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“We are made one, like sun and shadow. Like fire and the ash it creates. Like beauty and ugliness united in your army. Our army! We must be together again.”

The voice began to drive her mad. It must be God’s attacks. He wants her back, leaving her burnt servants on the ground.

“Don’t compare me to them and to him. To overthrow him would make me a better man. We simply lacked strength and unity. Only together are we strong.”

The banner of hell is fire. Alais sensed those who had descended into hell, the abyss that opened beneath the earth. A voice spoke from there. And it didn’t belong to any of her warriors. It was as if it spoke to her from her own mind. It was the darkest part of her. Angels don’t have a shadow like humans, but after the fall, it seemed to appear.

“We walked through the fire to be together,” the voice continued to exhort. “God cannot divide us.”

“But He did!”

Why did she say that? The darkness let out a shriek of rage that shook the desert.

“You are my reflection, and I am yours, and we will be together again.”