The Devil's Sister

believe Barney. He refused to believe I was dead. He was convinced this wa

eping over the crowd and landing on Matthew, who was

ards grabbed Matthew. The boy struggled, kicki

ng forward, but another guar

the square, a two-story, derelict hardware store. T

le, still in her wheelchair, watched w

nter of the square, l

h rage. "This is your last chance! Show yo

roof. The boy' s small body twisted in the ai

"Your mother is a coward! She' s watching you

my spectral hands passing through him like smoke. I was powerless, a prisoner

nounced to the sky. "If she' s not down h

On

ster! For God' s sake, he' s just a child!" He tried to run toward the building

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o small, so fragile. My heart, the one that n

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guard on th

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ream ripped thr

ment, two things

han. One of his investigators jumped out, a

It' s a match, sir! The boy.

r man ran up from the

d the grave! It has her nam

nd was the sickening thud of a smal