doesn’t just have to be Remiel. I imagine a lot of you assholes have a problem with me. Go ahead and take a shot.”
Several angels started to attack but Gabriel appeared and stopped them.
“Shadow is our guest. He is helping us track down and kill nephilim.”
Remiel hopped back on his feet and bowed.
“Archangel Gabriel, he started it.”
“You started it, you idiot, and the next time you try to command my armies I will put you down instead of just kicking your ass.”
Gabriel looked like he wanted to say something but Sarah grabbed Shadow by the arm and walked him away from the angel’s camp.
“I’m not interested in a lecture. I seriously can’t take this anymore. Angels are the absolute worst fucking creatures in existence. I can see where the Dragon got his pride issues from. All of you think you’re better than everyone else. Leech and Lilith are on their way here and I’m taking off with them. We don’t need the Archangels anymore. I’ll kill Abaddon myself. I don’t want to see you, Gabriel, or your loyal dog, Remiel, again. The reason the nephilim are an abomination is that angels and demons should never mix.”
Sarah said nothing but allowed a tear to roll down from each eye. She quickly wiped them away. Initially, Shadow was too angry to care. He looked at her with indifference until his breathing evened out. Finally, it occurred to him that maybe he had gone overboard. Sarah didn’t treat him like the other angels did.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to lose control like that. I’ve taken in too many powers and they’re starting to blend together and I’m just…”
Sarah leaned in, put her arms around Shadow’s neck and pulled him down until their lips met. When Shadow got over the shock, he started to enjoy himself until she pushed him away and punched him hard across the face.
“What the hell was that for? I said I was sorry.”
“When I first met you, I thought you were cute. You were different. You didn’t treat Leech and Lilith like minions. They were your friends and I wanted to be a part of that, too. I don’t know why, but I’m really attracted to your powers and the things you say and just… you in general. The problem with all of this is that I don’t want to like you anymore. You keep blaming me for things that the other angels do. I don’t get on your case and yell at you about demons or nephilim… so stop blaming me for the angels.”
Shadow held up his hands in surrender.
“Alright. I said I was sorry.”
Sarah looked at the ground.
“I don’t want you to go away.”
“Well I’m not working with the angels anymore. This whole experience has been a clusterfuck of a nightmare.”
Sarah didn’t look up and Shadow knew she was crying again. He realized that there actually was an angel that he could put up with.
“You can come with me, though. I trust you.”
Sarah looked up and smiled.
“That’s what I was hoping you’d say.”
CHAPTER 9
“So what’s the plan?”
Murmur shook his head.
“That’s not how this is going to work. Your mission means your plan. I don’t want you partially blaming me for any losses we take.”
“No problem, boss. I was planning on listening to whatever you said and then suggesting a better plan anyways.”
“Fine then. Let’s hear what you’ve got.”
“Currently, your army has five snipers. I use that term very loosely. One of them still sometimes points his gun the wrong way and looks down the barrel to clean it. It’s enough for what I have in mind though. I’m going to position them in the following spots.”
Aim pointed at five different spots around the cliff that led down to the demons guarding White Death.
“We start shooting. They’ll start looking up and taking shots around the cliff edges. You teleport in and start butchering them while they’re looking up.”
“You want me to go down in there and take out 500 demons? On my own? This is about your death debt, isn’t
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