His wings flicked, as they often did when her demon was irritated, and he continued. "They’d be utter fools and deserve the ruin of their folly to deny you, now. The more prescient question is what if they do? What can Heaven offer you now that outweighs the freedom and power I’ve granted you at my side? More patrols? More clandestine trips sneaking into libraries like a thief in the night instead of worship like the queen you—"