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I squeezed her hand gently, as ly Her passion for Chantry's last act of kindness spoke volumes about her heart, but it hadn't been Chantry's work that had set up the ients now enjoyed It had been Maria with Chantry's blessing

None of the forents knew the depths and time spent by Maria to ensure that they would be safe, but I did Her expressed anger at the notion that her ients could be faulty in some as coered reproof of ainst her extensive preparations

"There is a lot that you do not understand Maria When you were an agent you had but to draw your gun take aiood co an ideal such as freedom, or simply as an act of justice Maria your forent only scratched the top of the conflict that is going on at large within the world"

"You're saying I wasn't effective!" Maria hotly retorted and I stopped to face her

She tugged on her hand, but I held onto it and captured her other one too

"Lose the anger and listen to what I have to say!"

My words were harsh as were the ihtly coression

"Ready to listen to what I have to say?" I asked in a calmer tone

She nodded and I gentled my emotions and words in response to her sub place all around us that you cannot see with your physical eyes It is a spiritual war For as it is written we do not struggle against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness and rulers of darkness in high places"

I was silent for a h that

Hesitantly she responded, "You're saying that the danger Flint is in is being brought by a force of evil rather than that of "

Maria quivered slightly, "What are we going to do?"

"Help defend a righteous man and his fa the Holy Spirit to work through us to acco back to the villa, but Maria grabbed a hold of me and I looked over to her

"I'm scared Elon!" She said, as her face bore proof of her words