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of that car and to a healer ASAP.” He didn’t say so, but they were both thinking that Cross’s injuries could very well be fatal.
If it was a last resort, they could use Bren’s serum on Cross to bring him back from the dead, but he really really really did not want Cross to die.
“I’ll find them. You two get the others to safety.” They both jumped as a new voice added to the conversation. Michel’s stormy expression gave Dex a first insight into the fact that he was one of Michael’s angels. He was a warrior first before anything else.
“You can’t go by yourself,” Bren protested. “There are three, if not more of them. We’re outnumbered and outgunned and outmatched with the injuries we have. We need to get out of here.
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Once we’re well, we’ll hunt them all down to the ends of the Earth, but for now, we need to go.”
Michel let lose an earsplitting battle cry and raised the fine hairs on Dex’s arms. “I will have my vengeance!” Dex understood where he was coming from. The hunters had tried to kill not only them but their loved ones as well. Michel was perhaps the most gentle out of the bunch, and his love ran as deep if not deeper than most. The most logical action would be to kill anything that had tried to harm those he loved.
“Vengeance is God’s department, Michel,” Bren said quietly.
“We’re guardians. Our duty is to our charge. Remember that.”
Michel shook. “I’m just so angry…” The rage was thick in his voice. It sounded much more guttural than usual.
“I know, baby. I know.” Bren put his sword out and drew Michel into his arms, rocking him slightly as he did so. Michel shuddered and clung to the back of Bren’s shirt. Dex stepped into the hug, enveloping them both. They stayed that way for a few seconds, taking comfort in one another.
“You’re right. Let’s get our men home,” Michel said finally. Dex nodded. Sanctuary had never looked so good.
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Chapter Eight
Madigan shook because he couldn’t do anything else. Yuri was murmuring quietly, trying to keep him calm, he guessed. Cross hadn’t spoken in several minutes, and the sounds of struggle outside had ceased around the same time he lost consciousness. Madigan couldn’t think of Cross being anything else but asleep. It would drive him crazy. He hated being trapped inside this cocoon while his lovers, hell, husbands, were out there fighting, probably injured, and possibly dying. So he cried quietly and let Yuri tell him how everything was going to be all right and that they were all going to lie in bed later and laugh about how scared they’d been.
“I want to leave town when we get out of here. I want to go somewhere far away with everyone.” Madigan murmured the words and shivered. “Isn’t there anywhere safe?” When this day had started off, he’d sworn that he wouldn’t let fear control his actions, that surely it wasn’t as dangerous as his men led him to believe. He’d never doubt them again.
When Yuri spoke, he sounded very tired. “We’ll go wherever you want to go Madigan. We can even travel to a town of sanctuary.
Pacifist angels have made safe zones all over the world where the hunters can’t come. They’re remote, pretty rural, and hard to find, but I’m sure between the five of us we can find them.”
“Can my mom come visit?” he asked. He needed to talk about something happy, anything to take his mind off of this moment. Yuri and Cross were terribly hurt. Madigan was a baker. He had never been around violence or anything remotely this terrifying. He longed for the days when he’d only worried about his mother’s blind dates.
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“Of course. We’ll even behave.” The joke fell flat. Madigan wanted to go home.
Yuri groaned as the driver side door was opened. Madigan felt a surge of panic go through him. What if it was the hunters here to finish him off? He couldn’t help the whimper that escaped him at the
If it was a last resort, they could use Bren’s serum on Cross to bring him back from the dead, but he really really really did not want Cross to die.
“I’ll find them. You two get the others to safety.” They both jumped as a new voice added to the conversation. Michel’s stormy expression gave Dex a first insight into the fact that he was one of Michael’s angels. He was a warrior first before anything else.
“You can’t go by yourself,” Bren protested. “There are three, if not more of them. We’re outnumbered and outgunned and outmatched with the injuries we have. We need to get out of here.
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Once we’re well, we’ll hunt them all down to the ends of the Earth, but for now, we need to go.”
Michel let lose an earsplitting battle cry and raised the fine hairs on Dex’s arms. “I will have my vengeance!” Dex understood where he was coming from. The hunters had tried to kill not only them but their loved ones as well. Michel was perhaps the most gentle out of the bunch, and his love ran as deep if not deeper than most. The most logical action would be to kill anything that had tried to harm those he loved.
“Vengeance is God’s department, Michel,” Bren said quietly.
“We’re guardians. Our duty is to our charge. Remember that.”
Michel shook. “I’m just so angry…” The rage was thick in his voice. It sounded much more guttural than usual.
“I know, baby. I know.” Bren put his sword out and drew Michel into his arms, rocking him slightly as he did so. Michel shuddered and clung to the back of Bren’s shirt. Dex stepped into the hug, enveloping them both. They stayed that way for a few seconds, taking comfort in one another.
“You’re right. Let’s get our men home,” Michel said finally. Dex nodded. Sanctuary had never looked so good.
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Chapter Eight
Madigan shook because he couldn’t do anything else. Yuri was murmuring quietly, trying to keep him calm, he guessed. Cross hadn’t spoken in several minutes, and the sounds of struggle outside had ceased around the same time he lost consciousness. Madigan couldn’t think of Cross being anything else but asleep. It would drive him crazy. He hated being trapped inside this cocoon while his lovers, hell, husbands, were out there fighting, probably injured, and possibly dying. So he cried quietly and let Yuri tell him how everything was going to be all right and that they were all going to lie in bed later and laugh about how scared they’d been.
“I want to leave town when we get out of here. I want to go somewhere far away with everyone.” Madigan murmured the words and shivered. “Isn’t there anywhere safe?” When this day had started off, he’d sworn that he wouldn’t let fear control his actions, that surely it wasn’t as dangerous as his men led him to believe. He’d never doubt them again.
When Yuri spoke, he sounded very tired. “We’ll go wherever you want to go Madigan. We can even travel to a town of sanctuary.
Pacifist angels have made safe zones all over the world where the hunters can’t come. They’re remote, pretty rural, and hard to find, but I’m sure between the five of us we can find them.”
“Can my mom come visit?” he asked. He needed to talk about something happy, anything to take his mind off of this moment. Yuri and Cross were terribly hurt. Madigan was a baker. He had never been around violence or anything remotely this terrifying. He longed for the days when he’d only worried about his mother’s blind dates.
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“Of course. We’ll even behave.” The joke fell flat. Madigan wanted to go home.
Yuri groaned as the driver side door was opened. Madigan felt a surge of panic go through him. What if it was the hunters here to finish him off? He couldn’t help the whimper that escaped him at the
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