Gabriel had a point. It would be difficult to exist for thousands of years and not learn how to stay undercover, especially during times when people were so paranoid they would have mistaken an angel for a witch. Religious wars were certainly rampant enough.

"See, I've always said she was evil," Valkyrie insisted for what, Ghastly agreed, was easily the thousandth time. "She doesn't have a heart. Or if she does, it's really cold. Like, frozen solid."

It had a little more weight coming from an Archangel, though. Particularly when said Archangel had lost all remnants of a joking attitude with the words. Ghastly's smile quickly slid into a frown. "What do you mean? She doesn't have a conscience?" Didn't have a conscience and had it out for Skulduggery. That would be a new one. Even Baron Vengeous had his own set of morals, twisted though they were.