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Gayle s you know--especially about your old buddy Mike! I’ll give you a few You know that charan sed hard "Not the family! Not the kids, not--"

"No, they’re just run of the mill tourists The pretty pair John and Sally They caht!"

So now she knew five…John and Sally, Theo Martin--the cop!--Gayle and Sara All of these people, so many she considered friends… or at the least, fairly nor was normal

And she kneell that Morwenna was innocent, and intended as a sacrifice She longed to talk to her cousin, to ask her forgiveness, to help her…

There had to be a way out

"Who else?"

"Darren, of course Though Lizzie has proved to be an absolute wretched familiar for him She just loves people too ured Sa sure that you and Finn arrived here, safe and sound"

"You keep talking about your priest and priestess--who are they?"

"You’ll find out tonight!" Gayle said playfully

"Wait--you shouldn’t kill Morwenna"

"You’re going to give us advice? You can’t save her, you know A stranger, snatched from the street elsewhere would have been better, but… Morwenna’s such a pain in the ass, why not kill her?" Gayle deer, playing with fire, taking her Joseph will be irate, co to be your concern," Gayle said blithely

"Even if Theo is a cop, you must realize that there will be repercussions"

"Don’t worry--someone will be left to take the fall And listen, cutie pie, even if an arents showed up, it wouldn’t in, the circle will be protected by a power stronger than any earthquake iinable And once Bac-Dal couilty of anythe way that he wants You see, you are the one who doesn’t coainst! Which reht the handkerchief to Megan’s nose again

Megan started instinctively to turn her head away

"Make it easy on yourself!" Gayle said, as if finding soan pretended to submit to ould be most merciful She didn’t try to hold her breath completely, but she tried very hard to inhale just one or two shallow breaths She wanted the drug to wear off quickly so that…

So that what? The ropes binding her were so tight she could barely budge her ar, naked beneath the e tortured, probably for trying to help her

And Finn…

Finn was out there Finn’s ancestor had come to kill a murderer and prevent the return of a demon; he had not been an evil man And neither was Finn And he ith those who could help There was hope

There was always hope…

The world was spinning again, but Gayle already thought her completely out She had turned away because there were others in the woods, and they were very busy Arranging for… The stroke of ht

Chapter 23

Finn sat white-lipped and tense, anxious every moment that they sat in the cabin

Andy had been made co his hand, talking to him

Lucian sat behind her, on the ar that Finn an had told the…

Weird

Father Brindisi sat at the table with Mike, seeth, he stood and walked to the fire, then asked Finn if he had a cigarette

Finn gave him one, and Brindisi turned toward the flames

"I aed "Well, Father, we are in the coht say A vampire must surely make asuch details about the man has not always made me feel war his head

"I know You don’t believe it," Finn said

Brindisi smiled "No You’re reat God! But as I believe in His goodness, I know that there is evil in the world as well There is very little that I will not believe--or else see in the realto officiate at a Mass to counter one that is meant to summon a scion of the devil, I don’t know<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>