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are the only soul within this body?”
     
    Um, thought I just explained that.  “Yes.”
     
    “That is impossible.”
     
    Oh my god, if I hear that sentence one more time in my life I’m going to start killing people.  “Apparently it’s not.”  He deserved that bit of snarkiness.  I wonder if that’s really a word.  Probably not.  Great, I’m thinking about grammar again when more serious matters have to be addressed.
     
    He strokes his chin with his index finger and thumb as he stares at me in a thoughtful trance.  “The only logical explanation is that you and Raziel have switched bodies.  The why part of the equation is what I cannot puzzle out.”
     
    “I don’t care why it happened, I just want it fixed.”
     
    “How do you even know Raziel?” Adriel asks.  “Archangels rarely commune with others.”  Realizing she just said that in front of an Archangel, her cheeks turn bright pink.  It looks pretty on her porcelain skin.
     
    Ray inclines his head.  “You are correct.  The answer to your question is that there is a bond between Xandra and Raziel.”
     
    “Bond?” she says.
     
    “He changed my destiny.” 
     
    As Adriel takes in a deep gulp of air, Ray gives me a sharp look.  “That is not a detail to be shared Xandra.”
     
    Oh.  I think I just committed an Angel faux pas.  “Oops, sorry.”  My face is the picture of sheepishness.  “Adriel, you have to promise not to tell anyone.”  She nods her head a couple of times.  I don’t think she can speak right now.  She may be in shock.
     
    “It is important that we keep all of this amongst ourselves,” Ray says and there is a clear threat in his voice.  Adriel shrinks back a bit.  Wow, where’s my smart mouthed friend? 
     
    I am getting more frustrated by the second.  “Okay, we keep it to ourselves.  Fine.  How do we fix it?”
     
    Ray shrugs his shoulders.  “Honestly, I do not know.  Raziel would be the one we would question about that.  Since he is omniscient, I assume he knows how to reverse this.  We will have to wait until that happens.”
     
    There has to be something in my ears.  I would say bees but I don’t think these trees need to be cross pollinated.  I think they have some sort of Angel fertilizer because they have the biggest cherries I have ever seen.  I wonder if it’s a crime to eat one.  “I must not have heard you correctly because I thought that you said we should do nothing.”
     
    “That was the implication of my words, yes,” Ray says casually.
     
    “You know, I’m not really a wait and see kind of person.  What else can we do?”
     
    Ray shakes his head.  “Xandra, I understand your impatience.  It is justifiable in this situation.”  Gee, glad to know my freaking out about being in someone else’s body is justifiable.  “But.”  I knew there would be a ‘but.’  “There is a delicate balance to the universe that must be maintained.  Part of this balance is each soul has an ultimate destiny.  Little changes are made through free will, but taking someone completely out of their destiny can create an imbalance.  Raziel thought that he had worked around that.”
     
    “Guess not,” I say.  I’m not whiny anymore and my frustration is quickly fading into complacency.  Wow, I think I’m in shock now.
     
    Ray nods.  “Guess not.  I am sorry, Xandra.  There truly is not anything that can be done by anyone besides Raziel.  He holds the key to the answers.  In the meantime…”  I close my eyes.  I know I’m not going to like this.  “It is important that none of the other Angels know that Raziel has gone missing like this.”
     
    My mind is so befuddled I have no idea what he is talking about.  “What do you mean, ‘like this?’?” 
     
    “Without warning.  Without preparing anyone, yourself included.”
     
    Still befuddled.  “I don’t get why that’s such a big deal.”
     
    His chuckle is humorless.  “Xandra,