I reached for something to break my fall. The ground obliged.

Wish I could say it was a deviously clever move, but the truth is I’ve got grace management issues.

Father Bancroft is an area leader, so the church is our base, but elsewhere itcould be a synagogue, mosque, Buddhist temple. Any holy place will do. We fight demons, not eachother.

I stopped abruptly and turned on them, arms gesturing wildly. “Shut up!