"God made angels to do His job for 'im, same as anyone." And therein lay the source of all his stress and angst over the past week. This was the Word of God. Clearest order any of them had ever been given. And Shawn knew more specific orders would be coming for him, soon enough.

He went on, responding more to his own thoughts than anything she'd said: "I mean, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't. Literally. Kill the angel or don't kill the angel. This whole thing's still a shitshow, supposedly brought to you by the Almighty."