A Covenant With Death by Bill Wetterman

Author:Bill Wetterman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Christian Fiction, Science Fiction, Futuristic, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Wild Side Novels
Published: 2015-06-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Like fireflies in the darkness, the shimmering lights around Peacock held her gaze. “Pretty.”

She’d become aware of her surroundings. Time had ceased to be for her. She’d forgotten to breathe a day ago. Her mind shutdown and surrendered to total darkness. Death is peaceful, she thought. Now my angel brings me back to life long enough to comfort me.

Then she remembered. Yes. She actually did die. Her breath left her and her spirit rose above her cell. People talked about moving toward a bright light and seeing family and friends. But for her, she watched herself lying dead on the floor of the cell, and then nothing. That is, until now.

“It’s time to go.” The light grew, and she could make out her angel’s shape in the far corner of her cell.

“Are you taking me to heaven? I’m ready.”

A bubbling spring-like laughter filled her ears and in it the words “Not yet, but soon,” spoke to her mind.

“Why did I seem dead until you roused me?” she asked, and knew the answer without a response. “I did die. Didn’t I?”

He smiled. “God has a purpose for you, and you will not go to heaven until you fulfill it.”

“Lead on.” She found herself on her feet moving through the solid door of her cell, a door bolted from the outside and far too heavy for her to move. She felt no pain, and when she looked down, a clean pair of jeans and a white shirt covered her. Tennis shoes adorned her feet. She stopped and ran her hands down her body. The skeletal wraith had vanished, and she was healthy and whole.

Up the stairs she walked to the upper level of Cell Block 42. A guard slouched down by the exit door. Another strolled along the hallway. The angel led her past them without their noticing, and out she went into the fresh air. She inhaled a comfortable breath and turned to her guardian. “Where to, kind Sir?”

“To a meeting, that will happen in a week. Until then, goodnight.”

A voice called to her from what seemed light years away. “We’re waiting, Donna.”

“Mother?”

No one had called her Donna in the last thirty-three years. Her mind fell into a deep sleep and nothing disturbed her.

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Pendleton watched Pope Peter walk unassisted up the stairs to his private quarters in the Rome Complex. Aides tried to help him, but he’d shoo them away with the wave of his hand. Sharp in mind, quiet in manner, Peter was a friend, not a religious figure. He extended his hand to Pendleton saying, “Congratulations on your test score and good luck with the vote. Luckily, no one dares vote me out of office.”

“We’ve prepared Christian leaders worldwide for either the rapture of The Church or their escape by shuttle launches to the biospheres.” Pendleton shook his head. “The press I’m hearing says you and I received strong approval. A few scoffers, but no one thought we were weird.”

“What does it matter what scoffers think? If God is in this, He will judge them.

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