Chapter 699

• Yulia broke into sobs and hugged the angel with her wing arms. Without looking, she lifted her arm, and gently ran two claws down his face to close his eyes.
• This wasn't happening. Not again.
• Mia looked back at Adron, but his eye was pointed downward, like he couldn't bear to look, like it reminded him of what it was reminding Mia of. But when Yulia's sobs broke into high-pitched squeaks, Mia looked back, and stared. The fingers inside her played the strings, hit them hard again, and again, something in the ocean of vibration answered her.