of course, with all his being, wanted every evil
to go out of this world, wanted people to be happy and quiet
life. But sometimes they themselves cause trouble to themselves and others
,create so many problems that
no one can cope with all this. He was already doing everything he could,
and more. And the angel was indulging in pleasant memories
of today’s good deeds that he had done, when
suddenly it was as if boiling water was thrown over him, as if an invisible siren
screamed in his ears, and a red flashing light, deafening
howling, sparkled before his eyes. The spirit leapt up and flew
out of the window.
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Lina’s heart sank with fright, and her breath caught in her throat.
This strange man in a black suit was standing in front of her
,shining a flashlight in her face.
«Well, hello,» he said in a pleasant, almost too
pleasant voice. «Who do we have here?»
Lina began to shield herself from the glare with her hands, and he
dimmed the lantern.
– So what am I supposed to do with you?»»
What is it?» the stranger asked her, his face breaking into a smile or
a grin.
Lina looked up at him. The first
thing she noticed were the eyes. Brown
eyes, the irises of which glowed with yellow-red sparks at the edges
.
Those aren’t lenses, Lina thought.»
Blah, I got it.»
When suddenly everything rang and then froze,
and it became difficult to breathe, difficult to move, difficult to speak…
A voice was heard from Sleep – ruzhi, and the man in black
came down like lightning and disappeared from sight. Li-
na exhaled, the feeling of suffocation and helplessness
gone. She scooped up her backpack and went down the
stairs. And finally, with just one glance over his shoulder
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At what was happening nearby, I ran
home as fast as I could.
She saw something even more incredible. It was as if an-
gel was descending from the sky, shining with divine light, holding
a silver sword, but she couldn
’t see it anymore. Fear took over her completely, the instinct of self —
preservation took up all the space that was in her head. Other capes-
Lina had no choice but to run far and fast, and in a
few moments there
were only two people left at the hunter’s cabin.
Damiel appeared in all his glory, in
all his beauty – blinding light and snow-white wings. He rarely took the form of a spirit and appeared in the human world in the form of an angel