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uld be an opening; Elaine always left a gap when she assumed an offensive stance. That was the point Cali

use that

g? Was he still pay

were a dream, it would be nice to be the sole source of his interest. The only

give up. I couldn't fall and couldn't

and my skin burn as magical runes appeared, cutting into my flesh. It was the m

d leave no doubt about my victory, appeared. She wavered with an open stance, and with the runes, I quickened my movements,

he cursed sword capable of injuring even the archangels, pierced Elai

nds had vanished, yet now I could feel it in my back. I coughed, and the metallic taste o

he runes faded from my skin, and I could hear a guttural scream in the

to breathe. I couldn't tell, and I just kne

ho it was, I tried to smile. I needed to remember to thank them, but it was a

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cibly ripped from my back, and I could hea

," he said, and the sound of footsteps pacin

t, sir..." a young v

tter," the

rd voice intervened. "In the end, she was injured by a spear m

again. "You're Samael's pri

e pain made my already clouded cons

a female voice grumble. My back still ached as

n's voice said wit

g of me?" She sounded incredulous,

it was. Was all of this a

said, and in his voice, you could almost palpa

ck does that hav

he seemed a

me that," s

never need Lucifer's help to heal from an injury with sacred energy, and Cali

ous? Was I s

fingers gliding over my soul, healing every tiny wound and rejoining the knots the damned

uldn't see her face, I swore she smiled. A smile filled with sur

" she said with a sweetness that made my heart

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tained glass window. The moon seemed strangely close, so close that it appeared five time

, but it didn't feel

n my back, and only then did I reali

eached me, and my eyes searched f

room: the dark floor, the stone walls, the fireplace that was never lit, and

murmured, "wh

ut the red hair cascading over my should

st curiosity?" he s

Elaine's spear piercing my bac

asked, even though I a

died. She coul

hat girl," he m

pink eyes seemed emptier as

die," he said, his voice chok

for Asra? What the

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