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The other twin fist bumps him

“That’s punny,” I chirp, getting groans from them

Do they not get the joke?

Clearly my humor is just too smart for them, despite the fact they’re supposed to be brilliant

I really do need to learn their individual names…

“You lied when you said this would restore Rafael’s balance, and you can’t be deceptive,” Azrael drones on

“Again!” I shout at Rafael

He’s back to slapping his own head, so he doesn’t immediately react

“No! Enough! He can’t take anyly loud, likely to drown out his protests

“What? Can’t hear you!” Hera shouts, cupping her ear like she’s trying to hear, but grinning like she’s as evil as the majority vote out here

“Just givehi to restore his balance!” Azrael continues, getting real damn close to my ear “The deal was that he’d train you if you restored his balance!”

I whirl around, facing hi, taking everything in

My eyes er at him

“In case you’ve forgotten, he killed me,” I point out dryly

“You confess you ?” he asks, seeenuinely confused

“Doesn’t matter He didn’t know I allowed it And he killed me”

“That’s not a good enough reason”

“Really? You need a better reason fora frown

He gives me a serious nod

“I have an unapologetic, evil vagina,” I say with an obnoxious voluh for you?”

I turn away before he can argue, and shout at Rafael

“I said again! Everyone stop questioning me now, damn it—”

My words end on a pained grunt when Rafael hits me much harder than last ti this time

Azrael stumbles away from me when a wild-eyed Rafael stares at me like a man lost in an endless stream of madness

“Now you knohat it feels like to have no control,” I snap, crying out a little when a trickle of power rolls throughto pry me open and split me in two

“And now it’s my turn,” I bite out

There’s a crackle in the sky that reseh the air

In the next instant, the dirt sprays up with a line of fire that shoots across the land, pu Rafael in the chest so hard he’s launched backwards until…

One twin stands and shields his eyes fro—”

“Gone!” the other twin shouts in closing

Rafael is indeed gone I’m not sure how far I just knocked hiet soht,” I chirp overback the wince of pain I feel from all the exertion it took to pack a punch that size

Still, I’ress

The angels just stare at me with zero expressions on their quiet one

“I guess that means we’re done for the day,” I say with a roll of my eyes “No work ethic”

Kai’s arus out We land in s hanging up on the walls

He shoves e shoves a drink in my hand I quirk an eyebrow at them, as Jude and Ezekiel join us in the room

“Is this as close as I get to having you guys take care ofsip out of the jar

Kai gives , and I roll my eyes as I lift one of my journals and turn it to a dirty past-life story

“I don’t like this,” Gage says as he sits down next to me “It’s stupid for you to take those punches and deliver only one in return It’s not just torture for you and him”

I look up at hi into his se new cosmic blues