It’s probably why He allowed them to cross paths with Nova again. It was time for them to return to their place, too.
A smile touched my lips as I stepped into the small shrine housing the scrying glass. Two angels standing guard bowed and stepped aside.
“What is it you’re wishing to see?” another angel asked.
I hesitated.
Strange, how I already missed them—those Reapers I never really got the chance to know. And yet I knew so much about them at the same time.
I leaned over the pot of water.
My reflection shimmered on the gilded surface before it rippled and turned dark.
In the shadows, a single wink of light. Something was born.
No.
Returned.
As the silhouette took shape, I spoke without turning.
“A very, very long time ago, a skeletal being came to be. It was a savior for mankind. A cloud of darkness fighting something much darker. Death was his existence—so it became his name… again.
It’s as if the worlds have spoken up and said, ‘I suppose humans still need you after all.’”
Another form dropped into the darkness beside him.
I smiled gently.
“Only this time…”
“He’s not alone.”
Chapter Forty-Nine
Sebastian
One second, my siblings and I were screaming Kitty’s name. Then, we were falling into Grim’s woods. Branches whipped past my face, cutting into my skin. The air slammed out of my lungs when I hit the ground.
Fuck.
I was alive.
Solid.
It hurt too fucking bad to be otherwise.
My head spun, replaying the last few minutes on loop. The Devil—he, he…
“Sebastian,” Isabella groaned.
I pushed to my feet with what little strength I had and staggered toward her. Her hair was tangled with fluffy, coloredleaves, scratches marring her cheeks—but she was already healing.
And that’s when it hit me—
Oh, fuck.
My chest ached as if someone had cracked it wide open. I had beenhelpless. The Devil had knocked her out, and I couldn’t stop him.
