Chapter 30
“Where ye are, death will find you,
Even if ye are in towers,
Built up strong and tall”
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Quran 4:78
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Earth - AD October 7, 2001
University of Chicago Medical Center – Chicago, IL
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Doctor Abdullah Fa'azi pretended not to notice the lurking, two meter tall death-angel until the student nurse, Maria, left the room. He let his tail slip down from its sling beneath his white doctor's coat with a sigh.
"I’m glad you’re back—" he finished scribbling notes onto the patient's medical chart. "Lucifer asked me to transfer onto the teaching staff here and train her."
Azrael finished materializing.
"She’s amazing! Isn’t she?"
The Dagestani doctor c****d an eyebrow at Azrael's grin, his expression amused.
"Yes, she is," Abdullah said. "Since I gather you’re not here to reap
