The Final Stage (The Faceless Future Trilogy Book 3) by Nate Allen

Author:Nate Allen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, suspense, christian fiction, mark of the beast, end times fiction

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Still near Junior, John looked toward Lily. If he had only reached her before she decided to speak those words to the two men. He could have saved her so much heartache. If he had answered the door and dealt with the arrest the way it should have been handled—did she not understand what it would do to her? Did she not understand that having such a gift had to be handled with pinpoint spiritual discernment at all times?

John didn’t look at Lily with fear, unlike Junior, he looked at her with the deepest sympathy. And yet it was one he couldn’t yet find himself able to offer outside of the look he gave her. What words could he say? Did he know what it meant to carry the weight of such a gift? Who was he to tell her how it should have been handled? She was a sixteen year old girl trying to step into a divine calling she still didn’t know how to handle. On top of her gift, she had the weight of John’s prophetic words hanging over her. Words of protecting others. Words of purpose well beyond this house. Words he gave immediately after she used her gift to heal his boy. He was as much a reason for these deaths as Lily was.

“I’ve gotta check on Lily, Junior.” John stepped away from him and over to Lily. Cold eyes met his as he looked down at her. “Thank you for trying to protect us, Lily. I’m the one at fault here. Not you.”

Her cold eyes remained. “No, Pastor John. It’s me and my stupidity. I am not worthy of this gift.”

“It’s just growing pains, Lily.” John paused. “I always think back to Elisha. Finally given confirmation that God has granted him his request to have double Elijah’s anointing on his life, he was pretty haphazard at times. I’m sure you remember him responding to some youths mocking his thinning hairline by calling on two mother bears to attack.”

Lily cracked a smile. “I kind of forgot about that story.”

“What do you think a justifiable reason was for that? Revenge? Teach those little troublemakers a lesson? You are not the only one to have a great gift only to misuse it. But you learn from the mistakes. Now whether or not Elisha ever considered it a mistake is another thing entirely.” He tried to give her something else to ponder as they waited for the process to begin.

When the cops came, they entered with their weapons drawn. Everyone was told to lay flat on the ground with their hands on their heads as they assessed the situation.

“What happened here?” they looked for an obvious cause of death but there was none.

John was laid out on his stomach, his hands folded over the back of his head. He looked toward Lily, hoping she would say nothing. There was no evidence of anything. Two dead bodies with no weapon and no blood. Let their questions persist. Enact the right to remain silent.

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