Page 81 of Death Wish

But I was a no one.

Wasn’t I?

I stared at my hands, still prickling with power.

Just then, Monnie’s final words to me resurfaced in my head, replaying in an ominous echo that left me icy cold all over.

A war’s coming.

Whatever was going on, it was way bigger than just me. It had to be.

“Things are in motion now. They must sense the change,” the other man said. His voice was a booming presence with his anger, much more overpowering than Cole’s.

Wait a minute. Recognition twitched through me. That voice… I knew that voice.

Cole let out an exasperated sigh. “What is she, anyway? I think I have the right to know.”

There was a crash inside, as if something had been thrown. Maybe a side table or television.

“She’s the one that can ruin everything I’ve worked centuries to build,” the man barked. “Keep her away from this. Do you understand? Stick to the script. Or I’ll end whatever’s left of your pathetic life for real and send you straight to Hell. No stops. Got it?”

Every muscle in my body tensed as the realization hit.

I knew that voice because I’d heard it every day during my year as a reaper.

It was my boss, Azrael.

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