Malakhim Volume 4: In the Blood

"Swear it, and mean it."

"No."

Even an angel has no right to ask something like that of a little boy. How could anyone be expected to keep a promise like that? How could Heaven ask so much of someone who's already lost it all? Everything Ben has left is slipping away, and he's just supposed to watch it happen.

He doesn't think he can do it.

Nathan's counting on him to try.