The garden, continued
Lucifer sneered in disdain and began to push himself up without aid, but at Audrey’s covert touch to his elbow, hidden from Gabriel’s line of sight, he took his brother’s hand and allowed it to pull him into a sitting position.
“Where have you brought us?” Audrey asked, changing the subject to prevent further disaster.
The answer came from behind, in the medium of a gentle, honey-smooth, male voice that she recognised at once, despite it being the first time she’d ever heard it. It was the hush of the wind and the ebbing of the tide and the calming patter of the rain beyond the marble columns of the rotunda.
“You’re in the garden of Eden, child,” it soothed melodically, and Audrey twisted to meet her maker.
He was every bit as holy as He’d ever been depicted, though in a strange, terrestrial way that indicated righteousness, rather than self-righteousness. He looked nothing like the old man Michelangelo painted, but in fact, approximately in His mid-thirties. His sandy hair was about the same length as Uriel’s, but much thicker than the archangel’s sleek locks; it was only streaked very slightly with grey at His temples, and it was well hidden because of His neutral colour. The lines at the corners of His bronze, fatherly eyes were more of character than age, and He was clean-shaven save for the light stubble around His jaw and across His upper lip.
He wore a thin, greyish-mauve kurta that came to the tops of His thighs, with leafy flourishes of silver embroidery around the neckline and the sleeves pushed up to reveal His forearms, which were smattered with blonde hairs like fields of bowing wheat. From what Audrey could see of His trousers beneath it, they were supple leather like those of His sons’ uniforms.
There was no smile upon His young face, but the corners of His mouth had a natural upward tilt that lent a peacefulness to the still somewhat tense situation.
I am so tired. This is all I managed after work today. :(
Is it stupid to capitalise every mention of Him? It's getting tedious already and I've only just introduced Him..