Revelations by Julie Lynn Hayes

Author:Julie Lynn Hayes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Alternate Historical M/M Romance, 978-1-77127-267-4
Published: 2013-02-15T10:21:16+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five: Lucifer

He’s such a needy child sometimes, and ridiculously easy to see through. Did he think he really fooled anyone with his act? I’ve known for years he has a boner for Jesus. I’ve just been too much of a gentleman to mention it before.

Yeah, right. Being a gentleman has nothing to do with anything. Timing is everything. And my timing is nothing if not impeccable.

All I can say is they’re both fools. And it’s been great fun playing them for all it’s worth.

In case you’ve already pegged me as the bad guy in this drama, that’s fine with me, I don’t really care. I guess from most everyone’s viewpoint, I am. But then again, how can good exist without evil? So that also makes me necessary in the scheme of things. This whole good/bad thing is so subjective, anyway—it all comes down to whose ox is being gored. (look it up, if you have no idea what I mean). Remember this—history is always written by the winner, not the loser. The Bible only shows you what they want you to see, and from their perspective, I’m the bad guy. Think about this, too—women get the short shrift there as well. Written in as second class citizens, they’re kept from any roles of importance within the church. Think that’s an accident?

Hell no. Not to mention certain books of the Bible have been conveniently lost. So keep that in mind before you start making judgment calls.

“Good morning, Sheriff Kaplan.” I smile at him congenially, reaching out to take the expected glad-hand. “I merely wanted to assure these concerned citizens justice is indeed being done. I didn’t realize we’d walk into a re-creation of the crime.” I can feel the heat emanating from the Iscariot from here. The only reason he isn’t in my face is that Jesus is restraining him. Good call on his part, but also no less than I’d expect from the son of God.

My group is still stunned from the sight of seeing two men romantically entangled at the mouth, averting their eyes once they realize what is happening. Again. Well, most of them. I do notice a few of the women are casting surreptitious glances toward the cell—a couple of the men as well. Ah, human nature, how I do love your hypocrisy. One grey-haired little woman of indeterminate age, anywhere from fifty to sixty, I think, detaches herself from the group and cautiously approaches the cell where Judas and Jesus are still sitting. How cute that Judas is trying to keep us from seeing his lover. So very innocent of him, the naive fool. Not that it will do him any good, in the end. It never does.

The woman is making some sort of a hex sign with her fingers, as if to ward off whatever they have that just might be contagious enough to sully the purity of her mind. “You boys are young, why are you ruining your lives this way? God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

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