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Time passed I don&039;t kno much because consciousness returned slowly to ainedand a s

I s my eyes My plan had worked I hadn&039;t been sure if the Hashmallim would be able to extracton the probability that they would just suck the whole mess out of the Court and into li hands jerkedmy neck in a vise of pain Spots danced before my eyes as Milo&039;s contorted face swam in and out of focus

"You! You did this to us! You have destroyed everything!"

"Yes, I did I&039;roin at the same time I slahtful crunching sound fro Milo screa down his face

"It&039;s over," I told the pathetic round I spread my arms to indicate the rocky black landscape that spread out in an endless plain of misery "And this is all you have to show for your evil plans It&039;s worth having to spend the rest of eternity here knowing that you&039;re never going to step foot in the Court again"

Milo spat out sonored

"I just have one question," I said, looking around The Akasha looked the same as when I&039;d been here for the trial Carol was draped over a nearby mound of earth, her sobs raw and painful on the ear I strolled over to her, stopping just beyond her reach "Why me? Why did you come to me when I inadvertently su around for me to do so?"

She looked up, her face blotched red and white with a coance! You think this was about you? You were nothing o we had settled on Theo North as the means to demand a renascence - but when you thrust yourself in the e decided the two of you together would do just as well You were both dispensable"

She spat with the last word I juht her words were cut ting, but I took immense pleasure in the fact that their wicked plans to use us had failed

She collapsed in another wave of sobbing

"Well, then" I wandered away, trying to get s Beyond the small raised area we inhabited, a faint path cut between the scrubby vegetation and boulders that littered the plain floor, a trail twisting through it to the plateau The same cluster of rocks was in the center, the faint shapes of the Hashuess it&039;s tihbors I trust you till be fine on your own?"

"You&039;ll never leave here either," Milo screa hiain see your Dark One You have damned him to an eternity of hell, just as you have yourself"

"No," I said, touching my chest "Theo is a part of e that, not even banishment to the Akasha"

"Fool," Milo snarled, his face twisted with rage and hate "He will forget you"

I shook my head as I started down the path "You really should learn to have more faith I&039;ve found it&039;s worth the effort"

He raged after ly black shrubs that dotted the landscape I dodged all of the it preferable to spend the rest ofin Milo and Carol&039;s coot used to them, the better for all of us

The faot to the Hash in surrounding light The air around us grew darker as I began the climb to the crown of the rock forth I had to push myself up the path, but what else did I have to do withblack nothingness of the nearest Hash, and if you don&039;t mind, I&039;m here to tell you about the man I love His name is Theo, and he&039;s a nephilim"

"Dark One is the preferred term Nephilim cannot be members of the Court of Divine Blood, and as I am, in fact, a member, I must abandon my claim on that particular title"

My heart leaped at the familiar deep, softly Irish voice that rumbled around inside me until I felt it inwith his arms opened wide

I sobbed his na myself body and soul with hiain"

"I know" He kissedsoa o hohter, overjoyed to find the darkness inside of hiot your soul back It worked?"