A Merciless Year One by Eva Brandt

Author:Eva Brandt [Brandt, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Fear and Forgiveness

After the way we’d left Sodom, I’d feared the demons had lied to us about my lovers being safe. I needn’t have worried. Sariel, Azazel, and Yeqon were at Watcher Academy when we returned.

They were also furious with Raphael and Sandalphon for involving me in their investigation. “What were you thinking?” Sariel hissed, looking like he was seconds away from tearing Raphael’s throat out with his teeth. “How could you have involved her in a conflict with Lucifer?”

“I was prioritizing. We had a problem she could help us with. It’s not that complicated.

“There was no need to expose her to danger like that,” Azazel growled. “One of these days, you’ll push us too far, and you might just find yourself with an entirely different problem on your hands.”

The threat didn’t seem to faze Raphael, but maybe he did take it seriously, because he left us alone after that. Sandalphon tried to prod them for more information on what they’d found in The Infernal Realm, but when he saw they were uncooperative, he decided to give them space too.

The archangels’ decision alarmed me, since, as a rule, they didn’t back down when faced with the Watchers’ anger. But it was for the best. My lovers dragged me off, away from the main academy structures and into the wilderness. Or whatever passed for ‘wilderness’ in The Celestial Realm.

We ended up on a beautiful, clear beach. A crystalline ocean stretched out as far as the eye could see, its waters almost eerily calm.

After what had happened to me, I wasn’t very thrilled with the idea of facing any kind of large body of water. But for some reason, this particular one didn’t scare me. “What is this place?” I asked them.

“Here in The Celestial Realm, we can use our divine powers to recreate real places, from our memories,” Sariel explained. “This is the Dead Sea, which is very close to Sodom.”

Oh. That was an interesting choice. Why would they bring me here of all places?

“Are you all right?” I asked them. “How bad was it down there?”

Sariel laughed bitterly. “There’s no easy answer to that question. The Infernal Realm… It was, for a long time, our home, although granted, not the only one. But that’s changed now, and Raphael’s little experiments don’t help.”

“Yes, Mikael did say that you might have had problems because of that.”

“So you met Mikael too.” Azazel grimaced. “Wonderful. I was afraid of that.”

“I doubt it will matter. They have other priorities right now.”

“Such as hunting down Cain, yes,” Yeqon said. “But that doesn’t make me any happier about this. Lucifer always keeps grudges and now that he has a family to protect… Well, suffice to say he’s ten times more dangerous than he was before. I fear Raphael, Metatron, and the others are underestimating him.”

That was unpleasant to hear, but at the same time, it encouraged me a little. “So, just to clarify, you’re not on his side, are you?”

Their loyalties had always seemed unclear and divided to me, which was part of the reason why I’d been so reluctant to trust them.

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