Chapter 9
Too much of his Fire ran through his form for him to subdue when the human woman started to moan in pain. Michael had felt her entire being both burn and freeze from the power they had used to force the adaphat away from her. His mate’s question made him hang his head in shame. For a being who commanded a legion into battle since time immemorial, that was bitter knowledge. That he and his kin had failed to secure one adaphat after they extracted it from one human galled him.
“We made her safety our highest priority, as you requested,” Michael said. It was the truth, because Castiel had been adamant about following his mate’s wish to the letter. “It was difficult to both shield her completely from harm and capture the thing.”
Adam nodded that he understood. That made Michael re
