Chapter 12
Lazarus~
Three days later, I was still thinking about Elisabeth, Bodhi, and his crazy prophecy.Instead of enjoying one of the few holiday weekends that we got, I had spent it reading The Bible, researching Archangels, and going down a rabbit hole of religious mental defects.
I also hadn’t gone back to visit Bodhi.While I’d wanted to speak with him again, I hadn’t wanted to without Elisabeth with me.Since Bodhi’s claims revolved around her, it hadn’t seemed right, and so I had reached out to her to tell her what Bodhi had discussed with me after she’d left Friday night.
When I approached the lobby’s front doors at St.Dymphna’s, I could see that Elisabeth had already been waiting for me, the offices closed for the day.I also couldn’t help but notice how tired she looked, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why.If I’d been kept tossing and turning over what Bodhi had told us, then I could only imagine that Elisabeth hadn’t faired any better.
As soon as Elisabeth opened the doors, I walked inside, and she was quick to lock them again.Then, without a word, she turned to head towards her office, and I automatically followed her, letting her set the tone of the meeting.Since I had already overstepped a few times, I didn’t want to risk it again.Truth be told, I was terrified of her cutting me off again, and I’d do anything to make sure that that didn’t happen a second time.
Once we reached her office, I shut the door behind me, something that I was sure she didn’t mind when you considered the topic that I was here to discuss.The last thing that we needed was for someone to overhear our craziness, committing us both.
As I took a seat in one of the chairs, I said, “I thought of nothing else all weekend.”
Elisabeth’s hazel gaze studied me for a bit before she admitted the same.“Same here.In fact, I spent most of my morning replaying the tape from Bodhi’s interview.”
“Well, I spoke to him again after you left,” I told her.
“And what did he say?
“He spoke about how women were stronger than men, though most of them didn’t realize it,” I answered.“Then he brought up how God hadn’t killed Eve for her betrayal.According to him, God hadn’t killed her because Adam would have been left to live a life of crippling loneliness and pain.”
“Well, since she was fashioned from his rib, I would imagine so,” she replied smoothly.
“He said that God can still recognize consequences when dealing out his punishments,” I went on, ignoring her sarcasm.“When I asked him what any of that had to do with you, he circled back around to you being more powerful than you realize.”
“Powerful enough to slay demons?”she deadpanned.“Do I get my own sword and everything?”
Again, I chose to ignore her sass.“Then he went on to talk about our night together.”
“What about it?”she asked, her voice void of any emotion.
“He said that when I first touched you, it shook the heavens,” I told her, my gaze locked on hers.“He said that we experienced something special that night, and that only a few people in the eons of history have ever felt the same thing.He claims to know how we both felt that night.”
“Because he was there?”she huffed, arching a brow.
I leaned back in the chair, letting out a low sigh.“When I asked him how they could let me fuck things up if what we really had shook the heavens, he mentioned free will again and how that is the key to our success.You have to believe all on your own, Lissa.”
“And if I don’t?”
“Then Hell will be unleashed where we stand,” I answered.“When I pointed out that Hell wasn’t a tangible place for humans, he corrected me by pointing out how some of us were already living in Hell.”
“Is that all he said?”
