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it’s almost like we’re destined to fail. I’m beginning to wonder what the purpose of us coming here really is.”
    “So you don’t think you can save this world?”
    Mason bows his head. “I keep trying to have faith that we can. Maybe I’m just not seeing the bigger picture. I don’t know.”
    “Hey,” I say, placing my index finger underneath his chin to lift his gaze back up to mine, “don’t lose your faith. If God said you can stop it, you will. I don’t think He’s the type of person who lies.”
    Mason grins. “That’s exactly what you would say to me in a time like this.”
    “And do you always believe what I tell you?”
    “Always,” Mason nods.
    “Then don’t start doubting me now.”
    “There she is!” I hear a woman say excitedly.
    Out of a room to the left of the foyer Mason and I are standing in, a group of people quickly walks out to greet me. I feel overwhelmed with all the hugs from strangers, but not uncomfortable. These people are my friends. Of that, I have no doubt whatsoever. I simply don’t remember what their names are.
    “We were so very worried about you, mon cher ,” a woman with short, curly dark hair says to me. “Oh, forgive me, mon ami . I am JoJo. I forgot you don’t know who we are.”
    “And I’m Leah,” the youngest of the group tells me.
    One by one, they all tell me their names.
    “You probably already know my name,” Malcolm’s double says to me. “But, just to be clear, I’m the real Malcolm. Xavier is just an imposter.”
    I did remember Nina addressing the Malcolm I knew as Xavier.
    “He’s just the Malcolm of this reality,” Mason chastises. “He’s not an imposter, Malcolm.”
    “Either way you rationalize it,” Malcolm says, “I’m the one from the Origin. Thus, the only one who actually counts.”
    “The Origin?” I ask, not having heard that term used before now. “What’s that?”
    My question instantly silences the room. Everyone is looking at me oddly now, making me feel extremely self-conscious about my memory loss.
    “I told Jess that we would tell her everything she needs to know,” Mason says to the others, taking my hand again. It’s a small gesture that instantly calms me. “So, why don’t we all go into the library and explain things to her?”
    For over an hour, my friends tell me all about myself. It’s an odd sensation to know that other people know more about me than I do. When they get to the part that I’m a vessel for the Archangel Michael, I have to stop them.
    “Can he talk to me?” I ask.
    “Yeah,” Chandler tells me. “Michael hasn’t tried to make contact with you yet?”
    “Maybe,” I say, wondering if the feelings that have been trying to guide me actually belong to my Archangel.
    My friends tell me about fighting the princes of Hell in our reality.
    “I saw someone with you who looked exactly like Lucian,” I say. “Was that Lucifer?”
    Once again, I’ve brought complete silence to the room as everyone begins to look uncomfortable.
    “Did I say something wrong?” I ask, since no one seems to want to meet my eyes.
    “Sore subject,” Mason says to me, his expression dark after the mention of Lucifer.
    “Why?” I have to ask.
    “Because he’s a lying son of a bitch who can never be trusted,” Malcolm practically shouts.
    “Again,” I say, “why?”
    “He made us a promise,” Brand tells me calmly, “but it seems as though he doesn’t intend to keep it.”
    “We needed his help to get you out of Lucian’s place,” Mason says. “He was the only one of us who had ever been to it, and our phasing has restrictions. We can only phase to places we’ve been to before. He promised that he would phase us all there and come back to the castle afterwards. We did have another Watcher who could have taken us there, but we didn’t have time to find Ava. When the blood rain began, she took her daughter, Mia, somewhere without telling any of us where she was going.”
    “Well, why