Priest Gregory Caledon, Thira's father, had a strange dream. He was in his sitting room, which now had a paranormal celestial quality to its atmosphere.

While Gregory himself was dressed in white priestly regalia, with a flaming sword in one hand and a bible in the other, Celina, his wife, and his second daughter Vela sat beside him, both of them dressed like angels with wings.

Standing before him was his first daughter, Thira, whom he had sent out of the house five years ago. She was ...