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take her
home in a week or two or as soon as you start to
recover.”
    ***
    Ramiel put his arm around
Nathaniel’s shoulder. “Eloise is three weeks old now and there’s
been no sign of Devlin or Lucifer. Maybe you should stop worrying
so much.”
    Nathaniel glanced at the
clock and frowned. “It’s not Lucifer I’m worried about. I can smell
him a mile away. It’s Devlin I’m concerned about. There are too
many places where he could hide in this hospital. I’m just glad
Madeline is being released from the hospital today. I’ll relax more
when Eloise is safely in her own home.”
    “ Looks like
we don’t have to wait any longer,” said Ramiel, jerking his head
towards the door.
    When Nathaniel turned
around, he smiled. Eloise’s father was walking towards the bed with
a suitcase.
    “ That’s
great,” said Nathaniel.
    Matthew O’Connor kissed
his wife on the cheek, then picked up his baby daughter. “I can’t
wait to have you both home at long last, Maddie.”
    Madeline smiled. “Me too,
honey, and Doctor Green’s already signed our release, so we’re
ready to go.”
    “ Wonderful,”
he said, gazing at his daughter. “It looks like you’ve already
dressed Eloise, so let’s get going.”
    “ I have to
wrap a blanket around her first,” said Madeline, lifting Eloise
back into her arms.
    While Matthew packed
everything into the suitcase, a nurse walked in with a
wheelchair.
    “ Good
morning, Mrs O’Connor. I’m here to take you down to your
car.”
    Madeline scowled. “Oh, I
can walk.”
    The nurse smiled. “Sorry,
Mrs O’Connor, but it’s Hospital rules.”
    Rolling her eyes and
sighing, Madeline handed Eloise to Matthew, then sat in the
wheelchair. “Give her back to me now, honey. You have the bags to
carry.”
    When Eloise was safely in
Madeline’s arms, the nurse pushed the wheelchair out the door and
headed towards the lift. Nathaniel followed close by, but just
before he slipped into the lift, he peered up and down the corridor
to make sure Devlin wasn’t sneaking about.
    Once the doors had closed
and they were descending to the ground floor, Nathaniel gazed at
Eloise. She was awake and seemed to be staring right at him, and
for a split second, he could have sworn she smiled. Shaking his
head, he followed everyone out to the exit. It was too early to
make a full psychic connection with her yet. It was just wishful
thinking that she could actually see him.
    While waiting for Matthew
to bring the car around to the entrance, Nathaniel glanced
around.
    Ramiel smiled. “I don’t
think you have to worry about Devlin turning up here. He wouldn’t
risk it, not with the two of us protecting Eloise.”
    “ Maybe, but
like I said, I don’t trust him,” said Nathaniel, scanning the sky
and roof tops. “He could be anywhere at any time.”
    Once Eloise was strapped
into her baby capsule in the back seat, Nathaniel and Ramiel
climbed in and sat with her in-between them. As they rumbled out of
the car park, Nathaniel began to relax. At least Devlin wouldn’t be
able to get to her on the way home. Not unless he wanted the hassle
of fighting off two angels.
    “ You can fly
over to the O’Connor’s property if you’d like a break,” said
Ramiel. “I think you need one.”
    Nathaniel shook his head.
“Thanks anyway, but I’ll stay with Eloise. It’s too risky. And I
won’t be going on anymore joy flights at night either, not now. Not
after what Devlin threatened.”
    “ That’s a
shame,” said Ramiel. “I know how much you love your night flights
and you haven’t been anywhere for three weeks.”
    “ Ah, well,”
said Nathaniel. “I’d better get used to it because I won’t be
having anymore, not now. Like you, I have to do my duties and
Eloise is a special case.”
    “ I guess so,”
said Ramiel.
    Glancing out the window
at the busy morning traffic, Nathaniel sighed. He knew that as soon
as they reached the O’Connor’s house, he’d have to be on guard
every second if he