From the Mouth of Elijah

by Bryan Davis

  Sniffing back the tears, Lauren looked into Ashley’s eyes. She was right. For fifteen years she and Walter suffered but kept fighting. She had blazed a bloody trail of her own, though not on a hot lava field. It was time to follow in her footsteps.

  “By the way …” Ashley withdrew a phone from her pocket and gave it to her. “This is yours.”

  “Thank you.” Lauren looked at the screen. Ashley had brought up Eagle’s photo, probably thinking it would complement the medallion somehow. It was a nice thought, but Eagle’s eyes pierced too painfully. Maybe someday his image wouldn’t hurt so much.

  She switched to the next photo—Joan in her companion form. Glowing blue and staring with narrow eyelets, she hovered in place. For some reason, without her penetrating thoughts, she seemed to be no more than a floating bauble, artificial and unreal.

  With two clicks back, Lauren pulled up Joan’s photo in Abaddon’s Lair. Dressed in battle array, she stood with her legs set and shoulders square, her eyes sharp and clear. Yes, this was the real Joan, a sacrificial warrior, the best of companions.

  Tears welled in Lauren’s eyes. Her image, too, brought a stab of pain—another friend, short-lived but more precious than life, swept away too soon. What did their sacrifices mean? They had given their all, each one dying to feed someone starving for life, each one spilling seeds in the hearts of others that would germinate into fruitful trees and begin the process all over again, but only if the new soil would let it grow.

  Three people had faced death—Joan, Eagle, and herself. Two had succumbed. Now, as Abaddon had said, facing the fear of death had defeated all fears forevermore. Since Jehovah-Yasha had rescued her both physically and spiritually, there was simply nothing left to fear. That kind of security might go a long way in battling the likes of Tamiel.

  Taking a deep breath, Lauren brushed away the tears and hung the medallion around her neck. “I’m ready, Ashley. Let’s go find my family.”

  Other Books by Bryan Davis

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  Dragons in our Midst:

  Raising Dragons

  The Candlestone

  Circles of Seven

  Tears of a Dragon

  Oracles of Fire:

  Eye of the Oracle

  Enoch’s Ghost

  Last of the Nephilim

  The Bones of Makaidos

  Children of the Bard:

  Song of the Ovulum

  From the Mouth of Elijah

  The Seventh Door

  Omega Dragon

  The Reapers Trilogy:

  Reapers

  Beyond the Gateway

  Reaper Reborn

  The Time Echoes Trilogy:

  Time Echoes

  Interfinity

  Fatal Convergence

  Tales of Starlight:

  Masters & Slayers

  Third Starlighter

  Exodus Rising

  Dragons of Starlight:

  Starlighter

  Warrior

  Liberator

  Diviner

  I Know Why the Angels Dance