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had no idea what was really going on around me. It’s different coming face-to-face with a true angel. And seeing the photos just brings it all crashing down. It’s real. They were real. The pictures evoked emotions that I didn’t expect to feel.”
    “Such as?”
    She couldn’t tell them. It would sound absurd, and it wasn’t the kind of thing you told men you’d only met the day before. It was the kind of thing you talked to your best friends about, preferably while drunk. Paige scrambled for something to say that they would accept without giving away what she was really thinking, and finally it came to her. “It makes me wonder why your punishment was so harsh.” That much was true, at least.
    Gregory pushed away from the table. “Because we deserved it, Paige. Let me show you something that I think you’ll appreciate, and might help you understand.”
    He crossed the room and began to dig through the piles of books and papers stacked up in one corner. Paige returned to her sandwich, amused by the fact he obviously knew what was in each messy pile. Finally, he pulled out a small leather-bound book and brought it over to the table.
    “Here you go.” He placed it in front of her.
    Paige wiped the crumbs from her hands and opened the book, delicately running a finger over the parchment on the first page. “What is this? It looks very old.”
    “It’s a love letter.” Gregory’s grin lit up his face. “You’ll find more, in addition to some rather candid photos.”
    “Love letters?”
    “Evidence of our many transgressions,” said Demetrius. “We were rotten scoundrels, Paige. Left a string of broken hearts and tear-soaked pillows from here to New York City.”
    “Why?”
    “Because we could. Because it was too easy.” He shrugged. “I don’t expect you to understand, and I’m not saying we’re proud of our behavior or the fact that we ignored our mission.” He cut a quick glance toward Gregory. “Part of the reason Gregory keeps this stuff is to remind him of why we’re all stuck here on this rock.”
    Gregory gave her a piercing look. “Don’t tell anyone I actually feel remorse every now and then, okay? I have a reputation to protect.”
    “Your secret is safe with me. Do you have any chance to make amends for what you did?”
    “Yes,” said Demetrius. “The same condition placed on our punishment that allows us to become mortal also allows us to earn our redemption. It’s the only way we can, in fact.”
    Paige turned to another letter and thought about Demetrius’s words as she struggled to read the faded, flowing script. The letter was addressed to Emmett, whom she hadn’t yet met. Paige couldn’t make out all the words, and the language was old-fashioned, but it was clear from what she could read that this woman had fallen in love with him, and that he’d just left her in that state.
    She looked into their eyes. “Is that what you both want? Redemption? Or are you content to leave things as they are?”
    Gregory averted his gaze. “That’s a loaded question these days.”
    “Why? Because you’re the only two left?”
    “It’s more complicated than that.”
    “Explain it to me anyway.”
    Gregory sighed and leaned back in his chair. “It’s difficult to put into words, Paige. If you look through that book you’ll get a sense of how cold and callous we were about the feelings of others back then. We started this resort to thumb our noses at the archangels who had a hand in our punishment. We deserved it, and we knew that, but at the time it was easier to blame someone else for our fate.”
    “Do you feel differently now?”
    “Yes,” said Demetrius. “We feel remorse, and we’re all tired of it. Constant indulgence in your favorite vices gets a bit boring after almost one hundred years.”
    Gregory snorted. “Speak for yourself. I'm hoping to indulge with Paige, if she’ll let me.” He winked at her, and Paige stifled a laugh. Gregory was honest—she had to