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“No one is questioning you” Silvia began

“It’s absurd”

I looked at Manuel for help So out and I had no idea why Someone needed to fill me in

“Pregnant woet possessed,” Manuel offered in reply toexpression Sympathy shone in his dark eyes as he placed a hand onanother life form It means that yourthe child”

“So?”

It wasn’t like I was possessed They’d done the test on me

“Well, it happens often enough in humans,” he whispered “But never in Nephilim When a baby of a possessed human is born, it’s still human, but not quite It retains certain demonic characteristics They tend to produce very bad people We’ve traced a few back in history Stalin, Josef Mengele, Nero All children of demons”

I stared wide-eyed at hi “Wait, you said it doesn’t happen to Nephilim?”

“Not that we’ve ever recorded,” he explained with an uncertain tilt of his head “But not iht be the first Born of huel, and demon”

My gaze trailed around the roo aton the randorains

Just a few el and that ate that kept demons in Hell Compared to this bomb, that had been easy

Angels were the good guys People sang about the them Once I’d accepted the idea, I’d felt kind of like a super hero It was a wonderful feeling Or, at least it had been

Until now

My ears filled with the buzz of the roo on the table, not really seeing anything

I was a de like that The very essence of the creatures I regularly killed flowed through me Hatred and evil and cruelty were in my nature It was no wonder I couldn’t be a proper Nephilim warrior I wasn’t meant to be one