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For the right price

Saun "So now you’d shoot one Ripped from his chest Jade’s scent--strawberries--surrounded him and the fire’s heat told hiain when he left this earth He’d never see her again

"The world doesn’t go on without her," he gritted out Tanner screaht hi, Saun

Az tried to yank the weapon back He wasn’t letting go of it He wasn’t letting go of Jade

Never let go

The gun fired He was staring straight into Saaze The flash of pain

Then he saw the whisper of life leaving as Sam’s spirit was pulled froround, dead at his feet

One brother, killing another

The ground split around hiiant fissures that seemed to stretch all the way to hell

A prophecy had been made once When one brother kills anotherhell comes

Jade’s scent faded until he could only smell brimstone And the screahter Whispers

Hell coun Held her cold body even tighter "Mateo!" The witch would appear The witch would save her

Orat leastkill me

Because the chains that had always held hied within him

"Mateo!"

Jade was dead He’d destroyed his brother, and if Mateo couldn’t kill himAz was afraid he’d destroy the world "Mateo!"

"I’ht here," the witch said as he shook Az "Look aton the ground His whole body shook, and sweat soaked his skin He glanced up, and found Mateo staring down at hi her back," he whispered, his voice broken

Mateo sighed "She’s not gone yet"

In an instant, Az was on his feet But he stumbled, his knees weak, and he shoved his hand out--

And touched blood