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in
Heaven, gathering angels and telling them that a revolution is
coming. He wants us to stand with him against our lord, and
promises to give us the power once he’s in charge. To destroy the
human race. There were so many angels – hundreds of them – and they
all agreed that we’ve come in second to humans for far too long.
They want to see the race of man destroyed. He asked the other
angels to pledge their loyalty to him above the Creator, and follow
him on his crusade to overthrow our father.
    Her eyes had been wide as
she spoke, and the girl had looked frightened . Kali had no doubt that
she believed what she told them to be true, even if Kali herself
had reservations. Adrian, planning a revolution? She just couldn’t
believe it. In fact, she thought, she’d need to see hard evidence
to even consider it. Which was exactly what Michael was asking her
to get.
    If it’s true … if what
Seraphine is saying has actually happened, we need to know about
it, Michael told her, his eyes
disturbed. We need to know what he’s
planning. Where, and when. I need you to
take Seraphine and find out what he’s doing. He trusts you. That
makes you the obvious choice. Since Seraphine has already been to a
meeting, it will be easy to convince him that she brought
you.
    Kali hadn’t wanted to, of
course. Adrian had been one of her best friends – her mentor, even
– and she’d absolutely hated the thought of spying on him. But if
there was even a chance that this angel was telling the truth, Kali
needed to know. And as she’d already admitted to herself, Adrian
was certainly up to something . Based on the number of
angels Seraphine had seen, it seemed he’d been planning it for
quite some time. Everything Seraphine told them had sounded … well,
like something Adrian might do. Disturbingly so.
    Rumors had already been spreading
through Heaven like wildfire. Seraphine stepping forward only
confirmed that there might be some truth to them. And they were
indeed dangerous. Adrian’s displeasure with the Creator was well
known – he’d made no secret of the fact that he disagreed with Him
when He created humans. When He then gave those humans free will,
Adrian had become even more outspoken. He believed angels to be
superior to humans, yet humans were allowed the power to make their
own choices and live as they pleased. Even if it meant turning
their backs on the Creator. The angels, on the other hand, were
expected to obey orders, their fates already set in stone. Then
their lord told the angels to watch over His creations and protect
them. At that point, Adrian had flat out accused the Creator of
choosing mankind over the angelic host.
    It had been the end of his
relationship with their master. And, as if questioning Him hadn’t
been bad enough, it now looked like he’d gone even further. There
was more at play here than a simple disagreement in
views.
    Seraphine told them that
Adrian was holding secret meetings, known only to those he’d
invited, their locations closely held. And he was choosing specific
angels. When he sought Seraphine out, she’d been upset, and had
told him as much. She’d been watching the humans for quite awhile,
as part of her position in Heaven, and had begun to feel – to her
shock and dismay – a jealousy for their position. She envied their
free will, and wished to live a life where she could be whatever
she wanted … a painter or a musician, perhaps. Something that
she chose . She’d
told Adrian that she didn’t understand why the angels weren’t
granted such a gift.
    And as such, she’d become one of his
first recruits. Someone who didn’t believe in the hierarchy
anymore. Someone who didn’t understand why the Creator had chosen
mankind over angels. She was the living, breathing example of what
Adrian said he was fighting for.
    Seraphine had thought at the first
meeting that it was just going to be a place to air their feelings.
Perhaps they would even be able to have a civilized