Heir of Empyreal Fire - Chapter 10

Heaven is falling.

Heaven is falling!

HEAVEN IS FALLING!

Aliah’s announcement sent me reeling. I stared at the sky as if I could see all the way to the Lower Realm and watch the destruction take place in real time. Of course, I couldn’t. Of course, any correspondence would take weeks. Of course, there was no way to tell if he was lying and egging me on or heralding in a new rebellion. 

I released a slow breath and let decision and intent and willpower rage through my body. Heaven might be at war, but it wasn’t lost. And I would do everything I could to protect this planet from becoming a casualty in the war against evil. They could do their worst to my base, to my brothers and sisters in arms, but heaven would ultimately prevail. Good would always triumph over evil—but at what cost.

And here, on earth, there was no guarantee for survival. If Aliah won . . . if the Darkness consumed this planet like all the rest . . .

It wasn’t even my life I was worried about. It was the people I loved. The humans I didn’t even know. The generations yet to come. I was not old, but my people were. And we could not see yet another vulnerable race snuffed out by the violent winds of evil.

I adjusted my grip on my katanas and took an aggressive step towards the boundary line. There was no time to test whether Father Jake had done a good enough job or not. And in this moment, I wasn’t sure I needed protection.

I would take them all on if I had to.