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In the distance, I heard a low ruan to quake beneathtrain that had every intention of crashing into the café After a quick scan to assurelouder and louder, I turned back to Reyes He was gone

Startled, I fell off the bench and landed on my ass No one else had rew louder I could feel the rumble deep in my chest A split second before the train crashed intoaround ain In a flutter of soft white feathers and black down on the underneath, a ry expression on his face, and a sword in his hand

I scrambled back as he strode toward me, the same determination I’d seen on Lewis’s face in his expression He raised the shen he got closer, and a screah to block the blow, certain that all I would accomplish was the loss of that hand But it was a reflex An auto , the sain The same smoke I’d seen earlier in the storerooel It had to be an angel

The angel stopped, lowered first the sword, then his head He kept a wary eye on the shtened his hold on the hilt Then, to e had round vowels and soft consonants It was ancient and graceful and untainted

"Show yourself," he’d said, and soot lost in all the other crap going down

The black fog ignored the corow until it obscuredof swords even over the roaring train Before I could , the train crashed into h cliff and splashed face-first into freezing cold water, the force was so jarring It knocked my breath away, but at the last second, I remembered I was supposed to be with the robber

I ju of tiressed quickly until, just as I slid into place beside the robber, it bounced back colass It didn’t shatter it, but the café would now have a nice-sized hole to cover up

Finding it iainst the hard floor, but as he did, his gaze locked on to the gun that had ed for it and closed his fist around the handle

The led to remove the barrier on his face In an almost comical un A gun that was now being held on him

"Get down!" Lewis shouted, and everyone in the café dropped to the floor Everyone but the robber He stood stunned, unable to figure out what had just happened

I stepped back as Lewis advanced

"Get the fuck on your knees," he said, his tone suddenly

Shayla hurried toward us but stopped short to let Lewis do his thing Left with little choice, the robber raised his hands and slowly sank to his knees in disbelief

The only ones who didn’t drop to the floor were Erin, Shayla, and Reyes

Reyes!

He was right where I’d left him The same hard expression on his face The sahtened as I studied him His jaw clenched His hands curled into fists When he lowered his arm and pressed it to his side, realization hit e to saturate the shirt he wore