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Whew! Cody decided the assignment would be beyond challenging. “What else I should know?”

“The council would prefer that you not tell Mariah that that your angelic spirit is inside this man’s body. You’ll have free will, so we can’t stop you, but we caution that telling her could cause her emotional confusion or logistical paradoxes related to your previous life with her.”

He expected that caveat. He nodded. “I’ll strive to go forward with grace in the new host body.”

“Wonderful. We’ll conclude now.”

Cody extended his wings in an angel’s farewell. “Pax to all, for who you have been, who you are, and who you will be.”

The chimes sounded to end the hearing. Emily disappeared from the hall.

Amid “Godspeeds” expressed to Cody, the Highest entered the gathering. He glided to Cody, all-seeing eyes alight with compassion.

The Highest touched nail-scarred palms to Cody’s wings. With a brief tingle, they disappeared. Cody, now deprived of his lush wings, nearly wept.

The Highest kissed Cody’s forehead and said, “Selah.” Cody knew that selah could mean many things. Among the translations were: forever, lift up, pause and listen, prayer, seal up, even, so it goes.

“Selah,” Cody replied.

The light of Heaven faded. Cody blinked at pinpoints of stars in a black velvet void as his journey back began.

He fell from the Heavens into his new mortal body…

But something went wrong.

Terribly wrong…

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