"You should make Heaven come into the technological age," Lucifer suggested, bringing a chuckle from everyone at the table. Most of the older angels were no better than older humans with technology. We'd embraced it together, my husbands and I, and learned as much as we could about it. It helped that Luc and I had an Earth cycle during the time the majority of society became technologically adept.
Joel appeared without warning with an excited look on his face. "I found something," he said. "I was looking at the original book about the Fall.
"What made you check that?" Luc asked. "Doesn't seem relevant."
"But it is. The prophecy about you two, it's worded very specifically."
"What do you mean?" I set down my fork and stared at him. "I know the prophecy well."
It said that if Luc died, I died.
"Do you?" he asked. "Do you know the specific words spoken?"
I opened my mouth to say yes, but then I considered it. I hadn't been present when the prophecy was spoken. Only when God cursed us. "No, actually."
"It specifically says you shall be bound together through eternity, living and dying together." He raised his eyebrows and held out his hands. "Together."
"Yes," I said blankly. "We knew that. What of it?"
Joel threw his hands up in exasperation. "You've always died after Luc, right?"
I nodded. Never, in our many Earth cycles, had I ever died first.
"I think that's a coincidence. I think you can kill yourself. It's known in Heaven that Luc has to die first. That's how the prophecy was handed down, but nobody read the original. It just says “together."
Which meant if Raphael believed it had to be Luc, he hadn't cursed me. My jaw dropped. "We can kill me."
Michael, Lucifer, and Gabriel's gazes all moved to me. "No," Gabe said. "What if it doesn't work?"
Oh, geez. Their overprotective natures, of course. Nevermind that I was more powerful than two of them. "So? It didn't work on Luc, and he's fine."
Lucifer shrugged. "True."
Joel cleared his throat. "I gotta run. The trial for Uriel is starting, and Heaven is in an uproar. Good luck."
He disappeared, leaving us staring at each other in amazement.
"I have to die."
17
"Okay, all I have to do is release my magic," I said. "And Luc and I will return immediately to Abaddon."
"Now hang on," Michael said. "Do we have all our loose ends tied up?"
"Oh, wait." I'd forgotten to tell them about Mary. I explained what I'd worked out with the Voodoo Priestess. Luc had heard us discussing it and already knew. Michael and Gabriel were happy with the idea.
"So, make sure the authorities find our bodies. I'm sure it'll be an aneurysm or something that gets me when I release my magic." They nodded.
"We'll stay here until it's sorted, then return to Heaven," Michael said.
"You need to go to Luc's lawyer's office as Adam and leave your property to Mary as well," I said. "And whatever you guys did with the body, put it back in the house."
"What else?" Lucifer asked.
"This needs to be timed right, but once we're there, we will be overwhelmed with things to do," I said. "If there's any way we can find Ariel first, that would be ideal."
They agreed but stared at me at a loss. "What avenues haven't we explored, besides continuing to search the library?" Michael asked.
