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| ". . . she didn't remember thumbing the safety off . . ." |
She didn’t notice Ahadiel until she
was stopped at a red light.
“You may put away your weapon,”
Ahadiel said. His gaze was focused on
hers, and the same uncomfortable shiver trickled through her spine as she
looked into his pupil-less depths. Deep,
dark blue that swirled the longer she stared.
Ahadiel was near perfect. He was dark-skinned, a color that always
reminded her of a Hershey’s chocolate bar.
His was well-formed and looked as if he worked out every day, though Del
knew he didn’t. Even had he needed to,
his duties would have prevented it. He was
half a head taller and a good hundred or more pounds heavier. His head looked close-shaved, but he had no
need for a razor, a haircut, or even a shower and deodorant. He looked exactly the same today as he had
two hundred years ago, and exactly as he would two hundred from now.
Right down to the half-smile which
always seemed to signify that he was in on a joke the rest of the world would
never know.
Weapon? she thought. Her mind locked down on the thought, and she
looked down at her left hand.
She was obviously more exhausted than
she realized.
The SIG was cradled in her left
hand and cupped by her lap. It was aimed
directly at Ahadiel’s nose, her finger curled around the trigger. She didn’t remember thumbing the safety off,
but as she changed the focus of her eyes she could see that it was. Slowly, calmly, she thumbed the safety back
on and slid the SIG back under her right arm.
“I wish you would just call,” she said. The rush of exertion overcame her, and she
slumped back into her seat. She needed
sleep and nothing more strenuous than lifting a glass of absinthe. In her current
state, her right arm wouldn’t be able to manage even that.
“That . . . technology,” Ahadiel
said the word with as much scorn as she’d ever heard from him, “does not work
for the divine.”
“Exactly,” Del replied.
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