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Felix’s first two shots, like the deputy’s, struck Roy But while Kirk’s hit Roy’s chest, Felix’s slanum hollowpoints, they were only lead Felix’s were nine-millimeter silver blessed by the Vicar of Christ on Earth and they tore half-inch-wide holes through the skull Roy shrieked and s to the cement

But Felix didn’t see this By the time Roy had fallen, Felix had already shot the old woman behind Adam twice, in the throat and the chest, had shot the small one on the crossbow once, in the stohouls to e his shattered glasses, afor teeks, and a young drug dealer aited too late one night to oons, still All of thehts or ideas or notions or sense of self But they had always known hunger

And now they reh their wounds, wounds that would never heal For a ot the sht only of the pain

Felix strode forward during that instant, ejecting the clip with his right hand and snapping in a second with his left

Then he worked a cartridge into the chale ht Cat at the time Like a machine

Felix paused in the center of the area lit by the two lanterns and briefly surveyed the tor him Then he shot them some more When the second clip was emptied and the third had replaced it, he stepped over to Cat

"Are you all right?" he asked, his voice cal into those dead eyes

Cat nodded

"Can you get up and ain

"Then let’s do it," suggested the gunet out of here"

Cat took the hand and pulled hi he had taken But he was all right Beside the The wound at his te

"C’mon, everybody," called Felix in Jack’s direction "Let’s ain and for the next few seconds there were only the explosive sounds frooons who had ht after the first two volleys were sent back to the floor, screa at their wounds

None approached the Teaed ash from his left ear to left shoulder

Felix shot him three ti to the floor like the rest

Jack, staring as transfixed as the others at this incredible display of cool destruction, et the clip after clip into the monsters

"Okay, Felix!" he called as the door ca"

Felix was in theHe paused, looked at his boss, nodded, and trotted toward the sunlight

A few seconds later all of the in the sunlight beside Carl’s winch And aht Jack Five ht ere all dead And then, like everyone else, he just stood and stared at the gunman for a while

Felix didn’t seearette and stared at a spot on the street between his feet

Carl watched the Felix awhile

"What happened?" he asked at last

Jack looked at hiht a minute "Silver bullets," he replied

Carl smiled "They worked?"

Cat nodded toward Felix "They worked for hiun

"No," he replied fir at Carl "They didn’t kill them"

"Well, no," conceded Jack after a ot their attention"

And everyone who had been there laughed

Except Felix

"It hurts them, Carl," added Adam excitedly "It really hurts the his head and putting his own pistol back in its holster

"That reminds ain?"

"Kirk Thoet you some silver bullets"

Kirk looked at the others "Are they silver? Really silver?"

"Blessed by Holy Mother Church," replied Adam

"Reckon I could use some at that," smiled the deputy

"We could all use ’earette and announced a decision "Carl, get everybody that goes inside a gun with silver bullets And you, Adaonna tote the extra crossbow if you’re still sure you can handle one"

"I’d be happy to deave him a wry smile "I’ll take your word for it, padre" Then he turned to the others "This is the new deal: Cat, you’re on the far right to do the detecting Adam, you stand inside Cat next to me with the other crossbow Then it’ll be me and then Felix onFelix’ll hold ’ethe rest of ’eht Nobody else shoots unless Felix or I tells the on the curb staring between his boots

"That okay with you, Felix?"

Felix looked at hiht," he said calht, Carl?"

"I think there’s one or two in the motorhome I’ll have to look"

Jack shook his head "We’ll look C’mon, Felix, let’s Hey! Hit the winch"