Vengeance let out an enormous roar and lunged at her, its mouth unhinging as if to swallow Bitter alive. Aloe screamed and Miss Virtue took a rumbling step forward, but then Vengeance blew apart in a cloud of white smoke, eggshells crashing to the ground, ash layering over Bitter’s clothes and eyelashes, wax melting on her sweats. Just like that, the angel was gone.
