"Die!"
Her wrathful eyes fixed on the angel with a deathly stare, and it happened. He crumbled to dust, swept by the wind. His wings had been blasted away from the ground.
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The whole abyss rang with hideous howls. Shrieks shivered in the cold air. So Almira was still and silent. She heaved an almost unperceivable sob. Ruiel glanced slyly at Mark, appearing in the tunnel.
Crimson dripped from the young angel"s hands, but keeping with his habit as a child, he dabbed his hands into the black waistband of the silken girdle.
""You missed the Hell?" asked Ruiel quietly.
Almira drew a loud sigh, then rose to her feet and headed for another tunnel. Walking slowly, suddenly she stopped. Slightly saddened, she glanced at her son.
Mark bowed his head. He avoided facing his mother.
""You are
