Chapter 404
"No," Jorick said loudly. His voice broke the spell and the others stood blinking uncertainly. "You don't want to defend the world, but rule it, and you're hoping to goad Samael into a war; a glorious challenge and the final proof that you are supreme, that you stand above even those made before you. It's the same as always. You're trying to prove your worth."
Malick gave a deep, throaty laugh. "And so are we all. But who do we try to convince? Others or ourselves? You think my motives more complex than they are. When I left The Guild I thought only of entertainment, something new to quicken this near dead pulse. I sought Lilith with the same hope, a final completion of a quest long desired. Something that would remind me of my youth and its lofty dreams. But when I found what you had raised" He broke off and his dark eyes shifted to Katelina. She could feel him, like a bead of burning light inside her mind.
Get out!