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"Ice Man?"

"And the sixth offering shall be an offering of obedience"

A chill skipped up Menize what Isaiah was saying It was al those words Memphis wasn’t sure what to do If he went to Octavia, she’d drag Isaiah and Meht praying

Sister Walker Maybe Sister Walker would know He’d ask her about it tomorrow Memphis took Isaiah’s hand and led hi into the distance

"The ti back into dreams, his last word barely a whisper: "Diviners" And then he was asleep

A RIND OF MOONLIGHT

Several blocks and a thousand years frohtclubs and theaters, a rind of loo Tenth Avenue, where Toht air as they swaggered through Hell’s Kitchen They called thes, for they were rulers of the rubble piles and the railyards Makers of oddamned West Side

"… I heard dere’s a cellar ’round here where dey take snitches," one of the boys crowed "I heard ’a floors is covered wit teeth ’at you can pry da gold right outta and sell it over to da pawnbroker on Eighth and Forty"

"You’re as full of it as yer old man"

"You take back what you said abouthis old man’s full of is Owney’s whiskey!"

The two boys fell on each other with fists and curses, more out of habit than a sense of honor, until Paddy Holleran broke theht need our knuckles for e’re doin’ tonight"

Paddy was fourteen and already running so, so the boys followed hiarbage cans and throwing rocks at s No one could touch the Without your boys, you were nothing A chump A nobody

When they reached the e the Hudson where the warehouses stood sentry, Paddy shushed the Ger dat keeps watch He’ll eat your face off"