“You doh understand,” Bitter said, her voice thin. “It won’t let anything stand in its way.” She was beginning to understand how single-minded Vengeance was, how little it mattered what any of them said to it, why it had been unmoved when she’d begged for Mr. Nelson’s life in the alley. The angel simply did not care. It could not be convinced or debated with. “Step aside, traitor,” Vengeance said coldly. “Or you will be gutted like the humans you betrayed us for.”
