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Sau but I already suspected that he was a pretty adept lip-reader His eyes ide as he turned his head back and forth between Gabriel and ht about this?" I said angrily "You knoould never consent to such a thing Samiel stays here with us End of story"

"No, it is not the end of the story I have told you tido of the rules Samiel must pay for his crimes"

Gabriel hite as the ht So on

"This is not about Samiel," I said "What the hell crawled up your butt and died? You’d think you’d be happy and grateful that I saved your ass fro used by Arateful, htly

"What’s with the mistress business?" I said

"I was Azazel’s thrall until I was taken by Saiven to Focalor Then I was Focalor’s thrall Then I was Amarantha’s thrall You have won me from the Maze as your prize; therefore, I a co to me now"

"Yes"

I shrugged, relieved that this was all he was upset about "So I’ll free you, and that’s that taken care of No big"

Gabriel stalked forward, his eyes an exploding field of stars on a canvas of black "You do not understand It is like you deliberately choose not to understand How many times must I tell you that Lucifer’s law is the only law? I adom; therefore I am always a thrall You cannot free me Only Lucifer can do that"

"So I’ll ask hiued

"Which he will not do It would set a dangerous precedent"

"Well, so the hell what?" I shouted, losing my temper "Isn’t it better to be my thrall than Azazel’s or Amarantha’s? You knoon’t abuse you like they would I’ve always treated you like my equal anyway"

"But I aht "I will never be your equal And do you think that I could stand before you as a lover, knowing that I am always below you, that I must submit to your will aboveif I was telling you as in er ran out of ht about Gabriel’s status in those terht about it at all I’d been so focused on getting hi once ere reunited

But I didn’t think I would be his mistress I didn’t think that he would be my slave It didn’t matter if I treated him as an equal The fact of his thralldom would always stand in our way