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“Which is?” I asked.
Nero grew very still. “You know what Xerxes Fireswift’s father did to my parents.”
I nodded.
“That is not uncommon,” Nero said. “And some of the other angels would jump at the opportunity to make a move against you, Leda. And against our daughter.”
I felt a deep, penetrating chill inside of me, like a cold fist had clenched my heart. “What do we do?”
“Kill them if we must, but I’d prefer not to,” said Nero. “Every angel has angel allies, so killing one angel tends to escalate quickly and spiral out of control. It’s very messy, and we can’t be sure we’ll all survive a full-on angel blood war.”
I couldn’t stand to lose Nero or our daughter. Or any of my friends, for that matter.
“The better strategy is to head this off before it starts,” Nero told me. “You need to learn to act appropriately with the other angels, or at least act appropriately with the angels who don’t appreciate your natural state. Nyx’s training course will help you with that.”
“I will study hard,” I promised him.
For the sake of our family. For the sake of our daughter.
We’d reached Classroom 169.
“Then I will wish you luck.” Nero kissed my hand once, lightly, then he and Harker walked off.
I glanced down at my cat. “Well, Angel, it’s just you and me now.”
Angel looked at the classroom door, then at me. She turned sharply and strutted down the hall toward the nearest exit, her tail high in the air.
“Traitor!” I called out to her.
Now I was truly alone. I took a deep breath, then grabbed the knob, turning it to swing open the door. I entered the room.
I’d expected that Nyx would be the one teaching me to be a proper angel. After all, no one knew more about that than the First Angel herself. But I didn’t find Nyx waiting for me in that classroom. I found someone far, far worse.
“Don’t just stand there. Close the door.”
Colonel Fireswift’s cold, smug face stared back at me, watching me like a predator who had his unwilling lunch exactly where he wanted it.
