Nuns? They'd take one look at Barrons and decide the devil himself had come knockng. He not only looked dangerous, he emanated something that made even me feel like crossing myself sometimes, and I'm not religious.
Keeping vigil over her are two monsters of very different breeds but monster just the same. Death on her left. Devil on her right.
Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man. - Adam Black
But he didn't need to seek visual confirmation of what he'd just heard to know she had. And the truth was, he couldn't blame her. He'd not have let her die, either. He'd have moved mountains. He'd have battled God or Devil for his wife's life. She'd betrayed him. He smiled faintly.