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ancestry.
         “When I met
your father, we knew it was love at first sight. Eventually he confessed that
he was the descendant of an arch angel, which took me by surprise. We had been
taught nothing about otherworldly beings in school; all we knew were that
mythical beings were the subject of fictitious stories. But to know that the
man I loved was an actual angel just made me fall in love with him even more.”
She looked down at her lap and I could see her eyes begin to glisten.
         “When I
realized that I was an Espial during my Oculation procedure, I knew in an
instant that it was all meant to be. The following evening, after the
technicians had already made me take a vow of silence about what happened,
Rider showed up at my home.”
         I looked
over at Rider who was looking out of the window, nodding silently.
         “I knew I
had to keep guard over her,” he said. “And when she told me she was pregnant,
there was no way I would let her out of my protection.”
         “I
understand,” I replied. “But why am I not an Espial? Why am I an angel?”
         “We can
only assume that your great-grandfather Solomon’s genetic makeup was strong
enough to override any human genes within your mother’s ancestry.”
         “Aren’t
other angels easy to spot? How do they avoid the Oculation procedure?”
         “We believe
that the only other angel to have undergone an Oculation procedure was your
father, yet he faked his exams. No other angel has ever been found in
Terredome. Espials, on the other hand, have been found six times since the
Great World War, including your mother. Your mother is the only Espial to have
survived. The others were exterminated during Oculation.”
         “Why?”
         “Because
how on earth would Sato allow human beings with the ability to see angels and
demons simply walk around, divulging his greatest secret of all time?” replied
Divinica.
         “Easy,
Div,” said Rider, holding up his hand. “She’s still learning.”
         Divinica
crossed her arms and shook her head.
         “Every
summer solstice, angels at the age of 15 begin their transformation. Once
human-like in appearance, their wings begin the unsheathing process and their
auras emerge with elegant vibrancy. Sato created Oculation on each summer
solstice in an attempt to catch any young angels and espials and kill them.
This is why there continues to be so few of us.”
         “And you
did nothing to stop him killing those other five Espials?” I couldn’t
understand why other Espials didn’t survive.
         “We were
not in a position to do so, Sol. There are things we’ve been preparing over the
last few years, but we’ve been waiting for just the right moment. And that
moment came today.”
         “Alright,”
I conceded. “I think I’m beginning to make sense of things. But how does this
all involve Luke?” I asked, turning to face him.
         “I’m an
Espial,” he replied. “One of my ancestors was one, and I guess it skipped a few
generations.”
         “When did
you find out?”
         “When I
stepped through the stone archways, I landed in a laboratory where Rider was
waiting for me. He removed my lenses while explaining everything. We went to
find Angelica Chere who was an Espial as well. It turns out we were distant
cousins.”
         “Where is
she? And why are you referring to her in the past tense?”
         Luke looked
away, wringing his hands together. He then turned back to me.
         “She didn’t
make it.”
         “What?!” I
exclaimed.
         “After we
found her, we headed down the hall to get you. A security guard intercepted us
and we got into a fight. He had a strange gun I’d never seen before and aimed
it toward me. Angelica lunged forward to knock me out of the way. He fired and
it killed her.”
         “Oh no!” I
cried.
         “We checked
on her, but it was