Chapter 553

• The big demon was already turning around, and still breathing flame. It crashed against the ravine wall directly, and Mia buried her face behind Vin's shoulder again as literal flame washed over them, too close to the ravine wall it splashed backward. A second later, the flames washed down the other end of the ravine, and Noah yelled in pain. New vibrations shot up through Vinicius's body. Thump. Thump. Even with her eyes closed, there was no mistaking the sensation of her giant bodyguard walking, each step taking him closer to Noah as he bathed the area in hellfire.
• Ten seconds, or an eternity later, the sounds of thundering flame and cracking rock stopped. The vibration of step impacts stopped. Everything stopped.
• Mia opened her eyes. Flames, gone. Heat, dissipating. She sucked in a breath, peeked over her bodyguard's shoulder, and sucked in another as her eyes fell on the angel Noah. He was alive, on a knee, and doing his best to hide behind his shield, but it wasn't nearly big enough. Flames surrounded him, bits of fire that danced on the partly melted stones, and a big triangle of untouched stone extended outward behind him. He didn't have a gold shield wall to summon, like the other angel did, and his wings had paid the price. They were half burned, some on fire, most of them blackened.