Book 1, Shequere Avxhiu
Chapter 8“HALLOWED BE THY NAME . . .”
Avxhiu hesitated as the inexplicable stopped her short. The German had come back to life. The whites of his open eyes begun to turn in their sockets; the blue pupils came down slowly. The death tremble in his limbs fell away. He took a deep breath as if nothing had passed.
As Avxhiu’s alarm spiraled out of control, somewhere deep within, confusion fought a rearguard battle. This was not the same man. His eyes were the same blue, but they were no longer flat. They shone with sparkling luminosity, and they looked at her for the first time with strength and directness.
“Don’t be afraid, Shequere. I used a default program. You are in no danger.”
“Default program?”
“A back door from the early days of evolution. Can you keep a s
