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Only that would ainunless he buates of heaven And his death would hurt her; he was sure of it He knew that their current situation wasn’t because she didn’t care for hi every beautiful, conflicted, and torht

She was sih to have a healthy fear of God in the matter, whereas his heart--his human soul--had wanted to believe there was soether Precisely because he did love and fear God, he possessed a ridiculous heap of faith that Sunny was ht Soain had stabbed hiht possible Her words had been final, and he’d known it

She would never be convinced to search for any loophole to their situation; he’d glimpsed that resolution in her eyes

So he really didn’t have anything left to lose in this battle, which meant he shouldn’t fear the shrieks and caterwauls that started up as soon as he cliate With a quiet thud, he landed on the loa keenly Mason, Shay, and another one of the Shades, Evan, were already here, and he searched the ten-o’clock position for where they were supposed to be posted

In the moonlit shadows, he couldbeside hiht for another thirty minutes, but they knew fro the huh demon stench was in the air, Thrastikas couldn’t possibly have arrived yet, or Ja chains The links were long, permanently manacled to the creature’s ankles, and they sounded his arrival like a death knell wherever he went At least for Jamie and the other hunters who had the supernatural ability to hear and see deh Thrastikas hadn’t shown, there was still no telling how many of their enemies were massed already in the cemetery, so Ja low to the ground

Mace caught sight of hiers that they were tracking a pair of the enemy Jamie took up position behind a live oak nearby, poised with his se distance

Right then, a shriek like a banshee’s rang out in the treetop just above Ja his weapon, he prepared to fire, but he didn’t even get a chance Thrastikas dropped fro several of his hty chains overhead His eyes were beady and red, and the chainssound in the air as they whipped toward hi their weapons, but then heard ht pierced the darkness

With a quick gaze to the left, he saw a de thelance in his direction, then turned to fight off the leather-winged creatures advancing upon the head-to-head with a deain Thrastikas swung his chains overhead, growling at Jaht--I’ll have your soul"

His angel had been right: This was a trap, and now they’d been lethally aht He wished with all his ht that he could see her even once more, just as the massive chainshe heard was Thrastikas’s wicked cackling "Jaas pedal of her Cael fors, her supernatural ability tophysical places quickly, she’d already be in Bonaventure

She’d tried to sit this one out, wrestled to respect Jaht, even if ithis life recklessly But theabout Shay’s sketch and re the visible pain she’d seen in Jamie’s eyes back at the restaurant, the more she couldn’t stay away Not while he had some kind of crazy death wish because of her decision

And what if he was right about there being a way for theether? There was at least the slih of one that she wanted Jamie to know that he shouldn’t put his life on the line recklessly And that he shouldn’t give up on theether, read every volume, try to find a loophole

She was alan in the car, the seat beside her instantly filled with light She nearly swerved right off the road, unable to see anything because of Kiel’s luht away For once, she saw him as he rarely appeared--olden wheat, his skin like burnished bronze His hair was an unearthlyone of the mystical colors that didn’t exist anywhere but back ho an abyss right noith Jael Dinner was not wise"

She shook her head, focusing on the road straight ahead "Sir, he’s in danger Tonight He’s going to a demon battle, and when he spoke of it, I knewI sensed"

"This is what it would be like every time he went to war You know, lanced sideways in shock "Are you saying there actually is soave her a bare hint of a sels have free will, Sunera"

Being a lower-level guardian, Sunny still didn’t know ht her about her angelic nature, including the choices available to her "Free will superiors had taught her about her angelic nature, including the choices available to her "Free will to do what? I can’t have Jamie--you’ve already said so"