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she
receives her divinity.”
    Vulcan and the other Archangels shifted in
during his briefing. A little of the weight I was carrying lifted
from me, but there was still a mountain left. I turned and looked
at Nanini. She was still angry but I could see the news did her
good as well. Her sandwich was finished so I decided to make her
another one. I walked to the fridge and retrieved the ingredients.
Something special, she might like.
    “Yes, she was a handful. So, have you told
them about the next stage of the plan?” Uriel sat down and grabbed
a cookie from the jar.
    “No, I am waiting for the others,” Michael
replied, getting a cookie for himself.
    I grabbed the bread and started to spread the
butter when Lotan and Lada walked in. “I am so relieved. They had
us worried to death,” she complained and grabbed a cup to get some
coffee. As I sliced the ham, I noticed that Nanini hadn’t moved
away from me. With more fallen entering the kitchen, she was moving
closer to me. The smile I was hiding all this time couldn’t remain
hidden. The others explained in detail what happened to Kasadya and
Chax, and by the time I was done with the sandwich, Nanini was
standing right next to me. I turned to her and handed her the
sandwich. Moving from one foot to the other, she accepted it,
taking a bite. Closing her eyes, she savored it again. How
utterly beautiful she looked when she did that. I never noticed it
before, but now, it’s just beautiful.
    Someone cleared their throat and I lifted my
head to look at them, finding that we had become the center of
attention. “So, what is next? With Kali out there working with the
demon who is now armed with relics to take down the wall, we need a
plan to take action and stop them,” I fired at them before anyone
could tell Nanini what they had just witnessed. She would be back
to her explosive self, and I didn’t want that at the moment. Just
having her next to me took even more weight off me.
    “We will search the globe and find them,”
Raphael announced.
    “That’s your plan?” Lotan asked, shaking his
head.
    “Do you have a better one?” Raphael fired
back. An argument erupted between them and with each word, Nanini
would move even closer. She was now completely pressed against me. Could it be that she doesn’t take aggressive arguments like
these well? It was as if she was seeking protection without even
knowing it. I stood my ground, although I wanted to wrap her in
my arms and reassure her of safety. Seeing her like this brought
out a new side of me. A very pissed off side.
    “Enough,” I ended it.
    All eyes turned to me. “Lotan, we have no
other option; we have to find them. And they don’t have tracking
devices strapped to their backs. We can’t rely on this team alone,
though. Michael, we are going to need everyone. We’ll need our
human force, each and every fallen, and the angelic host. With
Kasadya’s latest incident, that might not be so easy,” I ended,
looking straight at the Archangel. I had been through enough to
stand my ground and take charge when clearly it was needed. I also
didn’t like the way Nanini was reacting to it.
    “Yes, that might be a problem,” Vulcan said,
his hand rubbing through his hair.
    “It won’t be when I am finished with them.”
Michael announced and drank the last of his coffee.
    “Agreed, you take north sides fallen and I
will take south.” Raphael jumped up.
    “I’ll do west,” Vulcan replied.
    “And I’ll take what is left,” Uriel said
after chewing her cookie.
    “Then let’s get to it. No matter what, we
will have our force.” Michael turned to the door and walked
out.
    “I’ll go and asked Amon and the humans at the
compound to assist. We have a lot of contacts all around the
world,” I called after them. I looked down at Nanini, still pressed
against me.
    “Would you like to come with me?” I asked and
watched as she jumped away from me.
    “Ah….. no, it’s fine, thanks. I’ll be here
helping