Cataclysm (Alternate Earth Series, Book One) (26 page)

“Dude,” the cameraman says, sounding disgusted, “it looks
way
worse now.”

“Are you in any pain?” the news anchor asks, grimacing slightly at the sight of Brice’s injury.

Brice turns his head back around and says, “Not much really, but as you can see, it looks like I may have been infected in some way. Strangely enough, the bird that attacked me dropped dead at my feet afterwards. It appears that after the birds pierce someone with their beaks or claw them with their talons, they die for some reason.” Brice reaches into one of his blazer side pockets and pulls out a Ziploc bag with a dead black bird in it. “And no, Jeanine, I don’t usually go around with dead birds in my pocket. I kept the one that bit me because I wanted to show its eyes to the viewers at home.”

“What’s wrong with its eyes?” Jeanine asks, looking intrigued.

Brice holds the bird out and the cameraman zooms in on the small black bird in the bag. The eyes of the dead bird are glowing white.

“Are you sure it’s dead, Brice?” Jeanine asks, looking skeptical.

“It’s dead,” Brice confirms. “Yet, the eyes are still glowing for some reason. It’s like that for all the dead birds we’ve run across. I can’t explain it, Jeanine. I honestly don’t know what’s going on.”

“Well, get to a doctor, Brice, and have that wound looked at.”

“Will do.”

“What do you think it all means?” I ask Mason. “Are the birds infecting people? It has to be connected to the fourth seal, right?”

“I would assume so on both counts,” Mason confirms. “If it’s an infection, we have to assume it’s something fatal. Birds are one of the best carries of disease over long distances. Millions could die before it’s all over with.”

I consider what Mason just said and realize I hope a swift demise is all that awaits those who are attacked by the small harbingers of death.

In the past few years, I’ve seen horrific things that would haunt the dreams of a normal person. I knew from experience that dying wasn’t the worst thing that could happen to the infected.

When dealing with the world of the supernatural, you have to assume anything is possible.

Ravan’s ominous warning when we rescued Jered returns to my thoughts.

“
I’m offering you a chance to leave before things get much…much worse for you and your friends,
” she had said to me.

Considering what I know from the Bible, concerning the power of the seals, I know her words are true. The situation on alternate Earth is about to get a great deal worse…

Author’s Note

I hope you all enjoyed the first installment of the Alternate Earth Series! The second book in the series will be titled
Uprising
and should be available in the summer 2015. As always, you can keep track of my progress on the book each Sunday on either my FB page or website (links below) with the Uprising Meter Update.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,

S.J. West

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