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“We must There is no other choice,” I pushed

“But the teachings, the prophecies!” Lilah stressed Beads of sweat foran rocking in fear

“You will have me We will survive We will all survive”

“I wouldn’t be so sure about that”

Every inch of me froze

I slowly turned my head, only to see Gabriel, Noah, and Moses All three stood, towering over us, covered in blood, gripping their rifles Vehemence was clear in their stares

Standing up, I spreadLilah and Maddie with my hands to withdraw to the rear of the cell

“Gabriel, be gone They will be co my fear

The three elders approached “Do you knohat your sinner and his butchers have done?” he asked in a deep, gruff voice

Darting my eyes around the line of trees, I shookI could see it in his lare

“He killed Prophet David He murdered our Messiah!” Gasps of shock burst forth from inside the cell and dread seeped into my bones The elders were beyond furious and their wrath was aimed at me

“Prophet David gave us one final revelation: if he is to be taken by force from this Earth, his people must follow”

I stopped breathing and my eyes widened They must kill us all

Reaching forward, Gabriel grabbedand threw azine and hissed, “Say hello to Jezebel, Satan’s whore”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Styx

It took about ten uards to finally get a sound lead on Mae after Rider hauled her the fk away Two hundred yards north in the forest, we found the ring of flowers she’d had on her head caught on a low branch, and her tiny footprints in the dried dirt path

She was close And so was Rider’s death

Holding up my fist, the brothers came to a sudden halt behind me

Mae

Mae was at so in on her as she knelt on a patch of grass She had a fkin’ terrified expression on her face and that bastard Gabriel was pointing a gun right at Mae’s head The other two bearded fkers stood beside hi