Book of Enchantresses by Mary Ting

Author:Mary Ting [Ting, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Nephilim Unification

Keira

The guards by the door straightened their backs when I entered. Their eyes grew wider when Uriel, Jonah, and Samyaza passed.

I glanced down at myself and grimaced. Dirt and mud caked my clothing, and black ashes had attached to the grime. I looked like I’d rolled in volcano ashes. I pretty much had.

As I strolled between the other gaping Nephilim, I ignored them and headed to Ezekiel.

The door to his office was wide open.

“Ezekiel.” I spotted him sitting at his desk hunched over.

He peered up and scrubbed his face. “I thought you were taking …” He rose, blinked, and slightly parted his lips. His eyes popped wider when he saw the others, and then he frowned at me.

“Keira, you brought guests? You should have warned me.” He couldn’t stop staring at the three angels as he came toward us. “You must be Uriel.”

“Yes, I am,” Uriel replied with his high-authority voice. “This is Jonah and Samyaza.”

Ezekiel shook their hands. “I’m Ezekiel, head of this institute. We have many headquarters throughout the world, headed by Trinity Order, just in case you didn’t know. Please, let us go somewhere to talk privately.”

After Ezekiel closed the door, we took seats around a rectangular table large enough to accommodate all of us.

Ezekiel’s forehead creased once the shock faded. “How may I help you?”

Uriel turned to us, as if waiting for someone to speak. When no one answered, he started, “We went to Hell and fought Lucifer. One of yours is still there. I have no idea why we are here.”

I bit my tongue to keep from laughing. Going to Hell and fighting Lucifer—Ezekiel would not comprehend that.

Ezekiel furrowed his brow, smiled, and then furrowed it again, trying to understand what he’d just heard. Ezekiel opened his mouth to speak, closed it, and then opened it again.

“Did I hear you right? You went to Hell and fought Lucifer, and one of mine …” It didn’t take him long to figure out who. “Suri. Bleeding hell. Where is Suri?”

“We … there were shadow demons … and then a tunnel. We had to get the …” I searched for the book in Uriel’s hands. Gone. He must have hidden it somewhere. “We were getting out, but they took her.”

I didn’t make sense. The words would not flow. The guilt of leaving her behind rippled through me again and again. It hurt too much.

Ezekiel pounded his fist on the table. “Keira. This is your fault isn’t it? You lied to me. You were searching for your …?”

Oh, God. Not here. Not now. And especially with Uriel present.

My face grew hot. If Ezekiel blabbed about my parents, I would stop him, even if I had to be rude. I didn’t want Uriel to know how I had longed to find my real parents.

“You dragged everyone here with you. I don’t know how you convinced them or how you even found Uriel.” Ezekiel slumped into his seat, shaking his head.

“You do not know what you speak of. I will go back for Suri myself.

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