Blood Eternal by Toni Kelly

Author:Toni Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2014-02-02T16:00:00+00:00

Dear Savannah,

Look, there’s no easy way to say this... You’re in it for the long haul. From what I hear, doctors are estimating a year plus in intense physical therapy. I’m not sure we can handle that. You know, the job and everything... Anyway, I think we should take a break for now.

“Signed the thing love, Ben. Love, my ass. I bet he wouldn’t know the emotion if it came back and bit him in the neck,” Broderick said.

Luke growled. “Do not tempt me.” He handed the phone back to Broderick. “If I ever see him, I will drain the prick dry. Although at this moment, I cannot say I am any better. I may have made her a prime target for the Ancients.”

“I’m sorry I got her in this mess too.” Broderick bowed his head. “And I hate to tell you this but it gets worse.”

“What are you talking about?”

Broderick huffed. “Have you ever heard of the Blessed?”

Luke leaned back. He had no idea where this would lead but Broderick’s paler than normal complexion did nothing to provide him any comfort. “No. Are they some kind of order?”

“Not really. They’re human, just special. Sometimes humans die, stop breathing, caput.” Broderick slashed his hands like knives for emphasis. “Some come back.”

“You mean near-death experiences.”

“Yeah, exactly. Legend says there are those who die long enough to reach heaven. Not everybody does.”

Luke nodded, rubbing his chin. “You mean, assuming the Bible is right and it is either eternal happiness or a lake of fire, we are talking those headed for eternal happiness?”

“Actually, I referred to the length of time one must be considered dead, not whether or not they go to heaven—although that’s sort of a given.” He shrugged. “Anyway, it turns out the magic number is three hundred and thirty-three seconds. Get it? Number three, there’s three of them, trinity, et cetera.”

“I understand.” How often did this sort of thing happen? “Cutting the noose a bit close, is it not? On average, a human brain can only survive up to six minutes without oxygen once the heart stops.”

“So I’ve heard.”

“So what goes on with these Blessed? They reach heaven and what happens?”

Broderick shrugged. “No one seems to know. All my answers seemed to get skewed. One guy said they came back with good powers, another mentioned they can perform miracles of healing, which is usually considered good. Still, the answers were vague except for this one lady. Um, a…Lady Claire. She’s some psychic in Queens who owns a tiny dark arts book store. She told me blood from a Blessed is sacred and was used in ancient times to destroy evil.”

“Does she know this for a fact? Has she ever met one of these Blessed?”

Broderick shook his head. “No, I asked her.” He stuck a hand inside his jacket and pulled out a folded piece of paper, yellowish and stained like it belonged to an old book. “But she did tell me to give my friend this.”

Luke took the thin paper and opened it up.

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