Chapter Nine

Summary

• Hunt Athalar, with his sword dripping with blood, ends the life of a dying man who is trying to bargain for his life in his apartment.
• Hunt makes his way to the Comitium barracks undetected, and walks through as he hears various sounds from the different rooms.
• He passes by without greeting his fellow warriors, Naomi, Viktoria, and Justinian, who are stationed in the common room.
• Arriving at the bathroom, he reflects on his status and former life. Hunt was a commandeer for an angel named Shahar and led an unsuccessful rebellion against angels.
• Hunt is forced to work for the Archangels in exchange for the possibility of freedom. His mission is revenge, to kill as many as he killed during the rebellion.
• In his four years of working for Micah, an Archangel, he’s only made it to a total of 82 kills - the latest being the man whose murder began the chapter.
• Hunt goes into the bathroom and sees himself covered in blood in the mirror. He takes off his clothes and steps into the scalding hot water of the shower.