Katelina tensed in front of the mirror. It was October, five months since the battle, since Sarah died, and Samael disappeared. In all that time she'd heard from him once, a single sentence:
"I am home. When you weary of the world, you are welcome."
Verchiel said he'd retaken his palace in China, and the humans were advised to let it go. The Kugsankal, now led by Inanna, was keeping an eye on him. Katelina wondered if they could actually stop him if they needed to.
Hopefully we never find out.
The Guild had gotten away with the attack in Arizona. Internet videos surfaced after the fact, showing a rooftop fight with super humans. Public opinion labeled them fake. A lone survivor tried to tell the story of what he'd seen. He made it as far as a crackpot radio show before he was found in an alley, dead from an overdose.