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you. So, call me stupid, I said to heck with it and agreed to go with them. If I’d have known they were about to sprout wings themselves, well, at least Argento did, the girl stayed behind, and fly me to you personally, I probably would have rethought my decision to go. Then next thing I knew, I was dropped off at that hole above you in a tree and, just like that, Argento was gone. That’s pretty much it. I found you and here we are. This has been one of the craziest couple of days in my life.” He shook his head.
    “Angels took you to me?” I glared at him with confusion.
    “I guess…I don’t know…you tell me.”
    I didn’t answer. All I could do was place my hands on my hips, struggling to make sense out of what Scruffy had told me.
    “Another time then?” Scruff could probably tell I was perplexed. I turned to the side and looked off in the distance in thought.
    “Look, bro, I’ve gotta get home. My parents are probably freaking. Let’s get together soon. You’ve gotta explain this madness to me.” He reached out and we clasped hands.
    “You got it , man. I’ll get with you before I go back.” I smiled.
    “Besides…it’s the least you can do for me…I saved your life.” He winked as I chuckled.
    He opened the door and just before he got back into Sandra’s car, I placed my hand on his shoulder, which caused him to turn back to me.
    “He y, bro…thanks…thanks a lot.”
    Scruff smiled . “No problem. You’re my best friend. That’s what we do. For what’s it’s worth, I’m sorry, Leo. I didn’t know…”
    I interrupted him with a hug.
    “All is forgiven, my man, don’t sweat it. It’s quashed.”
    Scruffy sat in the car and started it . “See you soon.” He waved and sped down my hill.
    More qu estions than answers kept coming at me. Now I had to find out if this Argento person was an enemy, or an ally. Either way, it smelled like more trouble.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
    INTRODUCTION
     
    The night had long since set in and I spent most of it looking for Shadow. But there was no sign of my cat anywhere. I was troubled by that. When I finally decided to give up looking for him, I got back in my tree and figured I’d think some things through and watch the sunrise , which was just a couple hours away. Things were much lonelier without him.
    While contemplating the recent happenings and what I must do next, I heard the sound of footsteps crunching against the dirt behind me on the ground. I turned as fast as I could to see who it was and was blinded by a bright white light moving toward me from the top of my driveway. This was the type of light that usually accompanies angels when they’re in the presence of demons. This is one of the many reasons why it’s impossible to take out an angel. Being a demon, it’s very difficult to be in the presence of heavenly beings of pure light, so it’s very hard to see angels with demon eyes past their heavenly glow.
    Regardless, I called out, “Who’s there?’ as I leaped down off my tree and expanded my wings. I placed my arm in front of my face to try and shield the intensity of the light. I could sense it wasn’t a human being of any kind, so I knew it was safe to whip out my wings and get ready for whatever was coming at me.
    Suddenly the light dimmed enough for me to make out two characters heading my way. I was certain they were angels, but what they wanted exactly was up in the air. So I asked them.
    “What do you want from me? Why are you here?”
    I didn’t get an answer right off the bat but the light that surrounded them went completely out and I was able to gaze upon them. There was one tall male and a shorter female walking side by side. I figured this must have been the duo Scruffy had met. They were just as Scruff described them. I was a little stunned by how much their features resembled Christian. They didn’t have his pale skin, on the contrary, their skin looked much warmer, like blood