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Malachi frowned "What do you ed "Her parents are huically, she shouldn’t be Irina I el We’re different And Ava is definitely like us, but we can’t figure out how a human could become Irina"

The answer seemed obvious to Malachi "A lion doesn’t becoht want to be"

"So?" Leo crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow "What do you mean?"

"It means her parents are Irin They have to be"

The blondwe could find about theive birth to Irin children"

"No, they don’t"

"So if they produced Ava, then they’re not human"

"But they’re not Irin We have a record of every Irin child ever born If there’s one thing we’re good at, it’s keeping records"

"You’re forgetting so," Malachi murmured

"What’s that?"

Malachi looked around the room filled with scrolls and tablets Books and boxes were hidden in every corner He turned back to Leo and said, "We’re an ancient race of angel and human hybrids that has lived under the nose of huood at keeping records, but we’re also good at keeping secrets"

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G&ou, Sweden

It wasn’t often his father called hie had just acco the appearance He strolled through the G&ou looks in his direction The package his father was expecting rested safely at his side

The blade from Istanbul had been found A heavenly blade It was one of only three that Brage had ever seen The only one that had been in his hand It would be nothing to human eyes Dull Devoid of decoration or flourish

But to one of heaven’s children, it was a treasure beyond price