"That curse wasn't contagious, though, right?" Coby could see Jag beating himself up over what had happened. "'Cause you weren't the only one raising hell that night. It's all shit I did, right there with you, and I wasn't cursed.

"If anybody should be sorry, it's me. And I am." Maybe he'd been a little cracked that night, more than he usually was after Anael became such a part of him, but that didn't change what he'd done. He'd still been himself, just a side that hadn't been let out as often lately."