Chapter 74 And this beautiful and fragrant tree, And no creature of flesh has authority to touch it Until the great judgment, when he will take vengeance on all and bring everything to a consummation forever, This will be given to the righteous and the humble. From its fruit, life will be given to the chosen. . —Enoch 25:4-5 . ABADDON The Jehoshaphat purred with a hopeful, hawkish buzz. "Watch her," Abaddon ordered the two Mantoid privates he'd assigned to 'escort' Ra'hana. He'd whupped General Hudhafah's tail in battle several times. But the tough bastard had slugged right back, giving his forces a brutal, lengthy beating. They were two old relics, generals who battled alongside their men. If that's who waited for him at the other end of the cryptic message, then they were in