Blackwater Val
So he pulled out his cell phone to call and check on her quick, and just to hear her voice.
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Within the chapel’s sedate darkness, a butane utility lighter flared harshly as Aaban walked around and lit the corner candles and the incense. When he got to the pulpit, he took his time lighting each pillar in the candelabra upon the raised lectern, staring into the flames. Fire made him think of retribution, and that in turn made him think of eternity. He glanced down at Reverend Julian’s open leather-bound Bible, at its strange words. The pages appeared to be so old they might crumble at the slightest touch; Aaban had to resist the urge to feel of their antiquity beneath his fingertips. Smoky li
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