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If Lucifer hears my cry, he doesn’t show it. Instead, the King of the Angels focuses on Walker. Lucifer’s handsome face creases with confusion. “What did you say, ghoul?”
“I am WKR-7, descendant of Aquila. I accept your challenge. But I ask first to be healed.”
Lucifer gives one of those combination sniff-and-chuckle things that are popular with truly arrogant people everywhere. “I’m a warrior, not a medic.”
“I didn’t ask for your help,” says Walker. “I request the aid of Myla Lewis, daughter to the archangel Xavier and my personal physician.”
Say what?
In that moment, I know why Walker is unique. Powerful. Brilliant. Fearless. And yes, it’s in part due to his great soul. But it’s something more. Walker’s always held so many secrets. Something tells me I’m about to discover yet an
