Samael woke with the knowledge that he needed to apologize to Cassandra at the top of his mind. For five minutes he lay in bed constructing the right words and phrases in his head, then he rose and headed for the shower. The sooner he got his self-appointed mission out of the way, the better. It wasn’t until he was dressed and in the kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil that he registered it was still dark outside. He checked his phone. It was barely six o’clock. Awesome. And then he thought that he needed to check on Artemis…even though she would be sleeping soundly he went on to check on her…She was sleeping there….her hair was mussed on the pillow and she was snoring softly. The picture that he would treasure in his heart for his whole life. Now he would have to cool his heels for

