Free Jack's Back ((Ascension: Book 2)) by Adam Moon Page B

had murdered his ex. Jack had dated her in high school and then things went sour. Soon afterwards she wound up dead, mutilated and stuffed between her own mattress and box spring. He'd been the prime suspect until his many alibis came forward and vouched for him. The cops never did find the murderer.
    But Jack was staring right at him. He wanted to ask him questions like, why did you do it, and were you dating her when you did it , or did you just single her out at random, but his fury demanded immediate satisfaction.
    " Are you ready to be judged?"
    "Nnnoo."
    "Too fucking bad." Jack quickly reached down and grabbed the guy by the ankle. He lofted him into the air with one hand, and held him dangling upside down like that for a few seconds.
    The guy screamed and pled for his life. He begged for forgiveness.
    Then Jack pivoted his hips and half turned as he tossed him like a Frisbee. The look on the guys face was priceless and the hyena laughed maniacally.
    Jack watched as the guy disappeared off in the distance. The fall would kill him for sure.
    He yelled, "Fore," as a cruel joke and the pig snorted.
    Dick-eyes just rolled his eyes at him but Jack ignored it.
    Jack had wanted to inflict funny little tortures on the dude, but he knew Shelly was watching and he didn't want to mortify her more than she already was. It was too bad though because he didn't get the sense of release he was expecting.
    It was at that moment that he realized Dick-eyes was right; they had a mission that was far more important than silly vendettas. Even though the mission itself was a grandiose vendetta in of itself.

Par for the Course
     
    Shelly watched as a man came rushing through the air towards her. Then he soared right over the top of the car and disappeared from sight behind her.
    He was a dead man flying. He was screaming the entire time. His screams had that Doppler effect of changing pitch as he drew near and then changing again as he receded from view.
    She was glad the werewolf had stayed behind because it wouldn't have been so kind to the guy. It would have eaten him alive if Jack let it.
     
     
     
     
     

Enemy Within
     
    Simon Jones walked the perimeter of his Pastor's house. He volunteered for the duty whenever he could get the time off of his real job.
    He had been one of Luke's first followers, and Luke valued those first few who had seen something special in him , more so than those who'd come along afterwards. Simon used this favoritism to his advantage, to get prime surveillance shifts.
    Luke Hadn't explained to them in any way that made any sense, why they were walking circuits around his house twenty four hours a day, armed to the teeth, but no one questioned it. No one but Simon.
    Dave and Jacob had taken the earlier shift. Simon hadn't seen them when he came on duty, which was weird because they'd always stop and talk between shifts about their families and about God and the approaching apocalypse and whatnot.
    Simon's suspicions were further piqued by the blood stains he found on the grass in the backyard and the bullet casing he found beside the front sidewalk.
    No cops showed up, and none of Luke's family had mentioned anything out of the normal taking place earlier in the day.
    The only other difference he noted was a brand new front door, but his imagination filled in the details. He guessed that the old door had been rammed in or shot to shit by whoever it was that left behind the shell casing and spilled the blood of his friends.
    So where were all the bodies?
    Whoever attacked the house had failed, so what had happened to them?
    Why hadn't the cops come asking questions?
    These were just more questions he would never ask Luke.
    That was because Simon had a secret.
    Simon had volunteered to clean the church on a Friday a little over a month ago. There was a sign up sheet for every duty and he was usually one of the first to volunteer for just about everything. 
    But h e'd been forced to call in sick that day. He