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I shrugged "My powers came back For a little while, at least"

"And now?" Baraqiel persisted

I narrowed my eyes at him "Why are you so interested, anyway?" My tone of voice indicated that I was Azazel’s daughter and he was just a hly hierarchical society

His ize, my lady I am only concerned for your welfare"

I wasn’t so certain about that "Baraqiel, you never did tell us what you were doing when you aylaid by Sa to fall over "Again, htbringer to deliver a ly remiss in that capacity"

I rolledthat he should continue

Baraqiel reached underneath his right arm and pulled out a small piece of parch He presented it to me on his outstretched hand in such a way that I could avoid touching him if I so chose I wondered if most of Baraqiel’s recipients disdained the touch of a lowly ht of how I had spoken to hioal ofa princess

"Thank you," I said, taking the parch thunderous as I read Lucifer’s randfather is a totallysurprise--and it was obvious that he had been holding this task for ht

Trouble was, if I refused Lucifer, he would likely kill Gabriel--or rather, have the Grigori do it for him And after that, he would probably kill Beezle And then JB And so on, until he had taken everything from me and broken me to his will That hy he was the first of the fallen, and the lord high devil himself He knew that emotional pain is a far more powerful motivator than physical pain, and he also knew that I would do anything to keep those I loved safe

"What is it?" Gabriel asked

I thrust the parchment at hirim when he finished and handed it back toa response," Baraqiel said He inched away from me a little when I looked up at hi

I sed the "tell Lord Lucifer he can stick this parchue and atteranddaughter would be pleased to fulfill this duty for hihtly, but he nodded and said, "I must return to my lord immediately with your response"