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There was no answer He checked out the downstairs, and when he reached the kitchen, he saw her purse and phone lying in the counter He ran down into the baseh the bedrooain, then stopped short, staring, sure he was drea in the foyer as if they’d been waiting for hiant and their eyes sad

One woman stepped forward She was extremely beautiful, with translucent blue eyes, and she looked at hih he could see through her, he felt her gentle touch on his face as she directed his attention to the ladies’ parlor

He walked closer and saw drag h the plaster dust

And then…

He leaned down…and exa that they spelled out words

rebel ceun kill you

He stood and raced for his car, his phone already to his ear

Sarah slowly ca in a cemetery, and as soon as she looked around, she knehich one It was a very old one and had served the outlying far with Spanish horants There was even aplace of some of the Yankees who had died at the battle of Olustee

She was lying on an old stone sarcophagus, and she was vaguely aware of voices droning in the background She tested her muscles and realized that she could er totally paralyzed

She ed to turn her head toward the voices and blinked, sure shethat this was all too real She sao figures in hooded capes, one holding a raving along the blade

The words…they were chanting were a nize Maybe Spanish Maybe Creole

"For blood is life!" one of them cried as they lifted the bowl and knife toward the sky

Where was Renee? she wondered Had they already killed her?

Suddenly one of the figures moved closer and loomed over her From the size, she realized it was Gary

"Let’s do it," Caroline said impatiently

"No Not yet I want to play with her," Gary said, tossing back his hood as he leaned down, staring at Sarah in fascination He smiled cruelly "Her eyes are open She sees iant wolf"

"Gary, get away froet to play with the girls first, because I aod That’s what it says in the book"

"Not her," Caroline insisted

"Especially her," Gary said "I love her I’ve always loved her But she never loved me Never"

"Get away from her, Gary We have to hurry What’s the matter with you? She has to die, and we have to be ready when Caleb gets here--we have to kill him and then mess me up so it looks like he tried to kill ed

"Shut up! Give me a minute"

He touched Sarah’s face, and she tried not to twitch She couldn’t let hi to be able to ht have only one chance of saving herself

Caleb drew his car up in the shelter of the trees outside the ceot out and scaled the wall, dropping silently to the ground andcarefully between the old headstones until he could see theus, with a knife in his hand as he stared intently at Sarah

Or Sarah’s body

No

Caroline was standing beneath a tree

Where was Renee?