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"Sí, everyone needs so froht it with one hand "Had to bleed for these, didn’t you?" Mateo asked

"It was a shed "So different now, aren’t you? Not like the angel I lanced between them

"She thinks she knows you," Mateo said to Az "Thinks that she can trust you to be there for her in the end"

Yeah, she was in the room "She does," Jade snapped

Mateo’s dark eyes found hers "But does she know that what you want the most in this worldis to leave this place? That you want to get away from the needs and lusts and emotions that swamp humans?"

Jade wouldn’t look away from Mateo "I know I can count on Az" She could No doubt Fro in to save herno doubt

No one had ever tried to save her before Az

"He ruled in heaven, now he kills for you on earth"

Wait, ruled?

"But death has always been his business," Mateo continued, voice rolling lightly "It is what he does best"

Anger stirred inside of her "He’s more than death"

Mateo nodded "And youyou are ain Wasand pulled out the claws His fingers traced over the razor-sharp edges "So you think you’ll be able to take out the earthbound angel with these?"

Az stalked forith a ripple of muscle and menace "I think I’ll be able to take out the psycho killer on our trail"

"Sammael’s woman was earthbound, too When one forain"

Jade stepped to the edge of that table Thenow It was pitch black "Brandt isn’t an angel" More like a devil

Mateo shook his head "He has the blood You need to know that killing his huelse"

What? "You’re saying we can’t kill him?" Not the news she wanted I’ll never be free

Mateo placed the claws on his ht not survive the battle that coers on the mirror and was shocked by its icy feel "Is that what you’ve seen?"