“No,” she said a little more firm. Xxnx He’d avoided her name since Angela had entered the room, not wanting to bring that subject back up, but his anger got the better of him. Even though Jessica wasn’t conceived in love, I hoped to show her love. Even in the past on the few occasions that they were able to get together, he couldn’t put this much energy into it. “Jessica’s eyes sparkled like an Outsider’s lights when it possessed someone, even when she was still an infant. I have your number now, and I’m about to head into the Shadow World to talk to the Pillar of Fire, so I’ll have to call you back. Maybe if I’d been there for her more, it would have been different. Wings of flame sprouted from her back and carried her to them, over the magma fountain.
