Human Michael must have also thought the statement was for him, because he threw a vial down between them all at the same time.
Az felt the fridge behind him swirl and melt away, but at the same time he saw white light and vapors rising from the vial.
Well shit.
When you summoned both Lucifer and Yahweh to Earth, what would happen?
Az sincerely hoped they hadn’t just started armageddon.
Ooops.
Chapter25
Gabriel
One minute Gabe was standing with Az in his kitchen while Grams blocked Grandfather, who was holding up his sword threateningly. The next moment, Grams was shouting, Michael was throwing a vial Grams must have sent him for, and Az must have done something as well, because there was white smoke and black smoke and swirling and Gabe had the craziest sense of vertigoever.
He closed his eyes and grabbed onto Az’s hand, which was still firmly resting on his shoulder, as he felt like his stomach was moving outside of his body. It wasnota pleasant feeling at all. When he finally felt the vertigo pass and he didn’t think his stomach was going to eject itself through his mouth, he opened his eyes.
He was in… a tea room? Some fancy hotel restaurant? There was a plush gray carpet under his feet, beautiful landscapes all over the walls, although there was something off about some of them, and a single large, long, rectangular table with chairs in the center of the room. It was set with a fancy tablecloth, and in the center was a beautiful china tea pot with a collection of cups surrounding it. Six, to be exact.
There were three chairs on one side of the table and two on the other.
Grams stepped forward, and Gabe realized that she and Grandfather were both here, along with him and Az. He was gripping Az’s hand, which was still on his shoulder, and he let it go and turned to face Az. He looked surprisingly calm. He was almost smirking, in fact, which put Gabe at ease.
Grams grabbed the teapot and started pouring tea, like this was the most normal thing in the world. She set a cup down in front of the furthest chair and motioned to Grandfather.
“This isabsurd,” Grandfather hissed. “Hecannotbe here. It isn’t permitted!”
“Oh do shut up and sit down. Drink your damn tea and stop complaining, you old fart. If I didn’t know better, I’d think the hilt of your sword was rammed so far up your ass—”
“Grams!” Gabe chastised.
“Yes, yes, I know my dear. You do hate it when we fight.I’mbeing perfectly civil though.He’sthe one who’s waving swords about and starting trouble,” she said, continuing to pour tea. She put two cups in front of the chair at the other end of the table as she said this.
Grandfather looked about ready to murder someone, most likely Grams.
“Iwasn’t the one who ended up transporting aliving mortal soulto Limbo!” shouted Grandfather. Gabe didn’t think he’d ever heard the angel shout.
And… Limbo?
“Did you kill him?” Grandfather fumed. “I’ll see you punished so severely—”
“I did not,” interrupted Grams. “I merely called someone forth. As did Az. Why we were instead transported here is beyond my guessing, and obviously beyond yours. So forjust once, Sit. Down. And. Shut. Up,” enunciated Grams, pointing to the far chair with one tea cup in front of it.
Grandfather gave her a nasty look but did as she asked. She then motioned Gabe and Az over to the chair at the other end of the table with two cups in front of it. Az calmly walked over, pulling Gabe with him, sat in the seat, and pulled Gabe onto his lap.
The seat hadn’t seemed big enough a moment ago, but it held them both quite comfortably. Grams then sat between them with her own cup of tea, even though it put her next to Grandfather. Gabe appreciated it, because he wasn’t sure what Grandfather would do to his demon.
“Drink, drink,” she insisted to all of them, so Gabe looked down and picked up a cup, as did Az, and they both drank. He closed his eyes in bliss. It was cinnamon and vanilla and some other spices that he couldn’t place, but it made him think of old bookshops and libraries and sitting in warm sunlight and turning the pages of some old and dusty but precious tome. It was lovely.
When he looked up, though, he gave a little squeak and almost dropped the tea cup, because the other two chairs were suddenly occupied.
The chair across the table from Grandfather held the most aesthetically beautiful person Gabe had ever seen in his life. They were like a work of art. He had no idea if it was a man or a woman, because they looked completely androgynous. They wore a shining white robe that flowed around them like water. Their face was sharp and angular, their hair looked to be white in color, and their blue eyes were the lightest shade, yet they seemed like an infinite sky or vast ocean. They had a pure white tea cup in front of them; it was so bright it practically glowed, and it seemed both delicate and unbreakable all at once. It was almost as lovely as the being was.
The chair across from him and Az held a gorgeous man with sharp, high cheekbones, pitch black hair, full, luscious lips, and dark eyes. He (for this person most decidedly did look masculine) was wearing a suit that was made of material so black it seemed to pull light into it, and it fit him like a second skin. He held a tea cup that was also as dark as a windowless room, yet when you looked closely, it was almost like clouds or shades of colors were swirling within it.
“Ah, if I had known you werebothcoming, I would have made more tea!” smiled Grams. “So lovely to see you both! It has been quite a few centuries, I think.” She sipped at her tea, smiling at both figures. She looked positively delighted with herself, which put Gabe at ease quite a bit. He knew Grams always had his best interests at heart. He also knew placing their tea cups together meant that she approved of him and Az.
