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NONE OF THE PRINCES EXCEPT Lucifer knew any of the history behind the princess and her time in Heaven, nor did they know her relationship with the archangels or Gavin himself. I didn’t know that much about it either. The princess never cared for speak about it (although it was clear that she didn’t remember much because of how young she was at the time anyhow) and King Victor never wanted to bring it up either for fear of bringing those painful memories back for his daughter.
However, I did know that Princess Edelweiss was terrified of the archangels, especially the two most prominent ones, Gabriel and Michael. I didn’t blame her. Gabriel and Michael had broken into the Palace of Darkness through her bedroom window several years ago and stole her from her bed in the dead of the night.
She never told me or King Victor what all was done to her, but considering the injuries she had and the tests that King Victor later told me that the royal physician wanted to have done, I had my theories.
The only problem was that I also knew that I was no match for the archangels back then and I had no hope of changing that fact. Now, it was just me and the seven younger princes and they were no competition either. If we had Lucifer, things may have been different, but he wasn’t here and wouldn’t be for a while.
I led the way to Edelweiss’s bedroom and pushed open the door to see her on the ground with two men with massive white wings standing over her. The brothers weren’t far behind me and all seven of them were in their full forms from what I saw out of the corner of my eye.
“Gabriel? Michael?” I heard one of the princes (I guessed it was Lachlan) mumble.
“Just what do you think you’re doing here?” Another asked in a much more audible tone.
I always forgot how much deeper a male demon’s voice could get when they were in their full form and it would never cease to send chills down my spine when I heard it.
“Taking back what’s ours,” Gabriel replied, his voice eerily calm as he sent a Lux (essentially a ball of pure white light) in our direction.
My heart began to race as I told the princes to dodge the Lux, hoping that they would do so in time. There were very few things in this world that could kill a demon, but a Lux - if it struck just the right place - was one of those things that most certainly could.