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"Be careful, Edie," he whispered He o of me, and then ran in

Ti reached Maldonado before Asher, and hit hi back into the cement wall and collapsed into the water at Ti’s feet I wanted to cheer, but I had to get over to Olympio--maybe this would all be over soon and somehoe’d all survive I tried not the calculate the odds as I reached Olympio’s side

Maldonado had recovered--I hadn’t seen it happen, but he was locked with Ti now, ar a shapeshifter like Maldonado couldn’t beco toward his father, slowly I hoped it was reluctance holding him back, but I honestly didn’t know

I scooped Olympio up out of the water He was cold and pale "Hey, hey" I shook him awake "You’d better still be with me"

His eyelids fluttered open "You haven’t killed o, Olympio?" I knelt down in the water to keep hied hiet out of here Where do you want to go?"

He smiled at me "Disneyland"

I snorted "That’s pretty far away frohter

Out of the farthest tunnel, Grandmother arrived She was like so could kill As I had that thought, she turned and pierced me with her eyes

Maldonado shoved Ti back, and Ti stumbled to one knee Grandmother moved around their battle and walked toward ht Asher was at its periphery,back and forth in one spot like a paused character in an old video ga his father, or had his father put hi with Ti? I crushed Olympio to my chest orry

As Grandmother neared she seemed taller, as if her spine had unwound, and I realized she was producing light, the bright orange-yellow of light pollution tinged with se!"

"What the hell are you saying?" I asked aloud

"¡Elige! ¡Elige uno!"

"She says for you to choose She says you get to pick one," Olympio translated for me I could see thewhite with no-blood It wasn’t just the rain thataway from me

"Ask her what she e!" she yelled again, spitting the word at e!" she co to do in the bone roo around below--then she was the Santa Muerte The Saint of Death

I’d been praying to God for my mom to live for a week and a half now Why not just ask the deity of the dae!" she yelled, and thunder cracked in time with her voice

Choose My mom Or--Olympio

God help me

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What kind of horrible choice was that? What kind of unco awful deity asked for you to choose between your friend and your own mom?

"I hate you!" I shouted out into the store!" she shouted back

My ood afterlife I couldn’t send Olyed into this mess, to his, here

God Help Me

"Him! Save him! If you can!" I shook him in fear "Do it if you can--do it now!"

Grandhtful face and looked down at the boy inher phosphoric aura with her