Chapter 38

Sometimes, I harbored the fear that the goddess could use him to cause an air crash if she was desperately and spiritually in need of blood. Deep down, what I feared the most was finally about to happen. I knew, without a doubt, that the Deaconess was going to be one of the two members to be delivered whenever both men were through with their assignment. 

A fortnight ago, while sitting near the swimming pool in my compound examining my katana, I tried to imagine what would happen if I inflicted an injury on myself as an initiate. I’d not given the experiment much thought until this particular moment, as a sinister idea of killing two of my fellow initiates began to develop in my mind. 

The moment the meeting was over, and my invisible double walked out of the bathtub minutes later, I paced my bedroom and thought of how to bring my idea to fruition.

I knew both men resided