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The walls feel like they’re closing in I hadn’t thought beyond reer than life for so long, it never occurred to ot half a chance I shudder “It will never end, will it? We’ll be running forever”

“Eh” Wolf shrugs, totally relaxed “We just need to kill your father, convert all his little followers to being your followers, and you’ll be set Our enemies come after you, we’ll kill them They send others, and we’ll kill them, too Eventually, they’ll realize we’re too powerful to fuck with and don’t have any intention of repeating history and they’ll leave us alone” He grins “Except for the odd assassination attempt to keep us on our toes”

“You are notme feel better” My voice comes out reedy I press the heels of ht it would be over after we kill my father”

Malachi wraps his hands around s them down “When you have eternity, you’ll cos that break up the monotony”

It speaks volumes that they consider assassination attes “I could use a little monotony in my life”

He gives lances at Wolf and shrugs “Besides, if it ever gets to be too much, we can always jump to a realm that’s never heard of seraphies, but it’s always an option”

I lick my lips I don’t know that I’m ready to abandon this realm, but the escape hatch option calms me all the same “Are there many other realms? More than this one and Azazel’s?”

“No one’s ever tracked them properly, but there are at least dozens”

Wolf laughs, sounding more like himself “No one’s tracked the” He flicks Malachi’s hair off his shoulder “Might be a fun challenge in a couple hundred years when the baby bats are grown and have flown the nest”

I blink “Did you just call the…” I’m not quite able to call it a baby yet It’s not a baby It’s a cluster of cells “Did you just call it a baby bat?”

“It’s as good a na”

A reluctant ses of my lips “You can’t even turn into a bat”