Prologue - Faith / Danny / Mac - A Whole New World

Prologue - Faith / Danny / Mac - A Whole New World

Faith was still having a hard time believing what she was seeing. Noah Stone, aka Deacon, was lying dead on the coroner's table. She could see his lifeless body there and still couldn't fathom what had happened to bring her to this point.

Detective Danny Cornelius put a hand on her shoulder. "You couldn't have anticipated this, Faith."

Her hand shook as she placed it on the glass separating them from the coroner's theater. " I really loved them both, you know. There was so much to love about each of them. Their faults just faded away for me. But neither of them wanted to really see me, their agenda was more important, I guess. " Her voice couldn't help but break. Her heart was already broken. Noah's family, the one he had with Kara, they wouldn't be able to understand this either. He was a pastor, a man of God. How could something like this have happened?

"God brought you into their lives to redeem them, Faith. It's not in you to see the bad parts of them. I've watched you go from blissfully happy to so sad I could hardly take it. You are stronger than you know."

She shook her head nodding toward Noah's body. "James did that to him? Beat him down?" Her eyes unconsciously closed. " I don't get it. Why?"

"We may never know, Faith. My boss Mac Gray wants to talk to you about it. He has a proposition for you. Your talents Faith... Your talents, man, they impressed him."

"Talents?"

"You wrote the story, Faith. So many of your insights helped us shut down many involved," Danny paused.

 "But there are still more, right," Faith surmised. 

Danny turned toward the window as the coroner Alicia Scott started the autopsy. "Unfortunately, yes. Mac wants you to go back in."

Faith's forehead crinkled in confusion. "Go in where?"

"The newspaper. Your insights led us there."

"I had no idea, you know. Not really. Who would even believe my family's awful legacy? They practically killed this town on purpose. Was going to kill the paper too... for no reason at all, just pure greed. Practically all the high ups are in on it. But I can't prove anything. "

"We have men inside. We want you to help them get the proof."

"It nearly killed me the first time, Danny. Demon attacks from them, Noah and James. It's not something I really want to relive. They energetically shackled me to the demon there for decades, since I was twenty. Black magic, dark mages, who would believe such things existed and were real right in their own town under their noses? Demon money magic. All kinds of weird things going on behind the scenes." Faith sighed. "How does God even get through to people like that?"

Mackenzie Gray came up behind them. "It's because God has warriors like us to fight for him. We are going to help you, Faith. You and I will be dating. Danny will always be around. You will never be alone."

Faith blew out an uneasy breath. 

Mac continued. "We're taking over the church too. We'll go back to its original name. Build up the congregation again. Your dreams for that church will come alive."

Faith squared her shoulders and turned away from the image of Noah's beaten body. "Okay. When do we start?"