The Order by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen - Kass

By the time we got back to the house, the little ball of light that was the sun had fully risen into the sky. We might’ve taken the long way around, strolling slowly. Not once did his hand let go of mine. It was still so weird to me, what happened, how we were together now. How it took this long for me to realize how I felt about him.

All the signs were there. I needed him more than I needed air. I couldn’t even think of hurting him, even if he was capable of levels of destruction and evil Crixis couldn’t match. He might’ve aggravated me, annoyed me sometimes with the stupid stuff he said and did, but I always adored him anyway. How could I have been so stupid, so blind for so long?

Of course, my luck would dictate that I realized it now, when we faced one of our worst enemies. A numerous foe that paraded around as good and holy, their apocalyptic desire born from a wish to rid the world of Demons and sinners. The problem was, innocent civilians would die too. And the Council, the Order—whoever the heck they were—they weren’t God. They weren’t judge, jury, and executioner. They had no right to sentence anyone to death, especially in the fiery inferno they wanted Gabriel to create.

The Council was the Order.

Just…how? All this time, we were all lied to. Every single Purifier, and by the look of her after she found out, Liz. It was clear that not everyone in the organization knew about their ulterior motive.

Couldn’t say I regretted quitting.

Gabriel and I headed up the long, winding driveway to the front door. It was a good thing the house was far off the road, otherwise I had a feeling the cops would be here constantly, with all the bodies our driveway had at one point or another.

From the look of it, Crixis had been busy while we were gone. No blood, no bodies, no trash stacked in bags by the front door. I didn’t want to know what he did with them.

After walking up the few steps leading to the porch, I was the first one in the house. Just like the outside, the bodies were gone, though some of the blood stains remained. Max sat in the living room, nose deep in a laptop, while Liz spoke to someone on the phone near the mantle. The pictures I’d shattered and torn open were picked up. Besides the blood stains, the only thing looking out of place was the sheet of wood covering the hole in the wall.

When they noticed my presence, they both snapped to attention. Liz muttered, “I’ll call you back.” Max simply stared at Gabriel, then at our intertwined hands. “My sister,” she explained, moving closer to me, shooting an uneasy glance at Gabriel. “She’s going to let us stay in her flat after we cross the pond.”

Pond. By pond she meant ocean.

“She’s a teacher,” Liz felt the urge to explain, “a regular teacher, so she’s not involved in all this.

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