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“Lies,” Gabe hissed He shook free of my hand “All it does is lie Don’t listen to it, Lizzy”

The truth was, I wasn’t sure I’d really heard her in the first place The Hell Gate wasn’t your typical kind of gate It didn’t have bars or a lock Froround, I hadn’t seen anything that would require a key Nothing she said made sense

“I would never lie to hter” Elizabeth pushed her lower lip out into the perfect pout “She is the key Once she opens the gate, we are all saved My prince will join us on Earth He will rule this kingdom, just as it is written And Lizzy is our key”

I didn’t like what she was saying None of it I?

??d just gotten used to the idea of being a half angel warrior Noas supposed to be some sort of key that unleashed Hell upon the Earth?

No, thank you

“It can’t bealoud to ate That’s not possible”

“Why do you think ate in the past twenty years than ever before?” Elizabeth took a step back toward the canyon bank The waters rushed past her feet, splashing on the muddy banks “It’s you, my dear It’s your very presence And when you’re ready, they’ll open all the way for you It’s preordained All of this You were always meant to be here”

My lungs worked overtien froht The Nephilie increase in deroorse when I came to stay at the manor at the start of the summer

It was starting to h

“Enough!” Gabe swung his sword and lunged forward “Enough of your lies”

Elizabeth easily side-stepped his advance and gave a harsh laugh, so opposite of her sweet s her dark eyes to hter”

Without waiting forstream and ept away over the rapids, her blonde hair disappearing into the dark swirling depths of the storm’s aftermath

Chapter Eight

I don’t kno I got back on the ured out as happening, they’d setout onto the expanse of vividly green grass in the earlyhours