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He shook his head, the light-heartedness dissolving. “Erin. You should know me better than that. Yeah, it’s unusual. Especially how much this guide has been popping in on you, and the weapons. But why in the hell would you think I’d high tail it out of here? When have Ieverdone that to you? Not talking about when we were younger. That was different, we were both minors and had no idea.” Seth’s eyes flared.
“I should but they seem to know you better than I do. Even though we’resupposedto be the best of friends.” I tore my gaze from his. Avoiding the sudden turn we took.
Seth sighed, the flare of anger softened. “Erin, I’m sorry. I’m just…I’m just concerned. And confused. You don’t deserve for me to act that way.”
Oh but I do. I deserve the worst. And you deserve the best.
I swatted the thought away. “It’s fine,” I faced Seth, searching his eyes, finding hints of pain. “Can you tell me a bit more about these ‘guides’? Is that what, or I guess who, has been visiting me?”
Seth smirked. “Do you not remember when I explained all of our Nephilim stuff to you?”
“Honestly, it was information overload. So. No.” I grimaced.
Seth shook his head. “The figure who’s been visiting you in your dreams, yes. That’s a guide. They’re typically Angels, either those who have been slain or who never made it to Earth and instead chose to stay behind in their realm.”
“Heaven?”
“Not necessarily. If it’s easier, sure. But it’s another realm that the Angels originally come from. And that’s where the guides are. Hence why they only visit in dreamscapes. Usually.”
I sipped the refreshed Bellini our waitress brought. “Define, ‘usually.’”
He studied me before speaking. “There are various realms. Ours, Hell, the ones the Angels’ dwell in before they come to Earth, the afterlife, and the inter-realm. Which honestly is what it sounds like: the in between. Purgatory, if you will.”
“Well. That’s fun. Great. Fantastic. Ten out of ten.”
Seth blinked. “What?”
“That sounds like a lot of work. Keeping all these different realms separate. And keeping tabs on them.”
Seth looked at me like I was an idiot. “What. Erin. No. We focus on the Angels and Demons. The others are simply other levels or interconnected. Angels do the dirty with humans and we’re born. Demons want to destroy and rule the human realm. The others are extra. Okay, not really, but that’s not our concern.”
I slugged back the rest of the peachy deliciousness. “Yeah, yeah. Okay. Got it. Demons bad, Angels, including the ones who haunt my dreams, good.”
He just stared at me.
“What?”
“Are…Are you drunk? Or processing?”
“Yes.”
He blinked and shook his head; his smirk returning. “You’re fucking ridiculous, Snow.”
“Tell me something I don’t know,Draven.”
“Okay. Fine,” he sat back in the booth, tossing his arms over one another. Challenge lining his features. “You’readorablyridiculous.”
I choked. “Well. Excuse me, Sir. Adorable? That’s a bit much. Ridiculous, absolutely. Adorable? Did you hit your head when you took a leak earlier?”
Seth busted out laughing. “Jeez, Erin,” he snickered once more as I shot him a half-hearted glare. “You ready to head out?”
I dramatically whipped my head back then towards him once again. “Are you? Sir, Knight?”
“What. What does that even mean? You’ve had two.Two.Peach infused drinks. How are you this tipsy?”
“It’s called forgetting to eat most of the day due to stress.” I shot him some finger guns and he waved for the check.
“Dear God,” Seth shook his head, shoulders bounced as he laughed. “I’m going to have my hands full.”
