Chapter 5 Neither death nor damnation could desecrate a Psi’s soul the way unadulterated hate could. Such a hate lay in wait for Heaven if she failed the task she and Layne had been given. Everything was at stake. Not just for her and her family, but for her friends, The Oracles, and the entire human race. An impending battle would soon begin, and the cost would be more than she wanted to pay. Despite how much she prayed she was wrong, deep in her heart, she couldn’t deny the truth. Someone she loved would die before this ended. As she handed a sleeping Adalyn to Layne, she watched him place her daughter inside the portable crib beside the couch where she sat in the den. Once he was certain Adalyn wouldn’t wake, he moved away and began pacing in front of the fireplace. Heaven gazed at

