Pure Providence: A Novel of the Pure Ones

All my existence, I have loved one woman.
But she was never meant to be mine.
I loved her when she was the intended bride for another.
I betrayed him too.
I loved her after they married.
I took what wasn't mine.
I paid my penance by dying in his stead.
But it wasn't enough to restore the Balance.

When the Goddess gave me a chance to make things right, to serve as a soldier of the Pure Ones, I embraced that offer. Even though what I really wanted to do was stay dead and numb.
Never to be reawakened i...