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Wrath nodded. “Close your eyes.”
Eddie did and comforting heat flooded from his palm into her. Her eyelids felt too heavy to open and she kept them closed.
Her bed dipped, and Cronus moved, and then Shade was there, holding her with her head against his chest. His hand stroking her spine. “Sleep, Eddie. we will be right here until you wake. Nothing will get past the hounds and me.”
* * *
Wrath poured as much of his power as he dared into Eddie’s frail body. What he discovered through their connection threatened to break him in two. Eddie’s lifeforce had been dangerously depleted, and whatever had happened to her while she was taken from them had attacked her mind, body, and spirit. He wanted to rage at the world that had hurt his precious child.
“Enough,” Shade whispered from his place holding Eddie. “We don’t want to do more damage trying to help her.”
It took everything in him to remove his hand from Eddie. “I could do more if I had Ramiel’s balancing power.”
Eddie’s eyes were closed, and a faint flush covered her gaunt cheeks. Fury pounded through him, and his wings sprung from his back.
“Don’t.” Shade shook his head. “Take that out of here.”
Dee sat in an armchair beside Eddie’s bed, the odd tear still trickling down her cheek.
He needed to get out of here until he could control his wrath.
Haziel was standing in the hallway outside Eddie’s room. “How is she?”
“Not good.” Being near her made him feel less like breaking the world. “She needs healing, and I’m not sure how long it will take. I need to…”
“I know.” Haziel touched his hand. “Go and burn off some emotion. Shade and Dee will not leave her, and the hounds are here.” She gave him her gorgeous smile. “And I will not leave until you return.”
He didn’t know why he trusted her like he did, but he found himself nodding. “When I find them…”
“You will do what needs to be done.” Haziel’s green eyes filled with the same fury he felt. “But for now, your anger may do more harm than good.” She motioned the door to the theatre. “Stretch your wings. Find your balance, restore your healing energy, and then return here and help her.”
He nodded. “How is your wing?”
“Don’t worry about me.” Her sweetness touched a place deep inside him. “My wing is great.”
She actually drew a smile from him. “I thought you couldn’t lie.”
“Not technically a lie because five of them are great and one is a mite sore, but it will be fine.” She cupped his cheek with her hand. “You took good care of me, and you will take even better care of your daughter.”
* * *
Haziel closed the back door behind Wrath and released the sigh she’d been holding. The summons for the gathering had reached them as they were leaving Shade’s palace, and shortly on its heels had come the news that Shade had found Eddie.
They’d flown at full speed for the hell gate, with her forcing her injured wing to keep working. Wrath’s healing had worked, and other than some residual stiffness now, she was going to be fine.
“That was a big sigh.” Ramiel emerged from the greenroom.
The theatre company had all left for the night. She didn’t know what they thought of the new beings drifting around the theatre, or even what explanation had been given for their presence.
“Ramiel.”
He looked as beautiful as ever. His green eyes, almost the same shade as her own, glowed as he looked at her. The ever-present soft white light surrounded him like his own full body halo.
Ramiel motioned to the door she had shut. “You seem to be getting along famously with our bad-tempered hell prince.”
“We get on fine.” She felt suddenly guilty for all that had happened between her and Wrath. She prayed Ramiel wouldn’t ask the sort of questions that would force an honest answer from her.
He stroked his smooth chin and tilted his head. “Fine? From what I saw, you and Wrath are getting along a whole lot more than fine.”
