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And Raffe knohere it is

Because I showed it to hi and bubbling up to s

‘He wouldn’t do that’ My voice comes out choked and wobbly ‘He’s not like that’

Josiah just gives me a look filled with pity ‘Raphael wants you to run as far away as you can You and your family Go Survive’

Then he leaps into the air and flies back toward the aerie

I take a deep breath to try to calm hter thes He wouldn’t do it

But no e of hiels fly in for that angels weren’t meant to be alone The s back was so he could return to the angels, right? Be one of theel?

He wants to be accepted back into the angel world as much as I want to keep els to keep my family safe, wouldn’t I do that?

Absolutely No-brainer

Then I remember the look of distaste on his face as he talked about the dissection tables at the Resistance camp He wouldn’t want to wipe out the camp or kill anyone I’m sure of that But if he had to? If it was the only way to take his rightful place as an archangel and save his angels frohe was an angel, I showed hi

A h er who betrayed the in love with a hellion is laughable But I’ll bet the teenage hellion didn’t think so

I shut my eyes

I feel sick

Beliel’s words after he showed ht of him as my friend tooNow you knohat becomes of people who trust him’

I cli the steering wheel I take a deep breath and try to think things through

Myeyes I don’t knohe said anyway Even if she worked with him to rescue me, she would never trust him Maybe I should be more like her