In Exile (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book III) Read Free

closely examined it, but there was no sign that it had been used or disturbed since he had hidden it. Going from mirror to mirror, he found that each of them still had their own crystal, all untouched save for the one crystal that he already had retrieved and had already kept tucked in his tunic during the rebellion. He still wondered about the specific powers for each of the remaining crystal prisms, but he had other matters on his mind at the moment, and discovering all their purposes would have to wait for another day.
    Jarahmael began to pace around the room. If Luciferael and Lillith had been here at the same time, he could have harmed her. Why would Luciferael even be up here in his palace? As he thought about it, he realized that Luciferael had control of the Seventh Heaven for a few days. Could he have found out by then that Jarahmael had been working against him, and had not truly been one of the rebel Angels? Would he have come to Jarahmael's palace to get some sort of revenge?
    Jarahmael thought about Lillith being captured by Luciferael and his rebels. They could have done any number of terrible things to her. I do need to try to make sure she is safe! Jarahmael thought. Finding her would be difficult, more difficult if Luciferael was trying to keep her from him, or if she had been able to escape and was back in hiding.
    Jarahmael thought back on the events of the rebellion. It was only towards the very end of the war that Jarahmael would have even been seen by any of the rebel Angels. As far as they were concerned he had been captured or destroyed early in the rebellion, at the gateway between the Third and Fourth Heavens.
    It was only later that Jarahmael had entrapped Sammuael and the other guards in his crystal prism when he freed Michael and Ariel. There would not have been any other witnesses. Jarahmael then looked around the room and saw his own reflection coming back at him from each of the mirrors. Wait, Luciferael loved to preen himself in front of mirrors. Could Luciferael have come here looking for more mirrors?
    Luciferael knew that Jarahmael had been perfecting the method of making Angelic mirrors, rearranging light waves so that they would reflect back images. That was definitely a possibility.
    But how would Luciferael have found Lillith, unless he caught her by surprise. He felt a stabbing pain rush through him: maybe Lillith let herself be seen. Luciferael was the most handsome of all the Angels. Could it be that Lillith fell for Luciferael once she saw him? Maybe she went with him willingly? That was a terrible thought and Jarahmael pushed it to the back of his mind. He noticed that his pacing had sped up and he was moving quickly around the room. Looking back at his own reflection, he told himself that he had to calm down. He needed to find her before he made any conclusions.
    Thinking back, he kept trying to convince himself that Lillith would not have left him willingly. He wished he had stopped in to check up on her, but he was so busy dealing with Luciferael's rebellion. He always had a pressing problem to deal with that prevented him from seeing her, even when it had been possible. After he thought about it further, he decided he should ask the Almighty about her whereabouts. Maybe He could give him guidance on what to do next.
    It had been difficult finding Lillith earlier after she had left Adam. Now that the war had been fought across the Heavens and the Earth, Jarahmael would not know even where to begin. And if Luciferael wanted to hide her from him, in the Underground that included both Hades and Hell, it would be tough going and a formidable task.
    And Jarahmael was tired from all the fighting of the war. Waves of regret, a feeling he had never had before, engulfed him. He had lost his Human mate, sacrificed his own desires when he could not rejoin her, compelled to keep fighting in the war rather than protect her. Now instead of getting his life back to normal like the other loyal