The Righteous (34 page)

Brother Timothy gave her a half smile. He helped her into her seat, then shut the door. Haley looked out the window at another family passing by on the sidewalk. A girl, maybe twelve, thirteen, looked her direction and said something to her mother, who glanced Haley’s direction and then turned away just as quickly.

Timothy got into the driver’s side and produced a set of keys. His truck grumbled to life and he pulled away from the curb.

“Say goodbye to the lone and dreary world,” Brother Timothy said. “You will never see it again.”
Mighty and Strong: Available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and in e-book format. Watch for book #3, The Wicked, coming in June, 2011.