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she walked past him to me and put a hand to my chest. Something fluttered inside and for a second Sam appeared to glow a bright blue white. It was the color of the symbols I'd seen her use in the cemetery.
    "I'm here to help Mike find his daughter and make sure the Planars responsible for this are punished. Your appearance here, the coming of the Grimoire inside of you, is a sign from the Mother that you're meant to help us."
    "You…you think someone from one of the planes killed Teresa and took Brendi?"
    "I don't think. I know . My partner can smell them. That's how I was able to find you in the cemetery. Through your smell."
    "Your partner?" I glanced at Mike.
    "Grey. You met her in the graveyard."
    The wolf?
    I looked at Mike, hoping he could help me understand this. But he was still looking out the window.
    The door behind her moved just a bit and the wolf I'd seen earlier, the one that'd guarded me while Sam banished the Angel, sidled in and sat beside Sam's feet. She was even more magnificent in the daylight.
    Sam rested her hand on the wolf's neck. "To her, they have a smell. And that is an odor that does not belong in this plane, Mr. McConnell. And as a Sentinel, it's been mine and my siblings' job since the Great Massacre, to kick their sorry asses back to their own plane."
    I shook my head. "The Great Massacre?"
    "The Bulwark."
    I really needed to read up on that.

FAiRiES WILL EAT YOUR FACE

    Mike cooked while I explored. Sam took Grey out for a walk. I didn't realize I'd been asleep for so long. The last thing I remembered was being in the cemetery around two in the morning. Color me shocked when Mike offered to make hamburgers for lunch .
    I looked around while he told me his version of last night. He was nearby in his jeep waiting on a signal from Sam to let him know she'd found the Planar. He'd been shocked when he'd walked up and saw me there, beaten, and not moving.
    "So uh…." Mike began from where he stood at the stove. He'd already made five patties of meat. How many burgers was he gonna eat? "You had a real Cherubim on your ass?"
    I was at the sliding door, looking at the small but immaculate deck. The wood looked newly stained and the black iron banister shined under the southern sun. The rest of the yard, though small, reminded me of an English garden. Enclosed by a seven-foot fence draped in variegated ivy, a pond and fountain decorated the back half of the yard, with a semi-circle pattern mirrored on either side, filled in with different plants. I was pretty sure the whole back yard bloomed in an array of colors in the spring. "Yeah. I did." I stopped myself from telling him why Gabriel felt the need to knock me around.
    I wanted to tell him. I wanted to tell the world how I'd been bullied away from everyone who knew me by a dick-head Ethereal. But that'd been part of the deal.
    I leave.
    They survive.
    And I tell…no one.
    My biggest regret in making the deal was the memory of one woman's expression forever burned into my mind when I told her…
    When I told her I hated her.
    It'd been a cruel thing to do. But it was the only way to push her away. To keep her and everyone else…safe.
    "Dags?"
    I blinked and looked over at him. The townhouse was nice. The living room and dining area were wide open, and a marble counter top separated the kitchen and pantry. Two sets of stairs lead to the second floor—one near the front door, the other beside the pantry door. The bedroom I'd slept in was on the second floor. Mike's was on the third. "Sorry. I think I'm still a little tired."
    "It's okay. You've got a lot to process." He flipped the last three burgers onto the pile he'd made on a platter and turned off the stove. When he turned to look at me, I noticed he'd aged more than two years. More than he should have. What he'd gone through had really taken it out of him. "I'm in Savannah because Sam says the way to my daughter is here. Why are you here and not in Atlanta?"
    "Ah…." I shrugged and shoved my