The Family

Hanging onto him, she descended into a multicolored vision, shades of light she'd never seen filling her head. When her vision cleared, he shone, the purest, transparent white. She laid one hand at the base of his neck, and it flushed red.

"You did this to me," he said, "and I really like it."

Running "The Earth Shop", Lauren Fournier had seen many unusual things. The supernatural was, after all, the purpose of the store. But never, since she'd taken it over, had anyone in the Christian commu...