The Soft Flutter of Butterfly Wings

by Peyton Bishop

This is the story of an angel, Peyton Bishop, who was brutally killed at the age of 19. She has the job of carrying out angelic tasks, which must be performed under the Angelic Conduct Charter.

1. Prologue

The Soft Flutter of Butterfly Wings

Prologue

My life was uncomplicated, straight-forward, and very very easy. Some people believe that if there is a God Almighty, that periodically he'll send you challenges and tests in order to measure your character. I'm not sure I ever believed that, I was never a religious person; although, I guess I was spiritual, of a fashion. I believed there was something after death, maybe not the Heaven or Hell you read about, with the fluffy clouds and St Gabriel at the gates, nor the Devil with his red pitch-fork tail, engulfed with flames. But I certainly believed there was something, that you live as a spirit or other entity after it was all over, so you could make a different kind of mark on the Earth.

The events you are about to learn of, transpired when I was just the tender age of 19, and destroyed the lives of two families, one of them my own. I feel great strength in the knowledge that sometimes, the worst thing imaginable, could just be the blessing that you have been wishing for, and if I achieve nothing else, I hope that I can communicate this.

My name is Peyton Bishop, and I am an angel.