The tension in the Children of Light"s conference room was unbearable. The air hung stagnant with confusion and fear. A large number of soldiers and civilians had been outside in the gardens and courtyards of Nazaki when the angels had flown over carrying the bodies of Icarus and Samael.
The tensionThe shocked crowds had scurried to the hospital to see Cassandra land gently on the ground, a pale and clammy Icarus hanging limp in her arms. She had run inside to get him urgent medical care and the doors had closed behind her. A few moments later, Tenshi had flown over, struggling with the body of Samael. She"d taken him to the lake at the back of the hospital, to where a long, stone walkway stretched out to an island on the water. A circle of monoliths surrounded a flat, stone altar, which
