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He raised a hand to her He sain, that slow rueful sued by the power of suggestion You see, there are plenty of things out there that go buht And I’m sure that there really are demons, and your life may depend on your belief in them"

Despite the fact that Eddie Martin’s store was as crazy as Morwenna’s Wiccan shop, he didn’t at allhis manuscripts He inclined his head when Finn entered the shop, indicating that he should go back and find Jade at his leisure Finn felt badly about having taken over his business area, but he didn’t want to leave Megan alone long with Lucian DeVeau, though he didn’t know exactly why The guy had his own beautiful wife, and the two seemed so compatible, they were almost as one

Jade didn’t see hirossed in what she was reading It was a bound book, not ancient, but very old

"Jade?"

She looked up, startled Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him--almost suspiciously--and he wondered what she had found

"Hey," she said, her forced tone belying her an down at the coffee shop" He paused "I’m supposed to collect you, and we’re supposed to ot some ladies to inhale their coffee We have a table, and need tothe book

"What is it?"

"Your name"

"What?"

"Your na around behind her

"It’s an account of the events of the Cabal Thorne killing… a diary The writing is very confusing, hurried" She looked up at hiain, but I can’t quite tell if Finnegan Douglas was ailantes, or…"

"Or?"

"The Satanists," she said flatly

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"I’ you, it’s i the large coffee cup that held his extra large cappuccino "Look, I know that we go back, way back, in Louisiana I have ether acoular army He was killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor You can look him up--his name appears in any nu Rebel, for fact"

Jade nodded "We believe you, Finn But the Civil War started in 1861 The events here preceded that by nearly sixty years"

Finn leaned back, staring around the table

He had seen the passage that referred to a Finnegan Douglas having been in the area when it was

"ruilante party had taken care of the "perceived" evil of Cabal Thorne And, like Jade, he had been unable to deter been ailantes The writer had been scornful of any of the proceedings Having escaped an accusation of witchcraft hi alone, the author of the words, afrom hearsay, and the script had been so full of "thees" and "thous" and other strange spellings that only Jade’s deciphering had made any of it clear to hian, by the way It’s legally just Finn Finn Douglas" He flushed slightly, then gri you, we’re as Southern as pecan pie"

Jade shrugged "Maybe it’s just a coincidence"

"It’s not a coincidence," Lucian said flatly

Megan leaned forward suddenly "You know, I’ve just realized--this is beyond insanity Finn, you were right We need to get the hell out of here"

He turned and looked at Megan Her eyes were on his, bright and determined They all looked at her

"Finn wanted to leave before I had it in s That ere totally vulnerable to the power of suggestion Then I thought--I thought that so with Finn Then me Then both of us But ould be crazy would be to stay here! Whatever one believes

--if there are or aren’t demons--there are people capable of torture and murder in the world, we all know that So, since I seeent thing to do would be to get beyond range of it"

No one replied to her right away Finn stretched his hand out across the table