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I stared at Beezle "The whole power structure that Lucifer has built could collapse"

Beezle nodded "If Focalor attacks Azazel’s court openly, then other courts with grievances will see it as an opportunity to attack their enedom could fall to pieces in a few days This is why Lucifer and the Grigori keep such a ruthless hold on the courts"

"It only takes the tipping of one domino for the whole run to be knocked down," I said "I had no idea that the kingdoile"

"Lucifer has kept control of soerous creatures in the world for millennia A lot of those creatures would be unbelievably deadly to humans if they did not abide by his rules and stay within his confines, and I’ about the deine ould happen to the world if Lucifer’s control was broken Would there be deels? Would des would probably happen, and

"Horrors beyond your comprehension" That hat Antares had said Had he known about this? If he was close to Focalor, he probably would have known of his master’s plans And Antares certainly would relish an opportunity to get back at Gabriel, who had humiliated him in front of his demon buddies Had Antares taken Gabriel in the alley for Focalor? Why would Samiel want him?

And was any of this connected to the hidden portal in Adom? I still didn’t knoho had put that portal there, or why, although Antares had done a good job of using it to his advantage and destabilizing my relations with the faerie court before I even arrived

I put my hand to my head in the place where a stress headache was rapidly forh on my plate, I needed to prevent the total collapse of Lucifer’s kingdom as well?

Beezle watched uessed argoyle when he wants to be

The problem was that I wasn’t exactly sure what I should do with this knowledge If I went to Lucifer, he ht be able to stop Focalor before his plans unfolded but that would be a guaranteed death sentence for Gabriel

I could try to rescue Gabriel But, one: he had probably been moved by now And, two: even if he hadn’t been moved, I wasn’t sure I could find the oubliette It wasn’t as though I was an expert in the geography of the Forbidden Lands

I wasn’t sure who ht serve for their plans Basically, I wasn’t sure of anything except for the fact that it was half past five and there was no way I was going to be able to sleep again after that vision

"Oatot to be kidding"

"Chocolate-hazelnut spread on toast?" I guessed

"Now you’re talking," he said, and followed me into the kitchen