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Kylie wasn&039;t sure what to do next But she ith the first thing she thought of Tightening her hold on her mom, she willed herself and herable to see herself or Kylie
Unable to give in to her mom&039;s panic, Kylie didn&039;t hesitate and bolted for the door, dodging the two men Unfortunately, heraround, Kylie couldn&039;t see her, but she heard her one invisible and now had her
"Let her go!" Kylie seethed, and willed herself visible
Mario appeared seconds later with her ht her face looked blue
Kylie brought up the sword
Call hi in Kylie&039;s ears at the saht you like a ht me like a man!" Kylie bit out and prayed it worked
Mario, his hand still around her ht "Fine" He threw herfor air He picked her up, none too gently Everything in Kylie wanted to attack To forget the sword and use her bare hands to rip these twothat stopped her was the spirit standing there repeating the saain
The power you have is in the sword The power is in the sword
The s, she yanked free of John and charged at Mario Her ht not be supernatural, but a mother&039;s love was pretty daic of these two John snagged her back by her hair "Stop fighting, you fool!"
Her mom&039;s eyes ide and she cut them toward John In her expression, Kylie knew she saw John for who he really was for the first time: someone evil, someone who had used her
Kylie&039;s heart ached for her mom and she prayed that this wouldn&039;t be her lastonly of their h the air and a sword appeared "I will kill you slowly, and your et to watch How much fun will that be?"
"No!" Kylie&039;s mom screamed
John pulled herher struggles useless
"Not here," John said "I paid over fifty thousand for this rug"
Her ainst him "Shut up or she will die sooner"Mario looked at his son "The blood would add to its worth!"
Herfrom her eyes The spirit stared at John You will rot in hell for all you&039;ve done
Kylie could only pray the spirit was right and his trip to hell would coain, a little more room to play would be appreciated" Mario moved to stand in front of John and put the tip of his sword to herat Kylie "We alk out of here If you choose to not follow, or try anything foolish, I&039;ll kill her And with pleasure"
Kylie&039;s lanced up, Kylie read the plea for forgiveness in her ht they were doo
"I&039;ll follow you," she said
And she did She followed hi roo theot his powers, but she could guess it was from evil
"Giveher mother with him, opened a drawer and pulled out a roll of duct tape and wrapped it around her wrists Then he did the saainst the wall as she fought hi out cruelly He ripped off another piece of tape and put it over her mouth
Kylie watched in horror and fury, barely able to stop herself fro out his black heart
Not now Not yet Patience, patience, the spirit whispered in Kylie&039;s ear There is a plan and you must follow it if you are to cheat death
Kylie didn&039;t understand what the spirit meant, but she had no time to contemplate The screae She brought her sword down against his The clatter sounded in her ears, but she barely heard it over the sound of the blood huain, and Kylie responded blow for blow Their swords clanked, clattered Lucas would have been proud But as good as she was at blocking his blows, she never got the chance to go on the offensive, she was too busy defending herself
While she never stopped to look, she could i in horror And while she tried not to listen, she heard the desperate screams, muffled by the tape
Help us Kylie cried out the words in her heart, cried out to the death angels, to God, to anyone who ht listen In the distance, the howl of the half wolf/half dog broke through the air, as if he prayed for her as well
Don&039;t lose sight of his sword Watch him, he will move low this time The spirit&039;s orders caet that this was life or death She took orders and listened to the sound of ht of Mario&039;s face He grinned as if he were si could she do this? How could she win?
Don&039;t stop believing in your gifts! the spirit called out
Then Kylie saw John appear behind his father with his oord Two against one? The memories of the Lucinda&039;s vision filled her head Yet only the slightest bit of fear entered Kylie&039;s heart No tiht she&039;d lost her life, Kylie didn&039;t think of death, she si she had with a prayer on her lips
She watched in revulsion as John swung his arm back and thrust the sword into his own father&039;s back
The end of his sword plunged through the man&039;s chest His shirt front darkened with blood around the extended blade Mario&039;s eyes turned bright green just before the life went out of the-like smoke billowed out of the man&039;s mouth
Kylie kneas the man&039;s soul-stained and evil froliest sound Kylie had ever heard bled into the air-like rats screeching and cockroaches feeding Several shadowy beings, hell&039;s h the room and took Mario&039;s black soul with the froer holding up his body, he crumbled to the floor
Death wasn&039;t pretty
Kylie stared at the body, her oord held motionless before her Why had John done this? Had she been wrong about hilanced at the man&039;s face, the cold s