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T. L. James
Excerpt from Deadly Sins
Matthew tapped his fingers in a rhythmic motion as he watched the polls for the
upcoming 2012 election. With each uptick in the opponent’s ratings, Matthew stomach
soured more. He started thinking back to the last election. Heaven had been victorious
that time. Although it presented a non-bias stance, its influence proved powerful and
the rightful 44th president was elected. It was very important for humanity at large,
not just the United States, for President 44 to be in office. Heaven and its influential
party were ready to change the world and send a global message that Humanity Cares
and Saves.
However, it turned bad when Heaven switched its focus onto Matthew. As he
wandered further into the world, he was getting beyond the angels’ reach. It was to the
point that God would have been the only one to save him. Heaven pulled together to
get Matthew back to Heaven, alive and in one piece. It was good for humanity that The
General of Heaven’s Army was home. However, it left President 44 to fend for himself
against the political wolves.
Unfortunately, Matthew didn’t want to be saved nor did he want Heaven’s attention
on him. Heaven worked really hard to beg, persuade and even threatened him to get
him back to his rightful position. But he didn’t care. He wanted to be with his greatest
love – Mallory Haulm. Everything was going fine until Mallory learned of his true
identity. Mallory was Death, the Final Fourth Horseman. He was the one that Matthew
was supposed to battle in the event Armageddon should start this century. They were
lovers and didn’t mind the truth until his family got in the way and skewered Mallory’s
thinking. Then when Hell got involved, his life plans changed. Unfortunately, Mallory’s
plans didn’t include Matthew anymore. Finally, all hell broke loose and Mallory was
killed.
His greatest love was dead and Matthew was heartbroken. He wandered around until
he found himself in the arms of none other than – Silas Xavier Luxapher or Satan, the
ruler of Hell for the 21st century. That was a new low, but it didn’t motivate Matthew
back to Heaven. In fact, he started to get comfortable when he made himself at home
at Silas’ residence. Silas vehemently obliged. To make matters worse, he thought he
rekindled with his greatest love’s soul in a eries of female bodies. However, that left a
series of murdered bodies. Matthew was digging himself further into a hole that was
getting beyond Heaven’s reach.
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