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cloud cover. Pines surrounded him with their freshness of their scents pleasing. And birds of every color alit upon the branches—cardinals, robins, orioles, finches. Here was a slice of Heaven, he considered.

As he walked amongst Nature’s serene clime, he began to take stock of his life. He had always been the best he could be as a soldier, though he was not always in tune with the ways of the church. Nevertheless, he provided them with a valuable service: Protect those who could not protect themselves and do so with loyalty above all else except honor. It had become his life over the years, his motto. But in Switzerland he had been shown that Father Time remains unbeaten. Salt had showed Kimball that he was equal to the Vatican Knight’s skills set, perhaps the moment a telling one. Perhaps, he was losing his edge with the advancement of aging.

Then he wondered if things would have been different with the backing of the Vatican Knights instead of the Consortium. Good men had died, all but two within a group of many. Would he have fared better if he’d had his Vatican Knights? Would they have been able to stem the high number of kills? Though the Consortium was a guild with specialized global practices that had the numbers to keep them going, Kimball wondered what he could have done to save the lives of those within the group in Switzerland. The answer: He would never truly know.

Now with the Vatican in his rearview mirror for the moment, Kimball was looking ahead.

One who wore his cleric’s shirt and Roman Catholic collar out of conviction, today he wore a checkered flannel shirt and jacket. Inside the shirt pocket was the band of his cleric’s collar, a true treasure and reminder of where he had been and where he was going.

As he crested the gravel road and began his downward trek to the clearing of the log cabin which he could marginally see through the boughs of the pines, he began to see something that did not appear proper or characteristic to the surroundings. Then as he walked into the clearing, he saw something that was ugly and hideously incongruent to the nature of the log cabin, but at the same time it was something never so beautiful, never so appropriate.

It was a white-picket fence.

During his mission in Switzerland with the Consortium Group, Shari had taken the time to deliver him a lifelong dream: a simple life. In time there would be a garden filled with the blooms of colorful flowers. There would be a grill. A dog.

And there would be children.

As he approached the cabin, Shari tossed aside the door and stood on the deck, watching and smiling for a brief moment before she launched herself forward and raced to Kimball, after he dropped his backpack and raised his arms to accept her embrace.

Before this cabin that was surrounded by a white-picket fence, they kissed. And as they did, the clouds parted enough for a biblical beam to slant downward to alight on them both, a spotlight.

The shaft was warm and all encompassing.

And in the end, when it mattered most, Kimball Hayden had finally received the Light.

THE END

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER FORTY

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

CHAPTER FIFTY

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE

CHAPTER SIXTY

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE

CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO

CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE

CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX

CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE

CHAPTER SEVENTY

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE

CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO

CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE

CHAPTER EIGHTY

CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE

CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO

EPILOGUE

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