After the movie ended, we had a long conversation about demons, angels, strategies, crystals, even martial art moves. Anything and everything, we talked about it. We also decided to keep Samuel and Laila with us another night. We had a job to do as a family, and we needed to stay physically close. So, we lay side by side in our bed, holding moon crystals, amethysts and clear quartz tightly in our hands, Dominic on one end and me on the other.
Once Dominic turned off the lamp, the only source of light was half a moon, though, that didn't matter-we wouldn't need light where we were going, only the combined efforts of our dreams.
"Mom, Dad?" Samuel whispers. "I need to tell you something."
"What is it, son?" Dominic asks in a soft voice.
"Well..." Samuel pauses for a moment. "The demons, Deumus and Baphomet...they will try to fool you."
"Oh, we are well aware of that," I chime in. "You never know which direction they'll be coming from..."