"Just stay still and accept it for the rest of us," Zarion said as he stepped forward, his voice steady but heavy with authority.
"It will make it easier for us."
Fwish!
Sam didn't answer.
He only smiled at them, calm in a way that didn't make sense in the situation.
"Why are you smiling?" Zarion's expression hardened, his eyes narrowing as if he were staring at something that unsettled him.
The others all flinched, almost in unison, when they saw that smile.
It wasn't the smile itself, but the faint crimson aura that flickered out from Sam's eyes, spilling into the air like fire bleeding into smoke.
The male angel shifted on his feet, clearly agitated, and spoke to his partner with impatience.
"Let's just get this over with. It's one versus five, and we're stronger than him."
"Are you?" Sam asked softly, his smile stretching wider, crimson light glowing brighter.
The female celestial sneered and walked forward, her green halo burning hotter behind her head.
