Avenging Angels (The Seraphim Chronicles Book 1) by Adams Nicholas

Author:Adams, Nicholas [Adams, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-14T07:00:00+00:00

FORTY-FOUR

Gideon searched through thousands of security feeds in his task of tracking Evangeline while Jack was sitting at the virtual replica of his office desk.

He had almost completed a diagnostic of Gideon’s final upgrade when the doorbell rang, echoing from the physical world, and jarring their virtual search efforts. Jack tapped a glowing button on his desktop console, which activated a display. The feed from the front door security camera popped up, revealing the person who had interrupted his thought process.

An Angel was standing at the door. Jack scratched the whiskers of his chin and furrowed his eyebrow. Gideon noticed Jack’s confused stare and used his hacking skills to activate the door camera to the unit across the hall. Jack turned around and saw the new display of his front door hovering among the hundreds of other images. With a quick swipe of his hand, he cloned the feed from his neighbors’ front door camera and zoomed onto the Angel. He could not think of a reason why there would be an Angel at his door this late at night, and dressed in a manner he could only describe as sporty business casual.

The striking image of an angel out of uniform caused Jack to think about the typical robes worn by every other Angel he had ever known. Female Angels wore a two-piece garment. One piece covering their body from their neck to their feet in one long flowing gown. The other piece was similar to a shawl, but longer and cuffed at the wrist. The males wore a similar shawl, but shorter in the front, and tapered in the back like tuxedo coat tails.

The Angel standing on his doorstep wore a shorter version of the regular shawl, but underneath had on skin-tight leggings that appeared to form straight into slippers on her feet. Her attire suggested she was on her way to a slumber party, not a house call to a stranger. Her face was cast in the same familiar, contented expression Angels wore anywhere else.

Jack had always thought all Angels looked alike, however, he did not work with or around Angels, so he was certain she was not someone he was acquainted with. This unexpected interruption was quite puzzling. Was this a random visit, a wrong address, or somehow linked to recent events?

“Can I help you?” he spoke into the intercom. Unlike Jack, the visitor had not impeded Gideon’s progress. He had maintained his search through the security feeds in the LTZ, although he had enlarged the display to monitor the front door camera feed.

“Mr. Evans?” she asked with a warm smile. “My name is Gabriella. I am a trauma counselor on the military base. I have been asked by Colonel Jacobs to visit Evangeline and see how she’s been doing since the accident. May I come in, please?”

Jack forced himself to take a deep breath. The disruption irritated him, but he believed that was no excuse to show disrespect to anyone. He tried to smooth the edges out of his voice.

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