No one had explained the reason why an angel had taken on a physical form and was in the world of mortals anyway... Yet that was exactly the situation Kaiser was facing.
Helia was the physical vessel of Jophiel; obviously she could not use her full power, and that was why her body was so fragile, but it did not diminish her danger in any way.
Her family believed she was simply an extraordinary genius, unaware that the Seraph they venerated was precisely the apathetic goth girl whom Kaiser still did not know how to handle.
....
The group advanced in formation through the Tenebris desert.
No one spoke much while their gazes constantly swept the sand dunes.
Helia walked at the front with her cane, Evelyn advanced to her right, eyes narrowed against the harsh light, and Allister brought up the rear. The other members of the Stavenger faction formed two parallel lines, alert to the slightest unusual sound.
And Kaiser? He was somewhere nearby...
