The Trilogy of the Void: The Complete Boxed Set by Peter Meredith

Author:Peter Meredith [Meredith, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Romance, Genre Fiction, Horror
Amazon: B00X86ZXYG
Published: 2015-05-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The Pewter Cross

When Jim saw the horror of Father Alba's face, he seriously questioned his vow not to hurt Talitha. And when he saw the blood, drying on her hands, the blood that stained her with guilt, the vow went out the window completely.

But then he saw something else, a girl, small and vulnerable and in truth innocent, and he gave up his pretense of anger and moved in to hug her and to protect her and if he had to, die with her.

When she held him back stiffly, he only paused a second, before he moved her arm out of the way and hugged her tight, his face against hers and she didn't fight him but instead began to cry. Her tears were warm and soft, tickling him as they traced the border where their skin met. They were also, in a sad way that broke his heart, wonderful.

He knew her tears were partially because of him, perhaps mostly so. In their long talks, he had the sense that she'd been desperately lonely and he had shown her by his hug that he cared for her. He felt her hug him back hard, clinging, and afraid to give this up, the one true moment of affection she had experienced in years.

Jim waited for the shot to ring out with a strange feeling of contentment. He realized he could die this way and be happy. But no shot came.

"What?" Will asked perplexed.

Jim glanced up at the oddness in the man's voice and saw Will staring at an empty spot on the floor, as if looking for answers from the mute cement. Jim's contentment died right there and not because of a bullet. It was then that he noticed the hideous smell and saw the atrocity tied to the wood box in the center of the room.

"Luke...he was right there," Will muttered and sudden fear overwhelmed the perplexity on his face. He snapped the gun up and swiveled it around the room, searching the dim corners. "Jim, did you see Luke at all when you came in here?"

"No. It was just you and Talitha and...that," he added grimacing at the sight.

"Damn it! Where's Sean? Is he still alive?" Will asked urgently.

"Sean is with Father Alba, but where's Father John?" Even as Jim asked the question, he felt he already knew the answer.

When Sean and he had been trying to find a way into the building, they'd heard the gunshot. It came low and distant, a muffled noise but still unmistakable for what it was. The back entrance to the factory had proved impossible to get through and they were in the process of trying to break into a second story window when the sound of the gun, and the others that followed had nearly sent Sean and him into a panic.

They threw subtlety aside and tore the frame of the window out by hand, uncaring of the noise. They were frantic to get inside, but both men were so large

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