Thunder crashed down from the sky as I turned to stare at him. He was so far away from me now and I didn't know how to get to him. The earth shook with every sonic boom and I wondered how it had come to this. Beyond me Stood the angel of darkness, hollow and malevalent. I was frozen to the ground. Behind him, Daniel walked away. Slowly and calmly, as if nothing had ever been wrong, as if we had not come to this mutual end and isolation.

The house behind me shuddered. The house that we had owned and kept together. The house that had held our love. Cracked and damaged, it was driven to the very point of redemption that I had felt within my heart. Like me, it just stood and stared.

What could I do? I looked at the house. It looked at the angel and knew that I had to make a choice. Which way? Redemption or pergatory? I closed my eyes and walked.