Malcolm finished his studying.  There was no known information.  He still had to pay his penance.  He still had to be a guardian, archangel status or no.  He still had to protect those he deemed unworthy of protecting or so he had.  He was now unofficial guard of this sector.  He moved to grab his coat and at 5:45 he made his way to the bookstore.  By 6 pm she had locked the place up.<br/>He watched her she moved like a dancer, her form was lovely.  He gazed at her, he was enjoying the sight.  Even now a part of him wanted to reach out to her….for her.  He put his hands in his pockets, it wasn’t for him.  He had taken two lovers, both of them were willing to trust him, be with him, love him.  Both of them he buried, the second there was hardly anything left to bury.<br/>His world was simply too dangerous for a mortal lover.  ‘She is different.’  “No, she isn’t she is something but is she good/evil.  It would be just my luck to fall for succubi.’  ‘She isn’t, if she was like us you would feel it.  She is a bookstore owner how evil could she be?’  “Evil hides in all forms.”  He was having this conversation with herself.  He had seen movement out of the corner of his eye, he spotted one, then another….another still on the far corner and that one wasn’t alone.  He wondered what they were up to, he walked back into the shadows. ‘Darkness preys upon the innocent, I am the voice of the innocent.’<br/><br/>They saw her close up the store, when she moved towards her house the first three followed her.  The next group moved to make sure they were in front of her.  They would move to intercept her as she crossed in front of the park.<br/>Malcolm followed staying out of sight, he went to the roof and trailed them.  His eyes adjusted to their heat signatures and he moved to keep them insight.<br/><br/>Once they had her closer, they did what vermin did.  They closed in.  “Well now looking good there.”<br/>“where you going this late at night all alone?”  Another asked.<br/>At this point only four of the six were visible.  He was close enough to hear standing on the other side in the darkness with the other two.<br/>