40An Angel’s RevengeThe moment before the Tipping Point finally hit, Billy wrestled the Advocate to the ground by the mirror, her portal to all the tiny corners of the globe. From there she could see and hear everything, could reach anywhere and anyone.
They could both feel the moment getting closer, the impending climax to the plan she’d put into place nearly eight hundred years ago, and systematically nudged to a conclusion. Each whisper in the dead of night, each squirm, each caress had brought it closer.
And like the battling Soldiers below, Billy was hard for it.
His heart and mind were set in determination, as were the taut muscles of his arm. He’d wielded the knife with such ferocity, the angel’s flesh lay open in front of him, ripped to the bone.
The fight had been long, but ea
