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Synopsis:
When Alezea is trapped by the Devil, she bears him
a son and knows her life will never be her own. She is the mother of Thomas, a
man reared by Satan to be a killer of life’s most innocent – little girls.
Alezea lives detached from the horrors committed by her son and from her
domination by the entity who uses her as he pleases. Until she meets Martha who
shows her a way out. Now Alezea will risk her very soul to free Thomas from his
father. The fight to save her son will either redeem Alezea or destroy her
forever.
Rachel knows Thomas’ history, yet she believes her
presence can transform him. Her belief in Thomas might send her fully into the
Devil’s realm or provide an opening for God’s miracles in both of their lives.
In a scheme to continue his father’s line, Thomas may ruin his alliance with
Rachel or rend himself from the dominion he was born to hold. The impulse to
contrive his future takes Thomas to new heights in his lifework as a killer,
pushes him toward maturity, and forces him to encounter the astonishing truth
of his heritage.
Anticipation of the Penitent depicts the battle
between good and evil in one family until it is rendered to its destined
completion. Only then will it be known whether Alezea succeeds in her struggle
for a life free from Satan’s control.
Excerpt:
For the first time in
twenty-seven years, Alezea looked at Thomas as a part of herself. He was human,
not a pliant slave for the devil’s use and pleasure. A rivulet of shame started
to stream its way into her heart for the actions she partook in with her son.
Her son. Tears
manifested their way from within her soul and overflowed onto her cheeks. He
was her son, not Satan’s. He lived in her world, not the underworld of the
devil. Her formidable, strong, handsome son had the choice to not be the
devil’s heir, just as she had the choice not to be the devil’s maiden.
It was late when
Alezea finally completed her story to Martha. Alezea was amazed that Martha did
not send her away forever or call the police to her home. Instead, Martha told
her to go home. She told Alezea to not worry and that she would help.
Alezea reached out in
the darkened room and touched her son gently on the arm, not with the
initiation of demanded sexual perversion, but with the care and worry of a
mother for her only child who was lost. That rivulet of shame slowly began to
transform into a prospect of hope. Could her son, who had no guidance or
teachings of goodness, be turned around?
This phenomenon of
love for Thomas was in its infancy. But Thomas was a man in his twenties. Could
he begin to see Alezea as his mother, to be respected and trusted? The
immediate answer to herself was a blatant “No!” Rather or not she reached out
to God previously, she knew that God was stronger than her shame, her doubts
and the devil himself. She would fight for him. She would fight for her son.
She covered Thomas’
shoulders with his sheet and left his bedroom, closing the door quietly. Alezea
stood, leaning gently against his door, still enjoying the emotional impasse
welling inside her. For the first time ever, feeling something other than
trapped, fear and shame, enabled Alezea to feel relief.
