20The Irish ConnectionDublin was a mess. The majority of the populace had fled to the countryside weeks ago, but surly bands of people had remained shacked up in abandoned buildings, defiantly sending a message to the demons that they wouldn’t be scared away. Of course, also a stronghold of Christian belief, they thought God was on their side and would be sending in beautiful angels on magical unicorns to save them any moment.
They’d be waiting a long time, thought Billy. He was the only angel in the vicinity, and he had no magic charger or indeed, even an old tired mule, to gallop in on and save the day.
Currently, he was hunkered down with Aideen and Jacob in the back room of a church in the north of the city. Away from the elegant buildings of the downtown and university areas, he cou
