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“You all want some of this delicious venison?”

They roared their assent

“Then you’ll all grab on to the rope”

A dozen or more kids leaped forward to seize the rope Others hesitated Glanced toward the church Glanced toward Hunter being held by Zil’s crew

Lance had tied a noose

Hank now pushed it down over Hunter’s head and tightened it around his neck

But there was a disturbance in the crowd So at the intruder There was shoving But finally Astrid appeared, disheveled, flushed, furious She wasn’t hauling a wagon anyood, Zil thought: Mary and John were popular A lot of these kids had little brothers and sisters at the day care

Astrid was a different story She was tied to Saht she was too full of her own self Plus, she had her creepy little brother with her And no one liked him Rumor had it that he was some kind of powerful freak hi much about it

Waste of ti

“Stop this!” Astrid cried “Stop this now!”

Zil looked down at her He was almost surprised to realize that he was not intiirlfriend One of the three or four most important people in the FAYZ

But Zil had the power of the crowd behind hi that made him all-powerful Invincible and unafraid

“Go away, Astrid,” he said “We don’t like traitors here”

“Oh? And hoe feel about thugs? Hoe feel about murder?” She was really very pretty, Zil noticed Much hotter than Lisa And now that he was taking over…

“We’re here to execute ajustice in the name of all normals”