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At the thought of Gabeturned dark and cold I recoiled froes the de I couldn’t kill another human Not even if it was Granny Not even to save my own life

“I won’t do it,” I screamed

With one kick, I slammed the feral on Granny’s left into a nearby tree The deer into the other feral’s heart It lashed out and tried to hurt ht

Granny shuffled to her feet, snatched her shotgun, and ran aithout a look back I h for her to disappear into the trees But soon, they overwhelround, looking up at the blue sky peaking through the trees

“Tsk, tsk, tsk” Elizabeth leaned overout my view of the sky

Her feral puppets gripped each ofpressure There was no escape

“I’er from my hands and tossed it into the trees “Very disappointed It looks like you won’t be sharing eternity with your mother, after all”

She gestured at the ferals They pulled ainst their claws, I was no match for them

“Go ahead, kill me” I spat

There was no point in dragging this out I would never let that demon inside of me take control

“Oh, I will,” she said, an evil grin curling her lips “But not until you releasewith all of his arhtfall, take my word for it”

With that evil proclaht to the Hell Gate

Chapter Nineteen

The de No ay I had left in hed ht to be released

“Give up, child This is the end”