The Daughter of Zion by Elicia Hyder

Author:Elicia Hyder [Hyder, Elicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elicia Hyder

Chapter Fifteen

“Oh. My. God. It’s true?”

I’d recognize that high-pitched voice anywhere. I dropped my feet off Cassiel’s bedside and sat up as Ionis came into the room. “Hey, you.”

Ionis tore his worried eyes from Cassiel and blinked a few times when he looked at me. Then his face softened, like he’d suddenly realized who was standing in front of him. “Oh, Warren.” He threw his arms around me, pinning mine against my sides.

I laughed. “I missed you too.” I wiggled one arm free and hugged the small messenger.

“We thought you were—”

“Dead?” I pulled back. “I’ve heard that a lot.”

For the first time I’d ever seen, Ionis’s hair was long and straight. With his pale skin and chiseled cheekbones, he was only lacking pointy ears to be an elf from The Lord of the Rings.

“You were in Nulterra the whole time?”

“The whole time. Which was only a couple of days for me and Fury. We figured out how the Morning Star sidestepped his fate in the Thousand Year Prophecy. Time all but stood still down there.”

“Is it true you destroyed Nulterra completely?”

I nodded.

“What happened to the fallen?”

“I assume they’re gone. None of them followed us out of that hole.”

An unmistakable flash of sadness crossed his eyes.

“You all right?” I asked.

“Yeah, but it’s big news. The angels…” He swallowed. Then he jerked his head upright. “But don’t think I’m sorry. I’m not—”

I put a hand on his shoulder. “Calm down. They got what they deserved, but that doesn’t mean you have to be happy about it. The angels have been together since the beginning of time. If their demise didn’t affect you, I’d worry you were a psychopath.”

“It’s a little hard to stomach.” His eyes shifted back to Cassiel. “We’re supposed to be immortal.”

“I know.”

“Do you think she’s dying?”

“I think her body is dying, at least. Not sure about her spirit.” I walked over and checked Cassiel’s forehead temperature again.

“But her body.” Ionis looked down at his own figure and whimpered. “I really like mine.”

“Yes, we all know you do.”

Fury and Anya walked in. Fury’s hair was damp from the shower. “Ionis?” she asked.

He spun around so fast his white hair whipped over his face. “Fury. Whoa…and Fury’s twin, I presume?” Ionis did a small bow in front of Anya. “No need to ask which one’s the evil twin.” He pointed at Fury.

Anya laughed and nudged Fury with her elbow. “I think my sister had some quick anger management down in that pit.”

Ionis looked up at me. “You have something to do with that?”

I grinned.

“Oh yeah?” He thrust his hips forward a few times.

I shoved him sideways. “Ionis!”

He laughed. “You should be proud. No telling how many lives you”—his eyes sank to below my belt—“might have saved.”

Fury crossed her arms. “I say we test out one of those bullets on Ionis.”

“Eek!” He hid behind my arm.

Something beeped overhead. We all looked up.

“Warren, it’s Kane. Can you meet me on the main floor of Echo-5?” Kane said over a loudspeaker I wasn’t aware existed.

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