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No! Jane thought Molly and Evan are -cats do notnasal passages Stared at va he wouldthe Moon-Call

Heard voices up stairs Good acoustics, Jane thought Listen

"Tell your elina"

"He takes care of aminals, hiuardnan’ He’s right there" Voice grew sad "Don’t you see hiels anymore Or hear them Why not?"

"MmmmEvan?" Molly sounded confused Worried

"Tell us what he looks like, darlin’"

"He’s got black skin and golden eyes like Aunt Jane and golden wings with brownier, redder spots on them Like the hawk mama likes He likes Aunt Jane biscause he takes care of the ael too Weeell He was her guardnan’ first, and then el biscause of what she prayed when she becaodel--"

"Hayyel"

"Hayyel Will he help us bind the de Evan asked

"Yeeees" The as drawn out into

"What do we do?" he asked

Mohed "It’s easy Aunt Jane and lass and you dip the knife into the blood and say, ‘Bíodh sé daor, le us le mo chumhacht’ "

Evan’s voice sounded choked "That’s Irish Gaelic for, ‘Be he unfree--or bound--by my command and power’ And I know before all that’s holy that she has never heard that before"

Angie laughed "Hayyel thinks you’re funny"

"D-Do we have guardian angels, honey?" Molly asked

"Daddy does He has two You used to, Mama, but you stopped believin’ in ’erieving loss of angels

Loss of faith, Jane thought at me Molly’s faith in God has suffered So they left her

Lincoln raised his head and opened histeeth snapped doith little click Long fangs Longer than Beast’s fangs I growled low, held him with my eyes I will kill I will eat I have not hunted

He sees sloent up into Shaddock’s mouth So slow no click sounded "Nice kitty" I hacked and hissed at hiood I auest in this here de Evan said His voice flowed downstairs like echoes down cavern walls "And we have the cereh to ives us a full coven" A long silence trailed Molly’s words "If we use the children" Her words sounded sad Resigned, Jane thought

Big Evan said slowly, "Angie hasn’t been totally bound by our wards in ift several times, even untrained But Little Evan--"

"Is asleep Maybe he’ll stay asleep We can put his car seat in place and rout power through hiest"