Lena’s shriek rang through the room, and Alex almost grabbed
Father Jackson, ready to fling him far away from her daughter. Instead, she gripped her crucifix so hard it
cut the palm of her hand. The pain
steadied her, as if inflicting damage on herself could somehow bleed it away
from Lena.
The younger Lasham’s face twisted, as if to distort itself
into a parody of her child. Then the
hazel eyes flew open. Her gaze found
Alex and stared at her with an expression the mother had never seen on her
daughter’s face before: utter hatred.
Through gritted teeth, Lilith snarled, “You would destroy
your own child to get to me, Segreto?”
Alex’s jaw clenched tight enough to hurt. She had to, to stop the scream welling up
from her guts to fill her throat. My baby, my little girl, don’t hurt my Lena!
Father Jackson waved his crucifix before Lilith’s eyes. “I order you to depart this child of God,
Lilith. You have no claim on her body,
and you must relinquish your influence now.”
Lilith winced but gave no ground. “Child of God? She is of my blood, watered down as it may
be. She is not human. She belongs to the sisterhood of first woman,
descended not of Eve!”
Alex couldn’t hold back.
“She is descended from Eve through me, and it is the greater part of
her. You have no claim on her. You will let her go!”
The priest drew the sign of the cross over Lena’s
forehead. “You are commanded to return
to whence you came, Lilith. God commands
you. Christ commands you. The Holy Spirit commands you.”
Lena’s body writhed, held in place by her bonds. Her eyes rolled back until only the whites
showed. Lilith’s voice still sounded
strong as it issued from her lips, however.
“Fuck you. She will die. The Segreto will die. All children of the black-hearted Adam and
the usurper Eve will die, and I will take what was rightfully to be mine!”
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