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out. ‘You mean I don’t have to deal with the generator project details.’
‘I’m no help,’ Ceri repeated. ‘Gwyn’s got very good organisation skills and Faran is pretty good too. Plus, he’s great at handling people, even over the phone.’
The incubus poked his head around the door. ‘Admittedly my linguistic skills are more usually employed in talking people out of their clothes…’ His eyes fell on Kate and her cheeks flushed almost instantly.
‘But he can get someone to do just about anything if he needs to,’ Ceri stated a little too quickly. ‘So they’re helping Cheryl, which has the added advantage of keeping me out of most of it. I’m much better with numbers than people.’
‘You do yourself a disservice, Shivika,’ Faran commented before turning back into the kitchen.
‘Shivika?’ Kate asked.
‘It’s Devotik,’ Ceri replied. ‘He’s being funny.’
‘Looks like it worked, you’re blushing.’
‘Faran and I have been playing a game since he sorted things out with Lily. He tries to get me into bed and I reject him.’
‘You reject that? ’ Kate asked, wide-eyed. ‘He’s like a male Lily!’
Ceri gave a weak grin. ‘It’s not always easy, but neither of us really wants it to happen. He was around when I got drunk recently and he absented himself rather than win with me off my game. You’ll try taking the other angels out of town? I could get in touch with Jehoel if you want another one. He’s likely to be anxious to get out.’
‘We’ll start with our two,’ John replied. ‘East and south. See where that gets us.’
Kennington.
‘Have they stopped with the pranks?’ Ceri asked as she walked into the lounge.
‘Uh-huh,’ Lily replied. ‘At least I think so. Ophelia’s gone over to the castle and I haven’t had anything weird happen since I got back from shopping.’
‘That’s why you’re dressed in a bra and knickers then? I thought they looked new. And anyway, you never normally wear either.’
Lily gave a giggle. ‘Like them?’
Ceri sat down beside her girlfriend, running a hand over the nearest thigh. ‘Uh-huh.’
After a sigh, Lily said, ‘Well I nodded off after you got up and when I woke up I’d been tied to the bed. I didn’t really mind that. The pepper in the coffee wasn’t so good. I decided I should leave before it got worse.’
‘Having three fae in the house on April Fool’s Day was probably not the best idea.’
‘Nuh-huh, but I got some sexy undies out of it. I was a little surprised at Twill though.’
‘I think Ishifa is reminding her of her youth. Ophelia just never grew up. You know, they don’t even play tricks on each other in Otherworld.’
‘Playing pranks on Unseelie seems like a bad idea,’ Lily commented. ‘News is on.’ Her attention focussed on the TV set.
Ceri pouted and leaned over to kiss her throat. ‘But I wanted to unwrap my present…’
‘After the news,’ Lily said firmly and Ceri sat back on her seat. Lily had become almost addicted to the evening news after her father had been the main item on it and, even if it was putting their sex life on hold for thirty minutes, Ceri had to admit that it was a useful habit.
‘Tonight on the Six O’Clock News…’ the presenter announced with an over-dramatic pause after it. ‘The Church of England has refused to comment on the plague of falling angels, or on the claims made by one fundamentalist Christian group that London is now so depraved that no angel can enter without being damned.’ Or maybe it was not so over-dramatic.
Ceri picked up her tablet and began searching news feeds as the presenter continued. ‘A Christian religious organisation known as the Watchers of Saint John claimed today that the City of London has been decreed blasphemous by God. Leader of the Watchers, Simon Ziel, gave a press conference this afternoon and had this to say.’
The picture cut to what was obviously a press conference in what looked like a disused
‘I’m no help,’ Ceri repeated. ‘Gwyn’s got very good organisation skills and Faran is pretty good too. Plus, he’s great at handling people, even over the phone.’
The incubus poked his head around the door. ‘Admittedly my linguistic skills are more usually employed in talking people out of their clothes…’ His eyes fell on Kate and her cheeks flushed almost instantly.
‘But he can get someone to do just about anything if he needs to,’ Ceri stated a little too quickly. ‘So they’re helping Cheryl, which has the added advantage of keeping me out of most of it. I’m much better with numbers than people.’
‘You do yourself a disservice, Shivika,’ Faran commented before turning back into the kitchen.
‘Shivika?’ Kate asked.
‘It’s Devotik,’ Ceri replied. ‘He’s being funny.’
‘Looks like it worked, you’re blushing.’
‘Faran and I have been playing a game since he sorted things out with Lily. He tries to get me into bed and I reject him.’
‘You reject that? ’ Kate asked, wide-eyed. ‘He’s like a male Lily!’
Ceri gave a weak grin. ‘It’s not always easy, but neither of us really wants it to happen. He was around when I got drunk recently and he absented himself rather than win with me off my game. You’ll try taking the other angels out of town? I could get in touch with Jehoel if you want another one. He’s likely to be anxious to get out.’
‘We’ll start with our two,’ John replied. ‘East and south. See where that gets us.’
Kennington.
‘Have they stopped with the pranks?’ Ceri asked as she walked into the lounge.
‘Uh-huh,’ Lily replied. ‘At least I think so. Ophelia’s gone over to the castle and I haven’t had anything weird happen since I got back from shopping.’
‘That’s why you’re dressed in a bra and knickers then? I thought they looked new. And anyway, you never normally wear either.’
Lily gave a giggle. ‘Like them?’
Ceri sat down beside her girlfriend, running a hand over the nearest thigh. ‘Uh-huh.’
After a sigh, Lily said, ‘Well I nodded off after you got up and when I woke up I’d been tied to the bed. I didn’t really mind that. The pepper in the coffee wasn’t so good. I decided I should leave before it got worse.’
‘Having three fae in the house on April Fool’s Day was probably not the best idea.’
‘Nuh-huh, but I got some sexy undies out of it. I was a little surprised at Twill though.’
‘I think Ishifa is reminding her of her youth. Ophelia just never grew up. You know, they don’t even play tricks on each other in Otherworld.’
‘Playing pranks on Unseelie seems like a bad idea,’ Lily commented. ‘News is on.’ Her attention focussed on the TV set.
Ceri pouted and leaned over to kiss her throat. ‘But I wanted to unwrap my present…’
‘After the news,’ Lily said firmly and Ceri sat back on her seat. Lily had become almost addicted to the evening news after her father had been the main item on it and, even if it was putting their sex life on hold for thirty minutes, Ceri had to admit that it was a useful habit.
‘Tonight on the Six O’Clock News…’ the presenter announced with an over-dramatic pause after it. ‘The Church of England has refused to comment on the plague of falling angels, or on the claims made by one fundamentalist Christian group that London is now so depraved that no angel can enter without being damned.’ Or maybe it was not so over-dramatic.
Ceri picked up her tablet and began searching news feeds as the presenter continued. ‘A Christian religious organisation known as the Watchers of Saint John claimed today that the City of London has been decreed blasphemous by God. Leader of the Watchers, Simon Ziel, gave a press conference this afternoon and had this to say.’
The picture cut to what was obviously a press conference in what looked like a disused
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