“With the Truths the Goetia manuscript mentions?”
Simon nodded. “We’re still working on those. This is still a battle we can win. It’s just not going to happen overnight. We’ll learn more about them. The demons have been fighting, doing the same things over and over again for millennia. We’ve just started, really.” He looked at her. “What about you?”
“Lyra is interested in what you’ve found out about the Goetia manuscript. I expect I’ll be helping teams sift through all the information out there that we can recover. Old books. Old manuscripts. And, occasionally, demons we can interrogate. If these so-called Truths are out there, we’ll find them.”
Simon took her shoulders in his big hands. “I’m going to miss you.”
She smiled up at him. “You’re not gone yet. And it’s not like you’re going to be at the other end of the world. I can make the trip, and you’ll probably still need to talk to the Templar here from time to time.”
He gathered her into his arms and kissed her. For a moment he let himself believe that the world was just the two of them, and that none of the problems they faced existed.
The illusion didn’t last long. The Hellgate still stood proudly over London.
THE END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mel Odom lives in Moore, Oklahoma, with his wife and children. He’s written dozens of books, original as well as tie-ins to games, shows, and movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade, and received the Alex Award for his novel The Rover. His novel Apocalypse Dawn was runner-up for the Christie Award.
He also coaches Little League baseball and basketball, teaches writing classes, and writes reviews of movies, DVDs, books, and video games.
His Web page is www.melodom.com, but he blogs at www.melodom.blogspot.com. He can be reached at mel@melodom.net.
