Chapter 40
I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had withdrawn himself;
And was gone.
My soul failed when he spake:
I sought him, but I could not find him.
I called him, but he gave me no answer.
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Song of Solomon, 5:6
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Earth - AD March 24, 2003
Nasiriyah, Iraq
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Fiery arms reached up to tear her out of her bed and pull her down through the mattress. Pain. The sensation of being shoved inside a gigantic maw and eaten alive. Shattered. Darkness. Light. Terror. She was falling. Falling faster and faster as the flames consumed her. She looked up and saw a black-winged blur speed into the fire after her.
“Azrael!!!” she reached up for his hand.
He grabbed her and refused to let her go as she pulled him down along with her into the fire. He pulled her against his body as she pu
