Road to Salvation

Road to Salvation PURGATORY PREP ACADEMY BOOK THREE KERRY KELLER LYNX PUBLISHING Copyright © 2023 by Kerry Keller All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotation in book reviews. The unauthorized reproduction of distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted material. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, and incidents are products of the author’s imaginations or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or person, living or deceased, is entirely coincidental. Cover by: Leanne Brown at Sirenic Creations Formatting by: Yours Truly-KK Developmental Editing: Cassie Hurst with Inked Imagination Services Editing by: Kellie from CreativeLee Proofreader: Jillian of Locke & Key Proofreading Services. Road to Salvation is a full-length RH/Why choose novel, which ends in a 🤏 small cliffhanger (it’s not a bad one… promise). It has graphic sexual scenes and foul language that has a tendency to cause a ruckus. While there are fallen angels and the mention of Hell and Demons in this book, it’s not intended to be read as commentary on, or criticism of, existing faith and traditions. **Once again please do not eat or drink while reading this book. I cannot be responsible if you choke to death. I’m too broke for the nonsense** If you’re ready for your trip into Hell, continue at your own risk. You’ve been warned. 😉 To my Betas for sending me encouraging words, memes, dirty only fan pics, tweets, and sweet drool-worthy TikToks to keep me going when I wanted to give up. Contents Prologue 1. Booby-Trapped Mind 2. Welcome to Hell 3. Road of Hard Knots 4. Ring Around the Answers 5. Voices in my Head 6. The Mad Hatter of Hell 7. Nightcap in Hell 8. Bringing in the Knight 9. Hell’s Angel 10. Unbelievable Bully Secrets? 11. Bonfires Lead to Dust 12. No big Deal, Only History Repeating Itself 13. Satanic Deals 14. Kiss the Booboo 15. Imposter Syndrome 16. Hell’s History Lesson 17. 99 Mistakes, but she Wasn’t one 18. Bartender, I Need an Upgrade 19. Inferno's Black Market 20. I Shall Call him Fluffy, and he Shall be Mine! 21. Let the Bodies hit the Floor 22. The Devil Within 23. Baby Steps 24. Unlocking Hell’s Paradise 25. Black is the new Black 26. Follow the Blood Slick Road 27. Ravenous Ravine 28. Demstone or DemNuts 29. Getting the Right Tune 30. New Heirs 31. Knick Knack Paddy Whack, Give the Guys a Stone 32. Roasted and Toasted 33. Off with Their Heads 34. Prophecies of Old 35. Sparkle Buns 36. Prey or Predator 37. Delving Deep 38. Our Last Night 39. Portal to my Doom 40. The Fall 41. The Upside Down 42. Gates of Hell 43. I Spy With my Little Eye… 44. Archimedes, the Stuffed Chicken 45. Full of Gadgets 46. Between the Stacks 47. The Labyrinth 48. A Whole New World 49. Marks of a Warrior Moni 50. Storming the Gates 51. The Beast Glossary Afterword Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Kerry Keller Prologue Cain Patience. They have always stated that patience is a virtue. Ha. It isn’t a way of showing high moral standards; it’s a necessity. A way of wills, some call it. I, for one, call it my salvation. I tried to break free from my damnation multiple times before, and each attempt failed time and time again. My punishment was being doomed to live in a pit, which is a bleak understatement of suffering. I have done my time and should be free. Since my jailers won’t release me, I’ve found my own way out. Possessions have gone wrong, and Demon summoning to Earth never panned out. Nothing had worked until I signed a new oath. A promise—as it were—to work for a greater cause to free ourselves from the slavery of the chains that keep us bound. Rebels they call us. Ha. They only call us that because we refuse to bow to conformity. We should be free to cross over to Earth and back as we want. Over the years, I’ve found a way to attach my essence to Necromancers, feeding off of their power. They might be rare, but they are powerful in the aspect that when they raise the dead, they pull dark magic naturally without the side effects within themselves and feed it back into their creations. The darkness that crosses between them and the creatures they raise has a strong connection and keeps them both balanced. Without the darkness coursing equally through that connection, Necromancers lose their minds—physically and mentally—weakening them and causing memory loss. Let’s not forget: the monsters gain their freedom, the power slips free, and it can raise an unimaginable amount of the dead. The creatures themselves can run amuck as they gain their freedom. They’re tethered to the Necromancer's mind, and as the tether weakens, they can break free, which in effect causes the Necro’s mind to shatter. The perfect storm for me to gain the darkness and energy I need to escape. But instead, I’ve seen eons pass me by. It’s taken an age to siphon portions of darkness from one Necro after another, to gather enough power to break free, but nothing has been sustainable. The darkness I’m able to pull from a Necromancer always depletes when their powers fail or they are caught and terminated. The most promising Necro was Inez. When she raised that battlefield of monsters, it was the most power I was ever able to pull at once. Yes,