s*x in death
He looked demonic—his hair was wild, his eyes were solid charcoal, and the silver marks on his chest were bleeding light.
"Step away from her," Julian growled, the sound echoing like a mountain collapsing.
"You're too late, Valerius!" Silas screamed, waving his hand.
A dozen shadow-sentinels, the same ghosts from the Sixth Life, rose from the floor. They didn't have weapons; they were made of the same guilt that the Sin-Eaters fed on.
"I'm not the Doctor anymore, Silas," Julian said, his voice dropping into a register that made the cathedral stones weep. "I'm the one who remembers why the First Life ended."