Chapter 552

• "Attacking first?" Noah said, and he took a step closer. "Deplorable behavior, but I had no choice. I knew you wouldn't listen to reason." Eight feet tall in his armor at least, his massive wings spread wide, and he pointed his mirror sword at Vin, shield at his side. The shield was half the size of the angel with the spear's shield, but it seemed to match his sword better. "As Shir said, leave the unmarked, and you may go."
• Vinicius said nothing. He thumped his giant tail on the ground, glanced around, and half growled, half chuckled. Were there other angels? It didn't look like it, an empty sky save for its unending maelstrom of flame.
• Vin wanted to fight. Vin thought he could take on three angels by himself, surrounded, injured, and with a passenger.