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She noticed two ht where he could reach the like a stupid fool The very word "sin" felt like a sin when she spoke it

Hypocrite, she berated herself silently Fraud

"If you do this, you’ll have no chance to repent," Astrid said "You’ll die with a mortal sin on your conscience"

"Got that already," Orc said

"But you’re sorry for that You’ve thought about it And you’re sorry for it"

Orc sobbed suddenly, a loud sound He tilted his head back and she saw the last of the bottle drain into his iveness, and if you felt truly sorry, then God has forgiven you for that little boy"

The bottles weren’t corked, just sealed with a piece of Saran Wrap and a rubber band Orc pulled the plastic off a second bottle

"There’s no God in the FAYZ, didn’t you know that?" he said

Chapter Thirty-Two

3 HOURS, 48 MINUTES

SAM FIRED THE beaht bounced and frag the water

"Dekka!" Sa so that it shot suddenly upward followed by a swoosh of rising water

But it was no good More of the creatures were opening their roachlike wings and flying aardly out toward the boat

Saear and spun the wheel The boat zoos tried to chase, but they were insects, not eagles, and their flight was jerky and poorly controlled

"I can ines

"He believes he maybe can," Toto commented

"But they scare uessed that," Sa creature

They could keep dodging the bugs, e it showed just an eighth of a tank

There was a hand puas tank But it wasn’t as if Drake would let theas," Sa close to the shore, hoping Drake’s creepy army would follow They were faster on land than in the air so they zoomed in their crazy bumblebee way back to land on shore

He looked back and saw Drake urging the creatures on They were quick, skittering on their insect legs But not quite as fast as the boat At top speed he could pull away

"Are we running away?" Toto wondered