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‘Hide froives the other a look that says duh

‘But they can see in the dark,’ I say

‘Who told you that? They can’t see in the dark The only thing they can do better than us is fly’

The other guard says, ‘They can hear better than us too’

‘Yeah, whatever,’ says the first guy ‘But they can’t see in the dark’

‘But I’ you--’ I stop when Raffe tapsI follow

‘They don’t know that angels can see in the dark’ I forgot that I know things about the angels that maybe other people don’t ‘They need to know’

‘Why?’ asks Raffe

‘Because people need to know that angels can see us if we ever try to’ – attack them – ‘hide in the dark’

He eyes hts, but of course, he doesn’t need to read my mind It’s pretty obvious why it would benefit the huels’ powers

Raffe walks beside me up the steps to the doors ‘You can talk until your lips fall off, but it won’t do you any good These are foot soldiers Their job is to follow orders Nothing else’

And he would know He’s a soldier hi ar a false apocalypse and is out to kill Raffe, that doesn’t ainst his own people I’ve had plenty of humans try to killto help the angels wipe out the huuards watch us until alk into the building

As soon as we get inside, I have to fight a wave of claustrophobia The hallway is cra in different directions When you’rein a crowd means all you can see are the torsos and heads of the people nearest you

Raffe looks even ht, he can’t help but have people brushing up against his blanket-wrapped wings strapped to his backpack We can only hope that no one notices anything strange

He stands stiffly with his back to the door withoutin He looks so out of place that I almost feel sorry for him He shakes his head at me

I try to blend in as best I can We shouldn’t have to be here long before the guards leave the area

Obithe Alcatraz rescue on theed to collect boats and organize people to rescue the captives on the island Of course he didn’t have tiot here