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from the Vessel. My aggravation was almost at its boiling point. It was time to go, even if it meant leaving without the souls. I wanted to forget ever meeting these creatures. Maybe I could recruit one of my own to find this human to harvest her another time. Better late than never, right?
    I slowly pulled my scythe out and crossed it in front, moving closer to the side windows in case the chance arose to make a quick getaway. Then, it occurred to me. No other humans had entered the room. What was going on? Annoyance was a mask I wore well, “Can you finish with me soon? I am on a schedule and must get back to my clan,” I said, patience wearing thin.
    “Of course, but you need to listen with a simple mind about what I’m about to explain. Otherwise, it will only confuse you further and I’m too tired to put up with that.” She propped herself up on the edge of the bed next to her child and waved a hand in the general direction of a chair across the room. I guess I’m expected to stay a while.
    Since she had used the proper pronunciation of daemon , out of respect, I agreed to give her five minutes. Coolly, I walked over to the bedside chair. Before I sat, she swiped a hand to her chest, and the chair turned to face her. I blinked and switched my gaze from the chair back to her. The sigh that slipped out was mixed with a confounded, “Really? Enough with the parlor tricks. I have had a really long night.” My eyes narrowed as something distracted me as I lifted my fingers to rub both temples. “After being around for hundreds of years, it astonishes me that a daemon can get a headache.” I finally dropped down on the chair in one motion. It issued a protesting creak. I fished around in the cloak for a cigarette. If any time was appropriate for a smoke, this was one of those times.
    Alexcia stirred in her bed, showing signs of improving. Time, however briefly, was on her side. Her mother leaned back to check on the child, unaware I was about to become the fly stuck in their web. Right about then, I regretted taking this job, but according to the woman, this child was directly connected to me somehow. A thought confirmed the instant frown. Great, another curse.
    “My name is Rae-Lynn. You are correct that… I was part of the House of Light. My husband, who seems to be missing, is a full daemon.”
    “You do not look like one of the Fallen,” I mentioned while patting down my cloak to keep it calm.
    “I was once an angel who was removed from the House of Light, not by choice. Although I didn’t fall from grace for using free will… it was much worse.” The accompanying sigh added pause as she pulled her shirt down mere inches from her throat. A faded scar in the shape of Light’s symbol rested permanently just below her shirt collar. At least she did not have to deal with the chain’s weight, but it still was an everlasting reminder of the House she served. She continued, “I fell in love with a powerful daemon. We are the classic story of angel and daemon falling into eternal love, pledging our devotion only to each other. You can imagine how well that went over in Heaven, putting the River in second place. I was cast out to live life as a human, with benefits.”
    As she spoke, I tried to sit still and save questions for later.
    “Precisely seven years ago, a miracle happened, I became pregnant. We were so excited because we had never heard of a birth from a union like ours. Everything we’d been told was wrong. That’s when we found out that special children with certain abilities are only born from unwanted unions every three hundred and thirty-three years. They are rare, but it does happen. Alexcia was born in the sixth month of the millennium year, on the sixth day, at six o’clock in the morning. Because of her birth rite, and the time when she was born, her powers are tenfold to that of a normal Unseen. Alexcia isn’t from only one race but of all three: angel, daemon, and human. It’s what