Of all the pieces of news Zachriel could have received right now, hearing of Rami's illness was not the one she had wanted to hear. Of course she wanted to know, but upon seeing the message, her thoughts had immediately jumped to how she was going to tell Ari'el. With Ava gone and his strength sapped by healing and helping here, it was going to be some of the toughest news she'd ever had to deliver. And she had no way to lessen the blow, no way to soothe him. While she knew that they were supposed to be waiting for news of the rescue effort to find Lizzie Turner, he had to know now -- she doubt he would forgive her if she kept it from him.
 
[b]"Brother,"[/b] she said softly, her new cell phone clutched tightly in her hand as she approached him on the far side of the courtyard. Dylan, the Alpha, had started to organise emergency repairs to the houses closest to the blast, and they were both lending a hand. [b]"I need a moment with you, alone."[/b] That was the only warning she could give that this would be difficult to hear.
 
Leading him away from the others he had been assisting, she found a quiet spot before turning to him and looking up at him with her green eyes. [b]"I just got a message from Esme. She is with Rami right now in New York, and I'm afraid he's not well. From her tone..."[/b] she gulped, [b]"and the fact that her and Raziel's healing hands are having no effect, I'd say that it is bad."[/b]

Ramiel strikes the fear of God into the Demon.
 
"I have a message for your Master. Leave Jared and this world alone, or I will single-handedly tear your lives apart."

To Rami, both scared.

"Why did you smile?"
 
"When?"
 
"In the room, when you and Teddy were talking to Charlie. You smiled and I asked what... you said nothing?"
 
There it was again. The Angel tilted her head down, brushing her fringe back from her forehead before looking at her big brother again. "You really have no idea, do you?"
 
He looked at her expectantly, completely clueless.
 
"Rami, how many times have you been in love?"
 
The Fallen actually attempted to count the times in his head, then he realised where she was going with this. "You think..."
 
"It was all over your face."
 
"Esme, she's one of my longest and closest friends."
 
"That doesn't mean you can't love her. Emiline was your friend before she was your wife."
 
"But I hadn't known her for centuries, seen her with a family of her own, know the burden she carries."
 
"All I'm hearing is more reasons why you two would connect on a deeper level than anyone else."
 
Rami stared down at the sheets, brow deeply furrowed.
 
"I'm just telling you what I saw, Rami. I know that now is the worst time for me to be pointing it out, that admitting anything would be frightening considering the situation, but just think about it, brother." He wouldn't want to leave anything unsaid.