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Screw them all!

The guards surrounded the crowd, their guns visible and ready for any problems The elders flanked the prophet… and, of course, Brother Cain Bewitched, he could not stop watching me

As I approached the altar, I braced for the inevitable But then a cacophony of gunshots rang out in the near distance, deafening, threatening… welcomed In a matter of seconds, hundreds of men swarmed into the center of the commune Hundreds ofIt was the Hangmen

Styx has come for me

“Mae!” Cain screaed away by the elders I ignored themen

The witnesses ju frenzy of terrified people Wo them up, then ran for shelter The disciples broke fro shot after shot at the black leather wall headed directly toward them

The war had begun

I stood fir witnesses fleeing the gunfire I scanned the Hang wastoo fast

“Styx?” I screamed Somehow I hoped he could hear me The noise of the battle and the sound of panic was deafening I stood transfixed asshot or, worse, dead The Hang out disciple after disciple It was rapidly turning into a men were ex-armed forces; the disciples did not stand a chance

And I was glad Lord, forgive lad

“Styx?” I tried to move, this time with some success and I reached the end of the altar when I saw him, Styx Dressed all in leather, his dark hair uns in his hands rapidly firing out bullets—bullets that ripped through the flesh of the disciple guards He did not stop He kept on co out disciple after disciple Bullets shredded through limbs, stomachs, and heads

But all I could think through the carnage was, He has come back for me…

“STYX!” I screamed as he scoped the area, I hoped, formy call, then his hazel eyes connected with mine

Babe, he mouthed as relief spread across his face Then he stopped dead and his expression hardened with murderous intensity

Dropping my flowers, I lifted rabbed around the chest and I yelped as I was aggressively dragged away

“Mae, cal you outta here”

“No! Letlike a man possessed toward me and I knew he had seen Cain Styx’s nostrils flared and he picked up speed but Cain was pulling et away Then I watched in horror as Styx was tackled to the ground by a disciple

With Styx on the floor, fighting, I then spotted Ky, Tank, Bull, Viking, AK and Fla out fro his fors and Cain lifted an to run for the fence, but not before I heard a roar and Styx scream out, “MAE!”