ended up sitting in a club full of noisy humans with
raucous music blaring in the background. Bodies gyrated on the dance floor.
Laughter rang out at the table beside them. Uri was pissed Michael had sent
them. He refused to be baby-sat by the devil and the angel of hope, which
reminded him of something.
“Ram, this is your fucking fault.” In a singsong voice, Uri
continued, “ Just being with her may help . Bullshit, it’s worse, man.”
“What do you want to hear? You knew this wouldn’t be
tolerated. Can’t you just be happy screwing her?”
Silence wrapped around them like a vacuum. The air became
thick and nothing moved. Ram had gone too far. Just as Uri was ready to strike
out, a white light danced in the corner of his eye.
Light demon. Shit.
They thrived on the discord of angels. One of Luke’s
stupidest creations and Uri wondered how many there were. Luke and Ram saw them
too. A bolt of searing white light pierced Uriel’s arm and jolted him into
action. Thank God it missed his back, which would have caused the inability to
open his wings. “Jesus Christ, can the night get worse?”
Wings unfurled in a flurry and the angels lifted into the
air. The demons had made a big mistake. They hadn’t counted on three of the
strongest angels and they surely hadn’t counted on one being so pissed off he
looked forward to killing something. There’d be no repentance tonight. They
flew off and Uri burst into the night sky in pursuit. Luke and Ram could catch
up. Spotting one, he followed it. There were five of them and their essence
trailed behind them leaving a clear path. He zeroed in and released a blue line
of fire, searing the demon immediately. His ass is toast .
“Look out.” Luke’s warning came too late for Uri to dodge a
bolt to the wing from one of the creatures who had doubled back behind him.
He’d been careless. With a useless wing, he tumbled through the air toward the
ground.
His body never hit.
“Shh,” Morta whispered as she caught him and streaked toward
his domain inside the earth.
Luke and Ram could handle the other demons alone. Serve Luke
right if he got nailed. Those little shits carried one hell of a blast and
could put an angel out of commission for a while.
“Couldn’t let me go, huh?” He smiled at Morta.
“Shut up,” she hissed. “I need the child and it’s not too
late to drop your sorry ass.”
Agony ate at Uri, but his laughter filled the night air. “I
would have been fine. Is that the only reason you helped me?” Uri peered at her
hard.
“Yes.” She deposited him in a nearby chair. Fine down-soft
feathers knitted together as he began to repair his wing.
“Mort, why are you so cold? Did what happened between us
mean nothing to you?”
She flinched and turned away from him in an effort to gain
control of her emotions. Morta refused to say what was in her heart even though
the thought of him in pain seared her chest with anguish. Let him believe the
boy was her major concern.
Candles flickered and cast beautiful prisms of color through
the cavern. Crystal walls danced with shadows. Her gaze fell to the bed in the
alcove and she grew warm with memories of the pleasure Uri had brought to her
body there.
She was the Fate responsible for ending life and though it
bored into her each and every day of her existence, it’s what she did. Morta worked
hand-in-hand with Death and soon he would come to her for the child. At least
she felt happy he wouldn’t be visiting Lucifer. The boy would go to Heaven. “You
understand my duty so why are you doing this? We can be nothing more than what
we are now.”
“And what are we? What do I mean to you other than a good
fuck?”
Morta’s throat constricted as she struggled with her
feelings. “Nothing,” she spat out. The word hung in the air.
“Then there’s nothing left for us to say.”
After white light dissipated from his leaving, Morta stared
at the bed. Her feet carried her to its side and she
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