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Authors: Heather B. Moore, H. B. Moore
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“ What do you see?” I finally press.
He is moving around me again. “That you are curious with many questions ... that you seek knowledge.”
It’s as if he’s pressed a rock against my stomach and the air has been forced out. How can this brother of mine know my deepest desires? I never thought that when I finally met another person I would feel this way — both fascinated and repelled at the same time. I want my brother to leave, yet I want to learn everything he knows. He seems to know even more than Adam.
Before I can move again, his hand is touching my face. At least it seems he is touching me, but I don’t feel his fingers as they move lightly along my cheek. It’s as if his touch is merely a breeze and nothing substantial that I can grasp, so that if I were closing my eyes, I might think his touch was a dream — the shadow in my dreams. “I can help you find the knowledge you are seeking,” he whispers.
I move my hand to his, to see what his skin feels like, but he pulls away quickly, and I touch nothing.
“Do you know what my name is?” he asks, standing at a distance again, breaking the haziness confounding my thoughts.
I shake my head and hold his black gaze, waiting for his answer.
“It’s Lucifer.”
I test the new name out. “Lucifer?” It twists, yet slides, off my tongue, like a whisper.
“Yes, Eve,” he says, his mouth lifting into a smile. “And I’ve come to help you obtain what you most desire.”
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind.
Genesis 1:21
Adam opened his eyes, then winced as pain seized him. The memory of being smashed in the face returned, and he brought his hand to his face, gingerly feeling the effects. He had never felt this sensation before. It was unpleasant, he decided.
Then he remembered Eve. He didn’t know where the stranger had gone, but Adam needed to return to Eve. His heart pounded as he stood. He blinked a few times, looking around, checking for any lurking shadows. Then he pushed through the vines and plunged into the pond. He half swam, half ran through the water until he reached the other side.
He ran toward the alcove, realizing that he no longer held the rock in his hand, but he didn’t want to take the time to find another one. He had to get to Eve. Adam passed the last group of trees before the alcove and stopped.
Eve was standing in front of the alcove, looking at something he couldn’t see.
“Eve!” he called out over his pounding heart.
She didn’t turn as he ran to her but continued to look south.
Adam breathed out in relief: Eve appeared unharmed. But what was she looking at? And why didn’t she respond? He grasped her arm when he reached her, and finally she turned.
“Was he here?” Adam asked.
Eve’s eyes were wide. “Yes,” she said, appraising him. “What happened to you?”
“I fell on the pond bank, and he knocked me to the ground.” Adam took a breath. “Did he speak to you? Did he touch you?”
“He ... he said he’s our brother.”
Adam stared at her. “Is he newly created?”
“He didn’t say.” She lifted her hand and brushed back the dripping hair from Adam’s forehead. “Did he speak to you ?”
“No,” Adam said. “I don’t think he wanted anything to do with me.” Eve was looking away from him again. “What did he talk to you about?” he asked, trying to keep his voice even.
She took a few steps away from him, then turned. “He has knowledge , Adam. He said he could help me gain knowledge as well.” Her eyes were bright in the moonlight. Adam felt as if he’d just fallen into the pond again.
“We don’t even know who this man is,” he said, taking a step forward.
Eve held her hands up. “He’s our brother, and his name is Lucifer.”
Adam grabbed her hands and held them fast. “He’s killed animals. Did you ask him about
He is moving around me again. “That you are curious with many questions ... that you seek knowledge.”
It’s as if he’s pressed a rock against my stomach and the air has been forced out. How can this brother of mine know my deepest desires? I never thought that when I finally met another person I would feel this way — both fascinated and repelled at the same time. I want my brother to leave, yet I want to learn everything he knows. He seems to know even more than Adam.
Before I can move again, his hand is touching my face. At least it seems he is touching me, but I don’t feel his fingers as they move lightly along my cheek. It’s as if his touch is merely a breeze and nothing substantial that I can grasp, so that if I were closing my eyes, I might think his touch was a dream — the shadow in my dreams. “I can help you find the knowledge you are seeking,” he whispers.
I move my hand to his, to see what his skin feels like, but he pulls away quickly, and I touch nothing.
“Do you know what my name is?” he asks, standing at a distance again, breaking the haziness confounding my thoughts.
I shake my head and hold his black gaze, waiting for his answer.
“It’s Lucifer.”
I test the new name out. “Lucifer?” It twists, yet slides, off my tongue, like a whisper.
“Yes, Eve,” he says, his mouth lifting into a smile. “And I’ve come to help you obtain what you most desire.”
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind.
Genesis 1:21
Adam opened his eyes, then winced as pain seized him. The memory of being smashed in the face returned, and he brought his hand to his face, gingerly feeling the effects. He had never felt this sensation before. It was unpleasant, he decided.
Then he remembered Eve. He didn’t know where the stranger had gone, but Adam needed to return to Eve. His heart pounded as he stood. He blinked a few times, looking around, checking for any lurking shadows. Then he pushed through the vines and plunged into the pond. He half swam, half ran through the water until he reached the other side.
He ran toward the alcove, realizing that he no longer held the rock in his hand, but he didn’t want to take the time to find another one. He had to get to Eve. Adam passed the last group of trees before the alcove and stopped.
Eve was standing in front of the alcove, looking at something he couldn’t see.
“Eve!” he called out over his pounding heart.
She didn’t turn as he ran to her but continued to look south.
Adam breathed out in relief: Eve appeared unharmed. But what was she looking at? And why didn’t she respond? He grasped her arm when he reached her, and finally she turned.
“Was he here?” Adam asked.
Eve’s eyes were wide. “Yes,” she said, appraising him. “What happened to you?”
“I fell on the pond bank, and he knocked me to the ground.” Adam took a breath. “Did he speak to you? Did he touch you?”
“He ... he said he’s our brother.”
Adam stared at her. “Is he newly created?”
“He didn’t say.” She lifted her hand and brushed back the dripping hair from Adam’s forehead. “Did he speak to you ?”
“No,” Adam said. “I don’t think he wanted anything to do with me.” Eve was looking away from him again. “What did he talk to you about?” he asked, trying to keep his voice even.
She took a few steps away from him, then turned. “He has knowledge , Adam. He said he could help me gain knowledge as well.” Her eyes were bright in the moonlight. Adam felt as if he’d just fallen into the pond again.
“We don’t even know who this man is,” he said, taking a step forward.
Eve held her hands up. “He’s our brother, and his name is Lucifer.”
Adam grabbed her hands and held them fast. “He’s killed animals. Did you ask him about
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