I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

Author:K.A. Merikan [Merikan, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.
Published: 2022-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

12

GABRIEL

Gabriel put the first aid materials into a small bag he’d found behind the reception desk, but when he stood up, ready to head off to meet Abaddon by the fresco, his heart might as well have stopped.

Father John’s gaze zeroed in on him, and his hooked nose made it seem as if the man was a hawk and Gabriel—the rabbit in the middle of an empty field. For a second, he considered the ridiculous notion of ducking back under the desk, but the second predator approached with a silly grin under his mustache.

The nearby stained glass window cast a red tint on Martinez’s glasses, which made his eyes seem to glow with hellfire when they met Gabriel’s.

“Playing the nurse, Gabriel?” Father John asked with raised eyebrows.

Gabriel swallowed, squeezing the plastic bag in his hand. “I was just…” His mind was too blank at the sight of Martinez to come up with an excuse.

The policeman adjusted his glasses and approached. Gabriel could smell his peppery cologne from afar, or was it just a phantom memory that had implanted itself so deep in his brain it felt current and real? “We hear you’ve been asking about your childhood friend.”

Dread filled Gabriel’s lungs. Of course Mrs. Knight would have asked Father John about Harry. She had no reason to withhold such information. He pushed back some hair off his face. “Y-yes, I was wondering how he was doing.” Or if he was alive.

Father John rolled his eyes. “You should have come to me instead of bothering Mrs. Knight, who already has her hands full with the children.”

Behind him, Martinez picked one apricot from the basket he was holding and bit in so greedily some of the juice drizzled down his stubbly chin. He watched Gabriel with a desire that never failed to send shudders down Gabriel’s spine, and the thought of those sticky hands trailing over him, made Gabriel shuffle back.

“I’m sorry, I just thought she might know. Do you remember him, Father?” Gabriel asked, fighting for a steady voice in the face of these two demons in human skin.

Father John’s watery eyes scanned him from head to toe, and for a horrible moment Gabriel feared that the priest had access to his innermost thoughts. Without Abaddon here to save him, those two men could drag him away without being seen.

But just as nervous tears were about to roll down his face, Father John spoke, “He’s been adopted. He has no memory of the accident that killed the other children, but it changed his life. He figured God saved him for a purpose and became a priest. In fact, he is serving at a parish only two hours away from here.”

“I could take you out on a trip to see him, if you’d like,” Martinez added, consuming the fruit with dark eyes latched on to Gabriel’s body like two leeches.

Being alone with Martinez was the last thing he could ever want. Now that he’d experienced real intimacy, he couldn’t bear the thought of Martinez touching him.

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