The air in the private solar folded open with the familiar clean pressure of a controlled crossing.Caelian was on his feet before the tear had fully sealed. The moment Lucifer stepped through, Caelian closed the distance and put his arms around him without ceremony. The pregnancy made the angle slightly awkward, but he did not care. Lucifer’s hand settled against the back of his head for a brief, solid moment, the closest the Devil usually came to an open display of relief, before he eased back enough to look at him properly.“You’re unharmed,” Lucifer said. It was not quite a question.“I’m fine,” Caelian answered. “He didn’t touch me.”Ravyn stood near the desk, still in the clothes he had been wearing when he broke into the frozen garden. The sword had been sheathed, but the tension in his shoulders had not eased. He waited until Caelian had stepped back and Lucifer had taken the offered chair before he spoke.“He stopped time,” Ravyn said without preamble. “Froze the guards, the
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