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Fate and Love
Lily Alex
NOTE: All scripture quotations are from the New King James Version
Illustrator Tatiana Polivanova
Translator L. Alekseeva-Kozlova
Illustrator All photos from: Pixabay.com, Unsplash.com, Pxhere.com = === Frames from: Viptalisman.com
© Lily Alex, 2020
© Tatiana Polivanova, illustrations, 2020
© L. Alekseeva-Kozlova, translation, 2020
© All photos from: Pixabay.com, Unsplash.com, Pxhere.com = === Frames from: Viptalisman.com, illustrations, 2020
ISBN 978-5-4498-4289-3
Created with Ridero smart publishing system
Special thanks to Elena Kozlova and Andy Crichton for their invaluable help in editing the novel and developing some of the story lines
Illustrations by Tatiana Dmitrovsky,
Member of International Union of Artists and Graphics Professionals
Part One
A bolt of lighting flashed from the highest sky, exploding the dusk for a moment. The thunderstorm brought all its wild rage upon a small gray sedan, moving along an empty city street.
What a night! a man, driving his family home, thought, worried. Dark as in the Devil’s stomach.
He glanced at his wife, sitting next to him, then – in the rearview mirror, checking out his baby daughter, in the back, fastened into her child’s seat.
“Momma… tired!” Yawned the little girl, trying to stay awake. She craned her neck in order to look out the window. She adored thunderstorms and never liked to miss them.
“Awww, did you enjoy your birthday party, lil’ Mary?” The mother asked, turning back.
She smiled as her child nodded and slowly drifted off to sleep. Her husband wasn’t so calm. The streams of heavy rain limited his view, and the wipers were almost useless.
Driving under the sea would be easier, he mused, concentrating all his attention on the road. His wife touched his arm. “You’re doing fine, honey.”
***
A luxurious black car, dark as midnight, was moving in the opposite direction. Wearing posh clothes, a slim man in his twenties was driving it recklessly.
“Mister Noirson, sir,” sitting on the front seat, his companion, who looked visibly older, warned him. “Even humans know the rule – don’t drink and drive!”