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Mary shook her head helplessly "I only have…I’m almost out of time"

Nerezza put a hand on her shoulder "Mary You will soon be free You will be in the loving arms of your reat service left to perform Mary: you must not leave the children behind to the !"

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Lead them now to the Prophetess She waits in her place Take the children there To the cliff above the beach"

Mary hesitated "But…I have no food for the you need will be there Trust the Prophetess, Mary Believe in her"

Mary heard a terrible screaony From the far side of the plaza, out of view

Children were running Panicked

"The FAYZ for huun went off Mary could see the littles cowering, terrified

"Children!" Mary commanded "Corandparents, who had lost friends and school and church Who had been abandoned, neglected, starved, and terrorized had learned to trust only one voice: Mother Mary

"Come with me, children!"

The children rushed to her And Mary, a stu shepherd, led them away from the plaza toward the beach

Brittney had come to the plaza, drawn there not by the smell of food, or by the crowd, but by a force she didn’t understand

Now she saw children running and screael brother

"Yes," Tanner answered "You are"

Brittney saw children running Running Fro out of the day care, co at her, eyes wide, the whites visible all around

She did not understand why he should be afraid of her She was an angel of the Lord She had been sent to fight the demon

But now she found herself unable to move Unable to will her limbs to here she wanted, unable to look where she wanted to look It was so like being dead, she thought, memories of cold earth in her ears and mouth

Edilio took aim at her

No, she wanted to say No But the ould not co to shoot her Would it hurt? Would she die? Again?

But achildren rushed between theed her

She ran But it was hard to run when her ar as another mind shoved hers aside