to this being and Jason is so damned tired of only having his brothers at his back.<br><br>Castiel has no idea what this angel thing is, but the evil that knocked him out of the sky did him a favor. He’d heard the tales of his kin and their missions on Earth with envy and now he has the chance to experience it himself. Better yet, his mate takes him home. One small problem. Castiel has a duty and needs to find a way back. Of course it isn’t going to be that easy.

Sentinel

Castiel was not blind. It was clear as day that his mate was drawn to him. Every gentle touch carried Jason’s need for contact, bright eyes followed after Castiel as though he could not bear to lose sight of him. Patient instruction and a content home were given freely by Jason, as though being careless with Castiel would make him leave forever.


Surely Jason knew that he was not leaving, at least not permanently. Yes, he had to return to his kin to warn them of what had happened, and he certainly needed to turn his command over to his Second until Jason’s time on Earth was finished. But duty called for only a short time and then he could stay with his mate. He had to. Even setting aside all the human things he wanted to experience with his mate, he would not be able to take Jason with him to the Rift and beyond it to Castiel’s home if he did not cement his claim on the human.


Chapter 20