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Orc and Jack eet soot"

"Yeah, but I--"

"Jack, I know you don’t want to fight"

"I just--"

"I don’t care," Edilio said flatly "It’s no longer your choice I’ you"

"You can’t--" Jack started to say

"The one person I caredead in a lake," Edilio said "Pretty soon everyone will be dead That includes you, Jack Everyone you know"

Jack’s defiance withered as Edilio o

"Good," Edilio said "Here’s the way this goes"

He laid out his plan, which hinged entirely on Gaia not spotting the ahter, so they knew Gaia was nearsighted Maybe that would help Maybe, too, the fact that Gaia only had bits and pieces of hue, so she hadn’t seen a hundred ambushes laid in a hundred movies and TV shows

It was a pitiful plan Gaia would burn through theh butter They would be forced to run for it and they wouldn’t ht in a panicky cross fire in the town plaza, where ten shooters hid in s and doorways

Well, ten minus however e of Dekka’s gravity cancellation He checked the clip in his automatic rifle He slowly slid back the bolt to see the round already chaer

Where were Sam and Caine?

Where was Brianna? Would she be able to come?

How had Edilio ended up as bait?

That idea sent a wave of nausea through hi in a lake

Mother Mary, take care of him Please take him to heaven and let him be happy

Tears filled his eyes No No tiure appeared in thedown the road, red in the last slanting rays of sunset Noo figures One walked in front of the other

Well, at least now he knehat had happened to Caine Had he gone over to her side?

They had little enough chance against Gaia Against Gaia and Caine together?

Well, Edilio thought, I’ll be seeing you soon, Roger

He wished he had his rosary with hia por nosotros pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte Amen