Chapter 10

           SilassatbehindthewheeloftheblackAuditheTeacherhadarrangedforhimandgazedoutatthegreatChurchofSaint-Sulpice.Litfrombeneathbybanksoffloodlights,thechurch’stwobelltowersroselikestalwartsentinelsabovethebuilding’slongbody.Oneitherflank,ashadowyrowofsleekbuttressesjuttedoutliketheribsofabeautifulbeast.

           TheheathensusedahouseofGodtoconcealtheirkeystone.Againthebrotherhoodhadconfirmedtheirlegendaryreputationforillusionanddeceit.SilaswaslookingforwardtofindingthekeystoneandgivingittotheTeachersotheycouldrecoverwhatthebrotherhoodhadlongagostolenfromthefaithful.

           HowpowerfulthatwillmakeOpusDei.

           ParkingtheAudionthedesertedPlaceSaint-Sulpice,Silasexhaled,tellinghimselftoclearhismindforthetaskathand.Hisbroadbackstillachedfromthecorporalmortificationhehadenduredearliertoday,andyetthepainwasinconsequentialcomparedwiththeanguishofhislifebeforeOpusDeihadsavedhim.

           Still,thememorieshauntedhissoul.

           Releaseyourhatred,Silascommandedhimself.Forgivethosewhotrespassedagainstyou.

           LookingupatthestonetowersofSaint-Sulpice,Silasfoughtthatfamiliarundertow…thatforcethatoftendraggedhismindbackintime,lockinghimonceagainintheprisonthathadbeenhisworldasayoungman.Thememoriesofpurgatorycameastheyalwaysdid,likeatempesttohissenses…thereekofrottingcabbage,thestenchofdeath,humanurineandfeces.ThecriesofhopelessnessagainstthehowlingwindofthePyreneesandthesoftsobsofforgottenmen.

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