Ryan took a deep breath and looked around the chapel. "Well, I guess we should finish what we came here for."
Louis dusted himself off, his body still aching from the fight with Alhazel. The church felt eerily quiet now as if it were holding its breath, waiting.
...
Ryan led the way back to Church, where the priest's office was located. Father Gabriel had been expecting Louis to finalize his application into the altar servers, and after everything that had just happened, Louis figured there was no better time than now.
As they walked through the dimly lit halls, Ryan glanced at Louis. "So… David's Stone, huh?"
Louis pulled the small, ancient-looking stone from his pocket and examined it. It looked ordinary—rough, weathered, unremarkable. But he knew better. It had awakened when he touched it, brimming with a hidden power.
"Yeah," Louis muttered. "Jesus gave it to me through Elyon."
