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Sah it Dane stood at the edge of the cliff, holding a chain in his hands The chain had been looped through an old pulley systeht over the edge of the cliff His hands were bound with chains, and he had blood all over his body His head hung down, and his body was li on a walking cane Or at first I thought it was a walking cane Then I realized it was a long e They’d set fire to Leif’s books, and the s that you don’t knohere the child is?" Tho it in his hand like a baton

"No, I’ve already told you she’s dead," Jack said, and Dane yanked on the chain, rimaced, and his shoulders had already been popped from their sockets His wrists looked like they’d been crushed, and blood seeped down his arms

"We need to find the child," Thomas said firmly "I don’t think you understand how serious I am"

"No, I do… I just…" Jack closed his eyes and winced "I can’t help you"

Tho until the end was glowing bright yellow, and he took it out He stepped toward Jack, raising the poker, and I couldn’t take it anymore

"Stop!" I shouted and ran inside

"Alice" Jack looked at me, and his eyes ide and terrified

"Well, well" Thoain "Maybe she can tell us so! Leave her alone!" He struggled against the chains, bucking so hard at the pain "Alice! Get out of here!"

"Do you have the child?" Sa thethe knife in her hand, and stepped towards me

"No," I said "But I knohere she is"

"Alice!" Jack yelled "No, don’t listen to her! She doesn’t know anything! The child is dead!"

"Oh, be quiet" Tho poker backwards, right into Jack’s abdomen, and he twisted it

"Stop it!" I yelled "Stop it or I won’t tell you where she’s at!"

"Tell us where she is, or we’ll kill hi," Sa her head and breathing "