Free Divinity: Transcendence: Book Two (The Divinity Saga) by Susan Reid Page B

within close proximity out here right now. I couldn’t allow the reaction that he was trying to coax out of me to happen.
    I opened the driver side door to get out, when he spoke again. I don’t know why I bothered to linger and await anything else he had to say.
    “ You know Cam`ael, I think I may have been a bit too harsh in our last interaction. I accept your apology. I admit that I was overcome with emotion, and I may have said a few things that I really didn’t mean. After all, we are of the same side here, right? We will both dominate and control Earth, maybe even the entire universe afterwards. I have no problems sharing that goal with you. I even put you above my own children.” He said.
                                I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. He was truly insane, and he never ceased to amaze me.
    “ I don’t remember apologizing for anything, you crazy fuck.” I replied point-blankly.
    He rolled his aqua blue, goat-slit eyes with a snicker. “Give me a break.” He studied me silently for a second. “You know, I think you’re really starting to believe that you are a police officer. On the other hand, maybe perhaps you are really just lamenting no longer being Chief Angel of all Powers. It’s understandable. Sed tantum tam stulte pro omnibus caritas.” He then said clucking his tongue.
    My eyes flicked up to meet his . A half-smile was affixed to the corner of his mouth.
    The air in the cruiser was getting hotter , fogging up the windows— my anger was slowly unfurling.
    “ I’m going to assume that she made it over, no thanks to you. Have you seen your beloved little firecracker yet? Oh, no of course not…you’re still alive.” He laughed, continuing to provoke me.
                                I bit my lip. I wasn’t going to sit here and continue to listen to his childish provocations, but I did wonder why he was here. It wasn’t like him to make personal appearances, unless it was something major.
    “How much do you want to bet, that they’re all here because you just broke a few rules in your apprehension of said shooter, hmm?” He then said with a nod towards the convergence of angels above. They were scattering their glittering essences beyond the main courtyard.
    I turned to face him. “I think they may be here to keep me from assassinating your ass.”
    I silently cast light into the backrest of the passenger seat. I watched his eyes bulge, and his body jerked forward forcefully, leaving foul, black wisps of smoke curling up from behind him.
    “You should really—watch your back.” I simpered with a grin.
    Fury ignited a red flame in his eyes. “And you should really watch what you’ve returned here for.” He said in a calm warning tone. Both of his eyes went completely full onyx.
    They shifted when he was provoke d or enraged, but he was maintaining his rage well, which meant it would be spent in other ways.
    Why doesn’t Elohim simply obliterate him from existence? Better yet, allow me to do it now?
    I prepared myself for his backhanded retaliation. My fist was aglow with light. He was here for a reason, and it wasn’t just for anything that I was doing, I was sure of that much. Maybe to check on his dark divine investments? I wondered.
    “Cam`ael.” A child-like, soft, ethereal whisper of a voice called out from my left.
    Morning Star grew rigid and snarled. A combination of both hatred and fear veiled his face. He could no longer withstand angelic light and glory, no longer allowed to look any angel in the face. Even if he tried to, he wouldn’t be able to endure it without the affliction of both internal pain and mental torture. Ironically, he despised them all for what he chose to rebel against.
                                The angel had taken on the image of a child, a small framed little girl of about five or seven with long, blonde hair, and an impossibly narrow face, housing