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Ilana swallowed, then looked back at Yakov/Mik’hil.
“How will he return then? How does Raguel go back to being an angel, if there is no key, and no way for him to touch it, even if it were here?”
Mik’hil smiled, looking between them.
“When that human body dies, Raguel will return to us.” Pausing, Mik’hil smiled wider, holding out his hands. “That can happen today if you like, brother Raguel.” Pausing deliberately, he added, “...Or it can happen in a week. Or five years. Or ten. Or even another sixty.”
He made his voice more meaningful again.
“...You are eternal, Raguel.”
Raguel glanced at Ilana, that tension in his eyes dissipating the longer he looked at her. He didn’t look away from her face when he next spoke to Mik’hil.
“Will we go to prison here?” he asked, still looking at her eyes. “Either of us? For this thing that Lahash has done?”
Mik’hil smiled again. “I think I can say with certainty that prison is extremely unlikely for either of you, my brother. For these events, at least. Steps have already been taken to prevent this... for both of you. Call it a thank you from the angelic realms.”
Raguel nodded, still looking at Ilana’s face.
It didn’t occur to her until then that the look on his face was a question.
Once she understood the question, she turned to look at Mik’hil in Yakov’s body.
“Can you spare him for a little while?” she said, quirking an eyebrow. “Would it be all right for him to stay human for a bit longer? Or will the heavens burn without my Raguel there, to keep the peace and to hunt demons?”
Mik’hil smiled, his gold eyes shining a bit brighter.
When he spoke next, she heard nothing but love in his words.
“We will miss him greatly,” he said. “But yes, we can spare him.”
She nodded, glancing hesitantly back at Raguel.
“Then perhaps I can convince him to stay for a little while?” she said, asking the question herself that time as she studied his gray eyes. “If you can spare him, comrade Archangel... and if he is willing... then I might have a use for him here.”
Mik’hil laughed, even as Raguel smiled, taking her hand in his.
“Yes,” Raguel said, still looking at her face. “I will stay. For one lifetime, at least.”
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SHADOW WINGS
A Skeleton Key Novella
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SEVEN: There Is No Religion in the Motherland