"When I am done with her, she will be a climax of my masterwork, a gift to the inferior human race from my Heavenly Sire." He flashed a smile of twisted beneficence, as though he bestowed grace on unworthy beings.

Swallowing passed the sick in his throat, Logan commanded, "I said let her go. You're done."

Looking to all the world as if he had just slandered his character, Angelous' expression seethed with dark intent. Wrath and malice poured from his body. "You ...