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down. Christian transformed himself into shadow form and started to hover around Darryl’s head. He was whispering in his ears—a common tactic Drift Demons use to make a human think they are going mad, hearing voices telling them to do evil things. I had used this tactic on Darryl, and apparently Christian was, and had been, using it on him, too, without my knowledge. It wasn’t just me on the Darryl Kite job, it was Christian too. It was clear to me now. But why? Why would Christian soil his hands on such a low level Drift Demon job?
    Anyway, I could hear what Christian was telling Darryl in his ear.
    “You have killed the girl…now you must kill yourself…they’re coming for you, Darryl…nothing can save you now…you must die, Darryl…die. Death will set you free.” Christian kept repeating to him.
    “No, stop it, leave me alone! I can’t listen to you anymore. Leave me in peace! Go away! I am not committing suicide. Stop telling me this!” Darryl shouted and stomped around on his porch, holding his hands over his ears.
    I heard Christian growl as only a demon can and he materialized behind the embattled Darryl who was unaware of his presence.
    With another snarl, Christian grabbed Darryl, who screamed like a banshee, tossing him off the porch and to his doom. Darryl hadn’t committed suicide that night, Christian killed him. Christian had directly interfered, multiple times from these two flashback points in time, in the death of humans. He had been the direct cause of them. He broke spiritual law. The heavens now have cause and a legal right to kill him. But why they hadn’t yet, was unclear to me.
    I was still hovering in the room behind Christian, just inside the sliding doors that led to the wrap-around porch and could see the moon in front of Christian as he walked up to the porch railings, looking over the side and down into the valley where Darryl’s body lay in ruins. His hands gripped the railings and he began to laugh in glee. Suddenly I was being pulled back away from the scene. It wasn’t long before it faded and I was again soaring through the star-surrounded, rainbow-like tunnel.
    My next sensation was Elysia’s hand was being removed from my eyes. I was back at my spot, standing before the two angels.
    “Now do you see, Leo?” Argento questioned.
    It took me a moment to regain my senses before I could answer. “I see that Christian is more of a beast that I thought. Not sure how that was even possible. I see that he has broken spiritual law by directly interfering with the death of humans.”
    “Indeed he has.” Argento approached me.
    “I’ve already known Christian can’t be trusted, what does this have to do with me trusting you? As far as I can see, this makes me trust the two of you less. The heavens could have taken him out at any time for breaking these sacred laws, but yet, again, you’ve done nothing.”
    “There is more to this story, why we have let him go this long after the atrocities he’s committed against the humans.”
    “But let me guess, this reason can’t be told to me as of yet…right? Need to know basis? Humans are dying because of his actions, Argento.” I answered for him in frustration.
    “He must think, which he does, that he is beyond the reach of the Heavens. A process must be completed before we can get him right where we want him. While he thinks he’s gaining power, he’s actually losing it, making it easier for us to tip the scales of balance back into our favor. It is unfortunate that lives are being lost in this process, but a lot more will be lost if we intervene too early.” Elysia completed for him.
    “And I’m one of the tools you’re using to delay him?” I looked for confirmation.
    “Not using, relying upon my boy…to stop him,” Argento added.
    “Great. Thanks for that. That doesn’t make me feel any better toward this situation. I guess I am just a pawn to you, regardless.” I walked over to the edge of the cliff and