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you. I find it necessary to remind you what happens to angels who succumb to temptation. I can assume that since you are still here, that it hasn’t happened…yet.”
    Amir’s eyes widened with understanding. “You’re concerned about the amount of time I’m spending with Shayla.”
    “ Don’t you think I have a right to be? After all the angels you and I have watched falling from grace, why would you even put yourself in that position?”
    “ What position is that? As you said, if I’d already fallen you would know it by now.”
    “ You know exactly what position I’m speaking of,” she argued. “You’re getting too close, and that can mean nothing but trouble. You’ve healed her, Amir. She no longer needs you. It’s time to end this thing now before you do something you’ll regret for eternity!”
    Amir left his place on the couch and stood to face Sarah. “You know how lonely things can get between assignments, Sarah,” he said. “She’s just my friend. We’re allowed to have friends.”
    Sarah sighed, a loud puff of air a testament to her annoyance with him. “I’m just looking out for you, Amir. She’s beautiful and engaging, and the perfect trap for an angel to fall into. Is one moment of passion with her worth it to you? Is it worth an eternity as one of the Fallen?”
    Amir did not answer. Instead, he turned his back on Sarah, who was already heading for the door. When he heard the door close behind him, he finally exhaled; he hadn’t realized he’d been holding his breath.
    As much as he wanted to be angry with Sarah for intruding in his affairs, he couldn’t deny that she had a point. Countless angels had fallen from grace because of their desires for human men or women. In the grand scheme of things, no woman was worth spending an eternity in hell serving the Evil One. It was not worth his soul, yet no matter how many times he told himself this, he could not stop thinking of what it would be like to kiss her. And that only led to him thinking of what it would be like to touch her. And on it went until he was undressing her in his mind, tasting her flesh with his tongue, laying her down and consuming her completely.

Chapter 8: Can’t Buy Me Love
     
    “ So, how was your cruise?”
    Shayla didn’t really care to know, but someone had to fill the awkward silence that had dominated the room after Amir was gone. She missed him already, and was angry with her parents for choosing tonight to walk back into her life.
    “ Oh it was just delightful!” cried Sharice, slipping out of her fur and tossing it on the nearby coat rack. She joined Shayla on the couch and patted her daughter’s hand affectionately as if it hadn’t been two years since they’d seen each other. “You simply must make the trip when you’re better, Shayla,” Sharice babbled on. “The northern lights were so beautiful and the food…oh, it was to die for!”
    Ronald, who had been hanging back silently, finally joined them in the living room. He sat on the other side of couch, sandwiching Shayla effectively between them. He smiled at her tentatively. “How do you feel, baby?”
    Shayla rolled her eyes. “Like I was hit by a truck.”
    “ Yes, well we’re so glad you’re on the mend,” Sharice said, reaching out to push stray tendrils of hair from Shayla’s forehead. She jerked away as if she’d been burned before reaching for her walker. After she’d pulled herself up on unsteady feet, she turned on them, finally losing control of her turbulent emotions.
    “ Why are you here?” she asked, her voice shaking with barely contained rage.
    “ We just wanted to see for ourselves that you were all right,” Ronald replied. “When we got home from the cruise and got the messages from the hospital we were worried sick.”
    “ No, why are you here ? Not one word from you in two years. Not one phone call, not one card on my birthday, not even an email. Nothing! And you show up now ?”
    Sharice stood, reaching