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Beezle was like a phone book of things that go buht He knew every species, every subspecies, every hierarchy and every rule He could run the gans of demons There was very little that Beezle did not knoondered how JB had oyle
"Well, presumably Amarantha is someone with a lot of influence or else Nathaniel wouldn’t have touched JB even if he earing gloves," I said, staggering toward my back door "On the upside, thisJB as we speak, and I don’t have to threaten hirabbed the doorfraood look at the da it The door norh the wooden frame and was now totally useless, which left s that go buh to stop s of power Vaels, demonsnone of them could cross a threshold without an invitation Nathaniel had been (reluctantly) invited inside by me before, so he was able to cross the threshold without penalty
But there were plenty of lesser s for whom the rules were a little more fuzzy They could construe an unlocked or open door as an invitation I didn’t fancy an infestation of gre all of Beezle’s precious popcorn stash or an is to me while I slept And repairs cost enerate so as a freelance recipe developer, but since I’d been running around trying to keep up with ent duties and Azazel’s deh I supposed that since Nathaniel had done the kicking and the breaking I could get hiedas if it were a lifeline Beezle fluttered aroundforhen I wanted to stop and rest
When I got to the top of the stairs, I saw that Nathaniel had repeated his destroying act on the upstairs door, which hung drunkenly fros Bunny cartoon I slu, exhausted and annoyed
"Co ineffectually at et up and go inside when I’ to JB," Beezle said, tugging at ainst the wall and closing my eyes I heard Beezle flap uncertainly for aas he went inside the apartht I couldn’t help it When he ay from me, I was like a planet without a sun I wasn’t supposed to love him, and maybe if I could have had a norotten hi
"Madeline, wake up"
Gabriel?
"Madeline, please Madeline"
I’ you I need you
"Madeline"
Hands on ht of the sun
I opened my eyes His face was so close to mine that I could see the stars deep in his black eyes, and as I watched I saw one of them burst and flare and fall away, and I knew that my eyes looked the same
His breath was on my lips, a whisper away