Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore

Author:Shannon Dittemore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-05-28T22:00:00+00:00

19

Damien

Damien storms from the room. He transfers to the Celestial and erupts in a mass of anger.

He should have the boy by now.

There is little time to waste.

The release of flight is exhilarating, but he allows himself only moments of revelry. A Shield is nearby, and he can’t afford to be detected. He scans the motel below. Three of his men sleep off a late night. He’d wake them, but until he has an assignment for them, their idiocy is best masked by nightmares.

Damien turns toward Stratus and pulls up just outside its border. Canaan and the boy left days ago. Damien waited, refusing to be baited into a one-on-one confrontation. He assumed they’d return. But it’s been longer than he expected.

He scans the sky, the ground. Stratus has no reigning force of darkness to consult, and no power of light has been instated either. Very little territory has been taken on either side. Unless Damien succeeds, Canaan and the boy will likely change that.

Without an ally here, Damien is hesitant to enter. In Canaan’s absence that little speck of an angel has been patrolling the border, and while she’s small, she’s fast. His sensitivity to the light makes him a weaker fighter—a tentative fighter. And after the debacle in Dothan, after his easy detection the other night, the idea of facing a Shield alone does not appeal to him.

But tomorrow night, when the buyers arrive, they’ll be flanked by their demonic escorts, Javan and Maka, the Twins. Fallen angels who’ve extended their influence through the corruption of their charges.

And while the trade is something he’s focused on for decades, tomorrow it has an added benefit. It will serve as a way to gather his kin. And surrounded by his brothers, he won’t hesitate to engage a Shield. Even one as prominent as Canaan.

Once they see!

Just a glimpse of the boy’s healing ability, and his brothers will agree that Canaan’s charge must be corrupted. They could kill him, sure, but what good would that do? His physical death would serve darkness little. But if they can twist that healing gift of his—pervert it and use it for evil—they’ll have something exceptional, uncommon.

Evil.

Damien tumbles in midair—savoring the rush of the fall— and presses a little deeper into Stratus. He flies above the empty highway, following it into town. His eyes squint and blink as he tries to process all he sees.

And there.

What is that?

A strange light. Familiar but foreign. Even for the Celestial it’s bright. It’s the exact shade of gold inlaid in the Creator’s throne. His curiosity grows, getting the better of him, and he flies lower. Closer.

And then he laughs. Howling into the expansive Celestial sky.

There below him lies the girl. Brielle. Unattended. Like a juicy apple hanging on the tree. Amidst a collection of crumbling tombstones she lies, her wrist a blur of gold. He twists his head, angry like a bird of prey.

Where has he seen that ornament before?

As if in answer, Brielle removes the strange light from her wrist, and as he watches it transform, confusion rattles him.

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