Chapter 34 I landed on my front lawn, and received my second shock in as many minutes. Killian stood at the front door, with Chris and Rebecca a step behind him. They turned at my gasp, all three sets of eyes going wide as I retracted my wings. Wary, I scanned the astral plane, searching for anything amiss. Was this a trap, or had my impassioned plea to Killian been heard? I could see nothing to alarm me, with the exception of my unexpected visitors. Killian slipped between the others and marched toward me. I stiffened, still not convinced I wasn’t being set up somehow. I was in no way prepared for what happened next. He halted a short distance from me and smoothly went down on one knee, head bowed. ‘Forgive me, Ha’niel, if I had known what you truly are I would never had gone against

