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“Lana, you can save him,” Dekka pleaded

I can save no one, Lana thought Least of all myself

Lana took two steps back

The last thing she saas Dekka rushing to Edilio

Lana returned to her master

FORTY

38 MINUTES

THE SUN WAS sinking into the sea Shadoere lengthening in Perdido Beach The plaza was full of kids, far more kids than Zil could possibly feed with one deer

It worried him at first But then he realized the si of Hunter would eat Those ould only watch, would not

Those who laid hands on Hunter would be a part of Zil’s group They would have dees would be burned He would own them, body and soul after that

They would be lifetime members of the Human Crew

A big fire had been built in the dried-out fountain Soed a spit onto which big hunks of the deer, chopped into slabs with an ax, were roasting

The s

Turk had grabbed spray cans and tagged the fountain and soo

“Hoe doing this, man?” Antoine asked