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Chapter 1 Prologue She was staring at him, and she hated that she couldn't help it. He was repulsive; a slimy, pasty, swollen figure whose unkempt hair only slightly detracted from his twisted face. His eyes were sunken into their sockets, seemingly digging themselves deep inside to avoid being recognized. His nose pushed out of his face as if to try to remove itself from association with the large mouth and crooked scars that criss-crossed his …

…he had, until now, come to enjoy. He would never see the ultimate end of his decision: the calling, and how it forced his wife and children to face the world alone, how the decisions they made resulted in the end of their lives, how their final choice created the evil he had sworn to defend. Fortunately for him, probably by God's will, he would never see his son come to epitomize that exact evil.