Chapter 61
Suddenly he smelled cinders.
His lazy eyes flew open. He looked around. The ground vibrated. And the water in the lake shivered, causing tiny waves to slide across the surface, as the rocks and pebbles on the ground trembled.
He knew the feeling all too well.
Someone from the Black Heavens had just entered the earth’s atmosphere. He knew it would take only seconds for this person to appear, so he waited until the tremble of the earth subsided and a shimmering vision of a doorway came into view. Flames leaped out of it, and after several chilling seconds, Judas saw someone step forward. Putting his hand up to shield his eyes from the brightness of the flames, he gasped when he saw his father.
Judas’s eyes widened. “Father!” he shouted, grabbing his shirt and tying it around his waist. “What in thunderation are you doing here?”