“Try me.”
“You’re still his obedient little minion. Nothing more. You and I both know that if he wills me to live, you’re powerless over it.” I shrug. “Unless you’ve decided to fall after all.”
“After all?” Her eyes narrow in what appears to be confusion.
“Zeke told me about your plans. Pretty shitty of you to lead him to believe you’d ever actually think for yourself.”
“What are you talking about?”
“We’re playing that game now? Trying to act as though you aren’t the reason Zeke’s stuck here?”
She shakes her head, looking thrown off balance more than anything. “You have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Don’t I? I know that you act all high and mighty, judging me for falling victim to the king of deceit, but you won’t even admit that you yourself caused an angel to fall by tricking him into thinking you loved him.”
She jerks back, her reaction switching from stunned to pissed. “Is that what he told you? That I made him fall?” She laughs incredulously. “You really are daft, Victoria. No wonder you were duped by Satan so easily.”
“What the hell do you want?” I scream, causing a nearby flock of birds to shoot into the sky, scared off by my sudden outburst. Even Lee’s eyes widen.
“I came to warn you.”
I huff. “Why should I believe that you’d ever offer any word of warning to me? Am I not the scum on the bottom of your shoe? Or whatever it was you said about me back in the graveyard.”
“I might’ve been unfair.”
“Unfair?” I screech. “You have no idea what I’ve been through. You can’t even fathom the kind of game that was played on me.” I let the anger fester, unwilling to go easy on her. Not after she turned her back on me. “I didn’t stand a chance.” I choke on the words, desperately needing air.
Leeanna used to be one of my closest confidantes, but now, the sight of her makes me sick. She turned her back on me the first opportunity she had, never once asking why or trying to understand my point of view. She’s the worst kind of backstabber.
“I get it. I was struggling with my own emotions being back on Earth. I was harsh. Too harsh.” She blows out a breath. “I’m not asking you to forgive me, but I came with an olive branch.”
“Why should I believe you?”
“You probably shouldn’t.” Leeanna’s head falls, resigned. “But I came nonetheless, with a warning and a potential solution.”
“Go on.” It’s all I can muster. I don’t trust her, but I won’t squander the opportunity for information if for some reason she is actually here to deliver relevant information.
“There’s a coup going down in the underground, and it’ll take all of God’s legions to stop it from coming to fruition. The humans that Zeke has aligned himself with are not mere humans.”
My ears perk up at this news. What can that possibly mean?
“They’re Nephilim.”
I gasp. “Nephilim? They’re real?”
She nods. “Yes, and we need them to come into their full power. It’s imperative to this battle being won by Heaven.”
“But they’re forbidden celestial beings. God himself is said to have snuffed them out of existence when he learned of their existence. How is this possible?”
Leeanna’s head swivels as though she’s searching the area for eavesdroppers. “That’s what angels are told to prevent us from acting on the human instincts that assault us when we come to Earth. Kind of like the whole Bible thing. It’s more of a tale to keep us in line as opposed to absolute truth.”
“So he doesn’t exterminate Nephilim? What about the angels that created them? Are they roaming Earth too?”
Her hands shoot up to stop my assault of questions. “I don’t know everything. You know Heaven’s rules. We only know what we need to know where Earth is concerned.”
I roll my eyes. Such antiquated ideals. If we’re to protect humans and Heaven, isn’t it vital to have all of the information? Is it smart to allow one entity to hold so much power? Not once has a single angel questioned God’s motives behind these blatant censorships.
Lucifer did.
