I didn't want to look into those eyes. "I never had any chance did I?" I said in a small voice."No," he said as he put his head against the wall."All ...y planning, all my Angelic training for naught. I came to our confrontation prepared, and you came to it full of arrogance."He nodded.My lip curled up into a snarl, "Creation has no justice. Creatures like you shouldn't exist."Devnikolus shifted me off his legs, and I fell to one side in surprise."The sun has set," the Demon Prince said. "Nine. After we said Goodbye to the last of our guests, we traipsed up to our adjoining rooms and hung the "Do not disturb." notices on our doors, mum slipped out of her wedding dress and came into my arms, we both knew we wouldn't make love, we were both too tired, too pissed and too totally exhausted. But as I wrapped an arm around her back and closed my eyes, I heard her say very softly."I'm happy darling, are you?"My answer was to kiss the top of her head and say."More than I could ever imagine,. "He knew to raise the sword overhead with the flat side up though to prevent the sword from reversing and cutting into his head, but if he had known to let it slide off his blade instead I wouldn't have been able to bend it. Bet he thinks I'm crazy strong because of that, but it is all in knowing where to hit. But his doing that did make it easier to hook my leg behind his during my spin, and to knock him off balance while he was stunned while he absorbed the shock from the blow, " she. Jack occasionally had flashes of memory, bits and pieces of a life that seemed long past. One such memory was him sitting in church and it made him wonder if he was in hell.Grayness returned, only this time, there was a bit less gray, a bit more sound. And then, blazing light as one eye barely cracked open.The light hurt. He could see misshapen blobs moving about, but couldn't make out any details about what they were or where he wasHis other eye slowly opened to a slit. More light flooded into.