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revelation

noun rev·e·la·tion \?re-v?-'la-sh?n\

A pleasant, often enlightening surprise

Prologue

Cain

“Thanks for colad he didn’t extend his hand to me It wasn’t that I didn’t respect thewasn’tand never had been Luckily, Ronan Grisham and his second-in-coular basis as part of my job, had picked up early on that physical contact was so I liked to steer clear of and they’d respected the boundary

I nodded and followed Ronan up the stairs of a small, remote house that was located on several acres about thirty miles east of Seattle The house itself was a run-down piece of shit, but the property was appealing since you could see anyone cohbors

The early February air was chilly and das There were no vehicles except ours and all the curtains on the front of the house were drawn I didn’t ask ere doing there because Ronan would tell ood and ready

Ronan’s knock on the front door went unanswered Since I doubted he’d brought me all the way out here just to visit hoever lived in the duet my tools to pick the lock when Ronan reached down and turned the knob I stiffened when it turned and autoun at the saht nod and then pushed the door open

To say the place was a mess was an understatement I let my eyes adjust to the darkness as I carefully stepped over an overturned side table near the door Ronan motioned to me and I quickly followed his silent order to clear the house Debris littered the floor of each rooer than I would have liked to sweep the two rooms near the back of the house while Ronan checked therooht since the power didn’t appear to be working

Even if the place hadn’t been trashed, calling it a dump would have been kind The furniture was decades old, the thick carpet beneathcarpet that was a disgusting shade of yellow, and the paneled alls , which I wouldn’t have thought was even possible Junk was all over the floor, but it didn’t look like actual garbage More like a mix of clothes, papers and the remnants of some of the cheap wood furniture that had probably once served as a coffee table or set of end tables The couch was shredded, as was the single ar area outside the kitchen had an overturned table and three broken chairs strewn all over the floor It looked a lot like someone had broken the chairs over the table I also saw dents in the wall and guessed that whoever had been sression out on the walls There were a few cheap lass overlays shattered

Ronan and I e there Unlike the living rooe and food that had been reerator The freezer was open and its contents e the small space

Whoever had trashed the place had done it recently – within the last 24 hours at the most, more likely twelve

“Ronan,” I said as I e of one of the countertops

Blood

The light in the kitchen was poor so we each pulled our phones out and used the flashlights to take a closer look There was more blood splattered on the backsplash above the sink and several droplets in the sink itself

I followed Ronan to the two bedroo interesting about the roole pillow and a three-drawer dresser that looked like it was at least thirty years old Nothing more No pictures on the walls, no clothes in the closet The second bedroom was the exact opposite Whoever had destroyed it had been in a rage The mattress from the full bed was overturned and shredded on both sides An endless assortment of clothes coveredhat looked like the re