Chapter 25 - Status quo

Marcus stood across the room from Michael as the older angel glared at him over the lit candles that lined the vestry table which stood between them, the glow of the candle lights reflecting in his blue eyes. Michael was an angel too, and Marcus' senior, from whom he received all the directives and instructions for his missions. Just like every other angel that live among men, Michael lived in disguise. To the human eyes, he was just an ordinary priest. But in reality, he was a senior angel who served as an instructor, overseer and guide to younger angels for the duration of their missions on earth. Angel Michael also reprimanded the junior angels when they lacked or strayed from their mission, and that was just what he was doing with Marcus in that moment. The elder angel was scolding his junior for meddling in issues that were not related to his mission, but Marcus was being stubborn and unrepentant about it.