Arriane sized her up, tapping one finger against her lips. "Perfect," she said, stepping forward to loop her arm through Luce's. "I was just thinking I could really use a new slave.

“She knew she shouldn't want him with every fiber of her being, but she couldn't…”

“Then angels were all around them, the old crew who'd formed at Sword ”

“Then I'll cleave to my old self and spirit the full host of angels into the pre…”

“Her face shimmered with a dusting of powder and rouge. She was wearing so many …”