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“This is co for him Get him out of those restraints Now”

Contrary to everything I said, though, Florian looked perfectly content to be tied up in chains He also had what looked like a golden ball gag stuffed into hishim to make more of an effort to look distressed and abused He was probably getting off on it soaze was distant, his eyes serene, like he was thinking about e should have for dinner

“Again,” the woman said “This is simply a precaution We know that you have a propensity for consorting with dangerous entities, Mr Albrecht And with earthly abo her nose

“What, him? He’s a nature spirit! How aboluten-free, farm raised dryad Read: haro”

The clipboard angel looked between the two of us, the edges of her lips curled up into a sneer “It is not up to e the company that you keep, Mr Albrecht Your comrade will only be restrained for the duration of this conversation For security’s sake, you see We’retoo far out of bounds”

“Too far out of – so what, you people are keeping tabs on me now?”

I folded low of my tattoos on the far wall I didn’t need anyone to tell me that my hackles were fully raised, but I had to be careful, too Any kind of fight involving these celestial meatheads would be extremely one-sided I’d just end up with a busted face and a trashed apartment I didn’t like either of those outcomes

“We’re only ensuring that your behavior falls within acceptable limits There is a very small number of active nephilim across the planet, and we like to keep an eye on everyone”

“Wait” That took some of the wind out of my sails “So there are more like me?”

“The vastof our fallen brethren and human women – are e refer to as dormant cases Liori when they were cast out from upstairs, after all, and those limitations normally extend to their spawn” She narrowed her eyes at me “Normally”

“So the other nephilim, they’re not like me”

“Correct Heaven has spared them for their relative harreat plan, to be sure, but are otherwise inoffensive You, on the other hand, present a unique proble to a task force ood”

“What task force is that?”

The angel straightened up, apparently inconvenienced by the fact that she had to answerto the Departelic Delinquency”

My forehead wrinkled as I worked out the acrony me? This is some bullshit”