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"She’s fine"

"Are you sure?"

"Penny, please be quiet," Adam said

"Must…be careful More than ht…for the power, for the e voice

"Who? Please, you’ve got to be ently

"Afraid…"

"You don’t have to be afraid," Ada in distress

"Adam!" Penny said

Another voice interrupted them from the hallway "Hey, what the hell?"

Clint had co behind Penny

Adam kept his voice low, his tone even "I need you two to either go away, or stand there silently"

"But--" Clint began

Ada to shoo the ed her, but Adah, and he didn’t want to break the tenuous thread that was connecting them to the spirit

"She’s…she doesn’t look well!" Clint said, deeply concerned "You should stop"

"We will," Adam said calmly He stared at Clint "When I’m ready"

Clint was unhappy, and uncomfortable, but he locked his jaw and was silent

Darcylow

"I can’t hear you," Ada to sit on the bedside

Darcy’s s A sheen of perspiration had broken out on her face She tossed on the bed, hands going to her throat

Clint rushed into the rooot to stop this!" he told Adam

"Here, here, here…" Darcy murmured

The door slammed inith force Adam saw that Matt Stone had arrived on the scene

"What in hell is going on here?" he demanded

A sudden breeze blew and the balcony doors fleard Distracted, Adaainst the wall, just beyond the doors

"Here, here, with us, run…go, no, no, there’s no help, I have no help, alone, oh, please if you could hearat her throat

"Stop it!" Matt snapped

Darcy was contorted, her back arched For a ht upward, almost off the bed

"Stop!" Matt shouted with thunder in his voice

Darcy started to let out the terrible choking sound they had heard the night before Her face was growingto resemble the red of a boiled lobster

"Redhead!" Adam said

She didn’t respond It see, drawing her ever upward

"Here, he’s here! Are you blind!" she garbled out

Here? Adaht Was that it? Both specters lived on in this roo her own death every time she tried to cry out for help?

"Here!" Darcy shouted, then began choking

They heard her breath, rasping, ridiculously loud in the roo…

As if she were dying

"Jesus, stop this, stop it instantly!" Matt said

The sound continued

"Adam!" Matt shouted

"Redhead!" Ada doll, every bit of tension eased fro as quickly as it had come

Her eyes didn’t open

Matt pushed his way over to the bed, slipped his ar her up

She lolled, still like a doll…broken

He pressed his fingers against her throat, feeling for a pulse

"Darcy!"