The Calling
“I kept trying to use whatever gift Joey had given me to figure out who’d murdered them, but it was no use. I could glimpse into meaningless areas of people’s lives—like what their favorite colors were and how often they clipped their toenails—but when it came down to actually seeing something I cared about and needed to know, nothing came. Finally I set the picture aside and turned off the light. I tried to sleep, but I was too wrapped up in my thoughts of Samael and the thirty-four lives and ...what tomorrow had in store. I kept turning over and over in bed, settling first on my left side, then on my right, then on my stomach and finally on my back, before doing the positions all over again. I flipped my pillow at least a half dozen times, hoping for the cool side but never satisfied with what I got. I wondered if Moses was asleep. I figured he probably was, as he was used to dealing with these situations, to all the pressure, that getting a good night’s rest was second nature. As I flipped my pillow back over I heard footsteps outside.MoreLess
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