Was being the key term. We left him for dead in Faerie. Even though he led the Order, my gut still tightens at the thought of him being gone. He’d been my teacher for months now. He taught me a lot about my powers. And then he called me demon spawn and tried to kill me. It’s a lot to wrap my head around.
Jonah continues, interrupting my thoughts. “A few years ago the Order found out that the Staff was being kept in Faerie, but everyone they sent to retrieve it ended up dead. Once my Archangel power emerged, Grace wanted me to volunteer to get the Staff.” He stares into his wine glass. “Grace was a true believer in the Order’s tenets. I should have seen her betrayal coming.”
“We all thought she was our friend,” Araceli says. “It’s not your fault. She even passed Bastien’s lying test.”
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