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I had perhaps even been seeking the darkness and chaos s and people instead of on the spiritual Had that weakened ed? Crap I had been stupid This wasn’t good Not at all

Choose, Beast said

"War Woht it stole allin thebolt Pain shook htning, unable tomy bones But unlike inether, the sliver of the cross, the glohite blood dia Touching I ht with hands that were on fire My entire body spasic, soether they seared intobolt swatted me the rest of the way out of the witch circle Over Molly’s and Sabina’s heads Through the h the wards of the outer circle Sainst the earth Bowledskin and clacking bones As I rolled, the fire was snuffed out Pain continued to explode on and through , alive and seething

The Gray Between took h h the burned flesh I caainst the front wheel of a vehicle

The last echo of thunder shook the earth Rain strafed the ground Hard, druh the beating downpour

Women screamed

My bones twisted and snapped My ribs wouldn’t expand and I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, couldn’t even die The pain was beyond my own comprehension I was in theBut I was burned, burned, burned Bruiser lifted me I knew by the feel of hi in agony Let ht for speech

But, oddly, I could still hear

Rain decreasing Sla

"Hospital?"

"What good would that do us?"

"Vet?" That was Eli, worry underlying the snark

"Church?"

"Alex? Closest church?"

A tinny voice said, "Closest is upriver Eight miles"

"I say back to the French Quarter The St Louis Cathedral I -assed church"

"Do it"