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“We can probably just

copy it out on soainst the ,” I said “Just plaster theonna kill us if we vandalize the place”

“On it,” Florian said “We should have a couple for the s in the living area, and one right here for your bedroo – ”

Florian happened to be looking at thejust then, and he fell off his chair, crashing to the ground at the sight of as lingering there My heart was pounding, too, seeing the tres and the flutter of feathers that aleon was six feet tall and vaguely gloith golden light

“Archangel,” Florian hissed at e bulk under my bed frame

I called for the Vest I could summon more than one armament at a tihting off an entity that liked to kill things with a fla sword But the face that peered into thedidn’t belong to an archangel at all I frowned, disers into my temples

“Florian,” I grumbled “It’s okay Get up It’s just Raziel”

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Raziel cla and disappearing into nothing as he stepped lightly onto the ground, first one foot, then the other Tap, tap, delicate as anything I wondered if other angels were as graceful I wondered if archangels ant entrances

“Oh, thank God,” Florian said, crawling out fro the dust off the front of his pants as he clambered to his feet

Raziel blinked at us questioningly “What’s with you two? You look like you’ve seen a ghost”

“Never mind that,” I snapped “Why can’t you use the front door like everybody else, Raziel?”

He smoothed down the creases in his shirt, then swept his hair back out of his face “This way is ular route, I’d have to wait for soo up some stairs, or take that death trap you call an elevator I like flying Flying’s fun You should try it sometime, Mason”

“Ha, ha Very funny”

A wry smile was Raziel’s only answer I never questioned his mysterious expressions and motives any the angel of mysteries and all I swept upup all the pens I could find inonto the kitchen table