Joshua and I are at the scene of the crime, in the middle of the Negev Desert, where the driver of a car who stopped to aid a man and a young girl, as reported by the driver himself to his wife on a phone call, was found dismembered, to say the least, in the vehicle. This killing was no accident. It was, is, a message to me, Josh and the rest of The Association, to back off.
(Added several days later) This man is no stranger to The Association. He was a full member of our group and was working with us to battle the evil we see making itself known throughout the world. Neither Josh nor I knew the identity of this man when we arrived in the desert. The gruesome nature of the killing which, no matter how many times I see death, I never get used to it, also tells other men who would assist us to reconsider their plans. The man who was killed was the best of men; a devoted husband and father, an active member of his Catholic congregation at Dominus Flevit Church in Jerusalem, and a man who sacrificed all in service to God. His loss will be felt by all of us, especially his wife and children.
The Association has more money than any normal man could even imagine and, as with all men killed or injured in service to our group and God, his family will never want for financial or other material support. In time, she will probably marry again from within our ranks so that she will have a partner who will love her and her children. Until then, our hearts go out to them.
North Archipelago 