Chapter 22—Lucerna Veritatis

Noun: lü-ser’-nÉ™()ver-i-tā’-tis

1. Lamp of Truth.

John Billings, October 1933

Father John Billings, now Lucerna Veritatis Postulant John Billings, stood within the Chapel of the Convent of the Order. He had come far from that burning barn in Pennsylvania. Far indeed. Now he was about to be ordained into an ancient order of warriors who swore to defeat Lupis sapiens, that evil race of chimera, bred by Satan himself.

Other than him, three other men were present. In front of the altar was The Superior; on his flanks were two monks. One held the P...

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