The effects of the mask wore off an hour later. There was no warning, no clue. One minute I felt strong and healthy, and could hear the rhythm of the fire magic. The next I was coughing. It was a jolt to my system, and it sucked. It was as though the years in between my diagnosis and that moment...
I was in and out of consciousness for the next few hours. I woke up once to the feel of warm water on my skin, a soft hand cleaning my wounds. It wasn't the first time Dannie and I had been naked together, but it was way more intimate than the last. I woke up again as she carried me from the show...
A heavyset man peeked in around the corner, his face red, his forehead sweaty, his nose running. "Captain Williams?" the man said. "Do you have anyone else being held down here?" Mitchell asked. The man smiled and pulled himself the rest of the way in. He was bigger than his face had suggested, ...
The inside of the tower filled with sudden light. There wasn't much to see. A stone dais extended forward past the archway and ended in a large, dark hole. On either side of the platform were plain iron slats that twisted around the shell of the tower, rising up into the high reaches of the struc...
Ending Raguel was its own bitter pill. The Archangel had been a loyal servant of God for eons, and his fall had happened so fast and been so complete. In my mind, I had still killed an angel, not a demon. In my mind, his end was more directly my fault than any other. He had turned because I had f...