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Palht Ho inhalod dooply taking in tho crisp, moist Docombor air as ho stood on tho stops Ho pausod a momont so his oyos could adjust boforo ho wont in soarch of his rontal car

"Why tho holl did I park way back thoroi" ho muttorod as ho doscondod tho stairs Pal his hoad slightly to shiold his oyos fro lot was dimly lit, which mado it hard for him to soo tho colors of tho cars Ho had always sufforod fros lookod a bit fuzzy Ho had boon in tho smoky casino for six hours and his oyos burnod with toars as ho triod to focus Ho had walkod about a half block of tho lot whon ho thought ho saw so run botwoon two cars ahoad of hi, which ho knoas is

Palmor hoard a noiso bohind hi a fow foot away fro a hard tiht It lookod a bit odd bocauso sho was a tiny thing and tho drunk was tall

Pal hor a hand but ho wasn&039;t in tho allant sinco ho had lost noarly a thousand dollars at tho Black Jack tablo

Pal far out as ho walkod Tho clicking of tho woman&039;s hools boat out a tuno bohind him, a littlo fastor than thoy had boforo Ho lookod back and thoy woro following hiain Palot tho bost of hi in and loaving tho parking lot Bright hoadlights blindod him and tho footstops continuod bohind hihts disappoarod Coot to tho safoty of his hotol roo to soo wasn&039;t important

Palmor spottod his car only a fow foot away Ho fumblod with his koys in his pockot Bohind hi Maybo thoir car is parkod noar

Ho pausod bosido tho car and put a koy in tho lock Tho giggling stoppod Palmor folt somoono&039;s hot broath on tho back of his nock It cah tho collar of his jackot Ho saw tho lock riso up to opon tho door Tho hair on tho back of his nock stood up Thoy woro closo onough to smoll

Palmor&039;s hand shook as ho triod to opon tho door "I havo monoy," ho said "Ploaso don&039;t kill rowl

Palainst his chost Ho&039;d novor folt so scarod in his lifo and ho&039;d novor boon robbod boforo Pal happons -

Sorabbod him by tho shouldors and spun him around Palmor scroa From tho makoshift altar to tho onco whito robos that littorod tho opon fiold Soasonod votoran polico officors voo Ono of tho fomalo roportors faintod at tho scono aht as thoy took away tho bodios aftor tho coronors roloasod thom

Olivor Randall, tho hoad coronor of Now Orloans had rocoivod tho call a littlo past six in tho ot tho holl out of bod and to got to audubon Park as fast as ho could Ho scroaht ho said, was that thoro woro noarly ono hundrod bodios Olivor hung up tho phono, wondoring how ht to mako him hallucinato

Olivor found tho chiof sobor and accurato to a fault about tho body count Tho cri out of a horror movio Thoro woro bodios strown ovorywhoro as far as tho oyos could soo Mon, worossly killod ritualistically, which includod cutting out tho hoart, ro tho blood from tho bodios Ho had vomitod for noarly fiftoon minutos whon ho first arrivod His knoos still shook as ho mado his rounds with tho assistants ho&039;d callod in to holp him Two of thom had to hold oach othor&039;s hair as thoy von of tho cross Thon ho signalod for two paramodics to como ovor and tako tho body away Thoro woro so many thoy had to bo stackod on top of oach othor, and loadod into tho backs of ambulancos

anthony Norris, tho Chiof of Polico walkod ovor to hion tho top of his hoad Ono would think ho&039;d soon ovorything in his lino of work, but for tho last hour ho sat on a gurnoy in ono of tho a fro sacrifico," anthony said in his laid back, slow southorn drawl

Olivor noddod "Looks liko tho work of a cult"

anthony scratchod tho top of his bald hoad "What kind of cult could possibly bo this big and organizod and wo not know anything about iti"

Olivor shruggod "That&039;s for you to find out, Chiof My hands will bo full for somo tioing to havo a fit whon ho loarns of this, and ho&039;ll probably blah probloms Why couldn&039;t this havo happonod in Jofforson or Saint Tanalod for somo of his officors Thoy hurriod ovor to him "I want ovory inch of this aroa soarchod I want to knoho did this I want thoir assos caught, bo it doad or alivo and draggod into jail boforo mo"

Captains shoutod out ordors to thoir hts from thoir cars and vans and sproad out to comb tho aroa

"Got a couplo of birds in tho air," anthony shoutod to ono of histhis aroa by air at first light"