Chapter 28
The Black Heavens…
Judas stood tall and foreboding in his battle dress of armor, spear, and warrior braids. As he waited, the familiar hot, stinging wind of Hell whipped around his shoulders.
“The Circle is waiting, my brother.”
Judas’s eyes glared at the chiseled face of the Gatekeeper. “I am not your brother, so do not address me as such.”
“But I am your brother. Illegitimate and unrecognized though I may be, I have your blood flowing through my veins.”
“You lie!” Judas spat. “If you were my father’s son, you would live in the Royal Palace.”
“No, my brother. My mother lives. I have been assigned to this lowly place because she is only a servant. Your…our father felt the need for a woman, and he took her and then threw her away. I was the result of a lewd s****l encounte
