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Kalika was thorough The Suzama Society has only two members now The news shocks s, there have to be some personnel at the center eren&039;t involved in the attack

"No," he replies He adds with a bitter laugh, "We&039;re all true believers We believed your story, and went after the Dark Mother with everything we had" The ht in his face but James appears close to despair as he thinks about the previous night "We don&039;t even have a secretary at the center now"

I reach over and rub his shoulders "It wasn&039;t your fault If anyone is to blame, it is I I knehat she could do"

"But you did warn us You warned estions, maybe feould have been killed"

"No It wouldn&039;t have made any difference She was determined to kill them all"

He frowns "Why did she spare my father and your friend?"

"That puzzlesI can think is that shewith us, will eventually find the child"

He is concerned "Do you think she&039;s following us now?"

I have been checking to see if we are being shadowed

"Not at this very moment, no," I say

"Do you think my father and your friend will be safe at your house?"

He is not asking about a threat froovern?ment I have no doubt her-ups who kneas at the military base in Nevada My face has shown up at too hters lately There is an excellent chance, I think, that the police or the FBI will be waiting for us at the Suzas When the bodies are all identified, they will o to the center immediately I have yet to decide if I will kill to see the scripture

"For the ti," I say "Your father can rest there, and Seyood care of him" I pause "You worry about him, don&039;t you?"

He nods "His heart is lousy"

"Are you adopted?"

My question surprises him "Yes I was adopted late I was sixteen when my parents were killed in a car accident At the tiues at Stanford He started out watch?inghim dad, at first only as a joke But now I feel closer to him than I did to my real father A short time after I moved in with hiether as well as a house"

"Where did he find it?"

He hesitates "Israel In Jerusalem"

"That&039;s not Western Europe"

"It&039;s better if he&039;s not specific Where did you find yours? Tell me the truth this time"

"In Jerusalem"

He nods "And Kalika destroyed it yesterday?"

"She took it I don&039;t know if she destroyed it"

"So she lets you live as well"

"I suppose," I say, feeling sad My own daughter tried to kill o when I illing to risk losing the world to save her Now I see I have lostfor another chance to win back what has been lost I wonder if Krishna heard my prayer while I lay on the bottom of the pool, if he let me live for a reason I wonder if Paula&039;s child is Krishna

From the outside the center appears to be undisturbed, but once we are in the basement it is clear that someone has been in the vault Sheets of the scripture lie spread on the table in the center of the roorabs them frantically and studies them The color drains from his face

"She was here," he says "So Others are torn in pieces"