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I was or what he was, for that matter. I never even saw his face but I painted his likeness perfectly, as if I did. Still gives me the creeps.”
    “You’ve made a lot of enemies ,” he said sadly.
    “You really feel for me , don’t you?”
    “I do. It feels as if H e wanted me to, if that makes sense at all.”
    Alice smiled at Briathos with a heart filled with hope. He knew her silence was filled with it and as much as it saddened him, it also awoke a part of him he wasn’t yet prepared for. He truly cared for Alice, a feeling he was not used to feeling. He wasn’t sure if it was God’s doing or the fact that she was the Fallen’s savior. He was now, too, one of them as much as it infuriated him to think about it. “Do you mind if I ask you about the Horseman?”
    “Not at all. What is it you would like to know?”
    “You said we stopped the seals from being opened. I’m assuming that means one had been opened already. So which one and how did we stop it?”
    “That’s what I expected you to ask. A long time ago, before you were born , the Lamb opened the first seal, the Horseman of Conquest. Many humans saw the entity on a white horse carrying his bow and he was known as the false Christ to some. From what I understand, Columbus conquered the land known now as the United States of America, with the help of the Horseman known as Conquest. Many humans turned on each other and many souls died. He continues to aide in conquering the rest of the world in a less conspicuous manner.”
    “I knew politicians were shady but that’s pretty ridiculous. Wait , the Lamb! You mean Jesus, right?”
    “Yes , that is who I’m referring to, and, yes, I think it is quite corrupt, basically pretending to be a false God, wishing those beneath you to worship you and do as you say. It’s against God. As far as how did we stop it, it is said that if good does an evil deed or evil does a good deed, it basically messes up the balance and halts the process, but this doesn’t last forever.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “Conquest has been roaming the earth bringing his darkness upon the world for decades, centuries even. The Fallen and I are connected to this prophecy, so we can feel the pull of it and also when it lets go. We believe that my fall from grace to save you…”
    “Was good doing an evil deed, because I’m an abomination?”
    “That’s not how I feel, but that is what has been set in motion, yes, and as horrible as that sounds, it buys us time to figure out just how it is you are to save us.”
    “Can He open another seal?”
    “Technically if the balance tips again, yes , I believe so.”
    “Is that the only seal broken?”
    “Sadly no, the second seal was also broken. During what you call World War I, I believe. The second seal is the Red Horseman of War. The Horseman fed into human’s hate, which caused them to fight each other, to the death. There were so many useless deaths of His so-called children.”
    “So there’s two horseman left? ”
    “Only one, Death. Someone seems pretty keen on opening them all.”
    “Rogziel?”
    “It’s possible, though he himself cannot open the seals ; only the Lamb can. Unless He was convinced to open them.”
    Alice’s brain felt like it was on fire. She thought the story of the Four Horsemen was a nightmare told to keep children in line. It never occurred to her that it was all real. It meant that she had four seals to go before mass destruction of the human race and the final End of Days. She felt it in her bones that Rogziel planned to rush this situation along as quickly as he was able to. She wondered if he had anything to do with breaking the first three seals so very long ago. “It seems this all happened so very long ago, what makes you think the others will be broken let alone broken in my lifetime?”
    “Because I know Rogziel, and that is his plan , to bring the End of Days. It’s a matter of time before he convinces the Lamb to open the next