Chapter 9 YekunI arrive at Azazel's house after everyone else. It's all right. As I had warned them, they didn't wait for me to eat.
Yekun I thought we'd have to do without you tonight!
- I wasn't going to miss a family meal. I just had a setback.
- Is it anything serious?
I shake my head and smile. Azazel... always on the alert, ready to help.
- No. I told you. Just a last-minute appointment. I'm doing a favour for a friend.
He pats me on the back and points to a chair.
- Come on, sit down. I'll serve you.
I enjoy my meal without really joining the conversation. I watch as the first of the Fallen hugs Mallory to the point of suffocation and Baraqiel gives his wife an unequivocal look. No doubt their baby trial will soon create a little nephilim. I feel a twinge of jealousy at seei
