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2 And Amy heeded this command and left the place of Kerrville for the place of Houston And in her company was Lucius the Faithful, as a helphteous in the eyes of GOD

3 And in the place of Houston, Amy found the ship, which was the Chevron Mariner; and in its belly Carter dwelled And ed, her body was no longer that of a child, but of a woman; and in the company of Lucius she set out for the Homeland, to do battle with the Twelve

4 And in that time also, Peter, the Man of Days; and Michael, as called Michael the Clever; and Hollis, husband of Sara, likewise journeyed to the Homeland, to learn as there For they had come to believe that Sara was held captive in that place and many others also

5 And with them were two companions And the first of these was Lore, as Lore the Pilot And the second was a crister

6 And in that same period, Alicia likewiseMartínez, Tenth of Twelve, whom she had vowed to slay For Martínez was the most evil of these dee upon the earth

7 But Alicia was taken captive at the Homeland, and endured many tribulations at the hands of the Redeyes and their helpmates, ere called Cols And the worst of the Cols was Sod But Alicia was strong and did not yield

8 And when one night Sod caain, Alicia said: "Loosen my chains, so that you may take your pleasure more easily" And she wrapped the chains around his neck, killing hi many others

9 And in the wilderness beyond the walls of the Homeland, Amy appeared to her; and Alicia saw that she was nooman in body as well as mind And Amy comforted her; for they were sisters in blood

10 But Alicia had a secret; and this was the blood-hunger For the seed of the Twelve was growing strong within her, reat heaviness in her heart, for she loved her fellows deeply, and did not wish to be apart from them

11 And in that same time, Sara was discovered by the Redeyes; and she was made a captive, and suffered many violations For Guilder the Director desired that all who had risen up against him should know his wrath in fullestwas at hand; for Aainst the Redeyes And a them a plan was hatched to liberate the people of the Homeland and destroy the Twelve and rescue Sara also

CHAPTER EIGHT

1 And it came to pass that Peter and his fellows arrived in the place of Iowa, so that all were in attendance, reatest of these was A: "I aents; do with n that Guilder in his fury should unleash the Twelve to kill her

3 And all did come to pass as Amy had foreseen; and the hour of her execution was established And this would occur in the Stadiureat amphitheater froht see

4 And Alicia and the others concealed themselves in that place, so that when the Twelve were revealed, they could use their weapons upon theht before the crowd, and bound in chains; and upon an arreat delight in her suffering, exhorting the ive him satisfaction And Guilder comht know his power, bowing down before hi the Twelve was Wolgast, who had taken Carter’s place, so that he ht protect her And Amy said to the Twelve:

8 "My brothers, hello It is I, Amy, your sister" And no an to shake, and her body beca the darkness; and with a furious roar Ahty to behold And this was the Letting Go And one to see was Peter, and another Alicia, and a third Lucius, and all the others also

10 And the chains were broken, and a great battle joined; and a great victory on And ast, who sacrificed himself to save Amy; for his love for her was like unto a father’s for his child

11 And in this manner the Twelve perished fro all its people

12 But of A; for she was nowhere to be found

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