The Enlightened said we had to keep making sacrifices, otherwise the air would become petrified and we’d die like fossils in the haze. We trust their messages because they possess all three of the Chosen’s virtues. They’re emissaries of the light; that’s why they have the Minor Saints’ ethereal voices, the Full Auras’ prophetic vision and the Diaphanous Spirits’ perfect pitch. They’re meditators between us and the ancestral divinity, the hidden God who has always existed, who predates the gods created by men.
A wonderful new addition to the Emmie & Friends series! This time we follow Brianna, see her prepare for a Bat Mitzvah, find confidence, and more!
“He unlaced his arms and took a step forward. “You hurt?”
“Not badly.” She tried to smile, but her lips only curved on one side. “My main problem is that I’m stuck to a cactus.”
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“How’d you manage to get tangled up with a cactus?” J.T. crouched beside her and started extricating her from the prickly plant.
“Well, believe it or not, I was on my way to apologize to you when a prairie-dog hole jumped up and grabbed my shoe heel.”
