Chapter Thirteen
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019. 10:00 A.M. CST.
WORLD END: T-minus 80 days, 18 hours, and 00 minutes.
The Church of the Fount, Ruston Parish, Louisiana.
The local parish church was a squat, austere wooden building, its pale blue paint peeling beneath the relentless weight of the humidity. It sat at the heart of the community, smelling of old timber, cheap coffee, and a powerful, cloying sweetness—the scent of a congregation dedicated to absolute, unquestioning c