Lia watched the brief reaction from the demon and Angel, her eyes turning.a white.color as an invisible barrier came up between them. She took Kai's hand and allowed her hand to glow white as her sister's skin closed, the.blood disappearing. "Thank you, Kai." She spoke, and she saw the angel touching the barrier. "Good luck getting through. My seals, shields, and barriers are second to none. Well, aside from Kai if she ever applied herself. If it were up to her, you would be dead," she said looking at the angel, and then to the demon, "And we would have left you for dead. However, you took a rather gnarly wound for me. Probably would have killed you if I hadn't knocked you out and started small healing spells then."

She paused, turning to the Angel and walked through her barrier, taking.him off guard as she took the blade from his hilt and showed the blood on it. "And this is angel blood." She said, moving back through the barrier and collecting the blood in a vial. "I don't care why you dis it, but the fact that an angel was killing other angels speaks volumes. A seraphim at that."

She closed her eyes and breathed in deep. "So both of you calm. I'd rather not drug you."

She was.only half joking, but the tension was killing her and she moved her hand and some cups came around and tea was poured in them. "Now, sit, be civil. We just want to ask a few questions because you're both curious." She said, and she noticed the.demon eying his wound, and her eyes softened. "It's gone, I owed you. I had to have you unconscious, I won't cause pain if it can be avoided."

"So when's the barrier come down?" Zephaniah asked, and Ophelia sipped her tea. 

"When I am sure I don't have to drug you both." Ophelia quipped. She sat down and motioned for the demon to sit. "Please sit, all of you make me nervous." She asked, and she looked to Zephaniah. "Now, why did you come?"

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Zephaniah could tell that Kai didn't much like him. He may have come in with the angels, but he didn't attack the.demons unless they attacked him. In fact he killed more of his brothers than he care to admit. Then he felt the demon's hands around his neck and once released, he backed away. The the barrier came up. 

It was painfully obvious then. Two sisters, one light, one dark. He tried to move through the barrier. Normally no magic could hold him back, but this did, and.it was foreign. They were special. Special indeed. He had listened as the blonde spoke and when she took his.blade and spoke.of Angel blood, he looked down. He didn't want.anyone, especially a demon to know.

The he heard the question, and he began pacing behind the barrier. "My batallion, my former battalion, was charges with a single task about a month ago. To capture two weapons that the demons had that could turn the tide of the war in our favor. It wasn't until last week when we were planning our infiltration were we told that it was.two young women." He stopped and Lia's eyes cast away. 

"Anyway. In my mind that changed things. They wanted.to snatch you both away and lock you in the holy cathedral about six miles from here. I didn't want any part of it and left the battalion. However, I know my Colenel, he would have broken you two to get you away from the demons and I couldn't let that happen. So I 'returned' because I couldn't watch two living being a with thoughts and feelings being treated like nothing." He said, and soon he found Ophelia standing before him again.

She placed a hand on his forehead, he barely noticed that she passed through the barrier again, but he soon felt light headed and he fell to the floor. When he woke, what couldn't have been moments later, Ophelia was standing.

"He's telling the truth." She confirmed, but she teetered and near fell. "Still haven't got full control over that, between all the healing and spells from earlier, especially the destructive ones, I'm tapped out, Kai. I need rest, and so do you."

Zephaniah saw Ophelia wave her hand and the barrier came down. "What about the demon?"

"His name.is Abraxas, if we'll call you by yours you will call him by his. We don't need to fully question his motives. He's been around us for years." Ophelia hissed. "Besides, right now he's still got some healing to do, and if you don't calm down, I'll knock you out again."

Zephaniah shrugged. "Can I at least ask why he got.in the way of an angel blade?"