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He smiled "Glad you&039;re on ton Street, and withinHouse Church It was another perfectly-restored, historic church

They entered, and were stopped by an attendant

"I&039; museum It&039;s five o&039;clock," she said "But feel free to come back tomorrow"

Caleb turned to Caitlin, and she could feel what he was thinking He wanted her to test out hereyes, and sent a estion She would let them in She would make an exception for them

The woman suddenly stared back at Caitlin She blinked

Suddenly, she said, "You knohat? You two seem like such a nice couple I&039;ll make an exception for you But don&039;t tell anyone," she said with a wink

Caitlin turned to Caitlin and smiled, and the two of them walked inside

The church was beautiful It was another huge, open space, with massive s in every direction, and filled ooden pews, all ee," Caitlin said "Nohat?"

"Let&039;s follow the trail, to start," he said, gesturing at the e, red arrows guiding visitors where to walk

The trail took them to a series ofthe wooden railing They stopped and read

Caitlin&039;s eyes opened wide "Listen to this," she said "&039;In this spot in 1697, Judge Sewall apologized for being one of the Salees who, in 1692, condemned the witches to their death"

Caleb and Caleb looked at each other The reference to Saleht place All the clues fro They felt so close As if the sere hiding just beneath their feet

But they looked around carefully, and did not see any place, any clue that would point the house&039; And if you&039;re right, if it&039;s about the journey, then the question is: where&039;s the fourth place?"

He held up the scroll again

They leave co of blood,

Meet at the house,

And find the ones they loved

Beside the fourth tip of the cross

"We&039;ve left &039;coround,&039;" he said, "we&039;ve entered &039;the ring,&039; and we&039;ve &039;met at the house&039; Noe have to &039;find the ones they loved, beside the fourth tip of the cross&039; So, if you&039;re right, if it&039;s about the journey, that means we have one last destination"

They both stood there, thinking

"I think that &039;find the ones they loved&039; is a reference to finding your father," he said "I think there&039;s just one stop left But where? What is the &039;fourth tip of the cross?&039; Another church?"

Caitlin thought She racked her brain again and again She studied the scroll, then reached over and studied the reed that there was only one stop left But it wasn&039;t i to her She looked at all of the other churches on the freedoht to her

Then it suddenly hit her She took a step back, and looked again at theeverywhere they had already traveled And her eyes lit up with excitement

"A pen," she said breathlessly "Quick I need a pen"

Caleb ran down the aisle, found a pen in one of the pews, and hurried back

She began drawing a line on the map of the freedom trail

"It&039;s a pattern," she said "We&039;ve been walking a pattern We started in the Co of blood," she said, connecting it with a line, and circling it "Then, ent to thehouse," she connected that with a line, and circled it

She held it up, showing him

"Look at where we&039;ve walked Look at the pattern"

He squinted, unsure

"It&039;s not finished yet, that&039;s why you don&039;t see it We&039;ve only walked three points But a fourth point would coht line to conized it

"A cross," he said quietly "We were meant to walk in the shape of a cross"

"Yes," she said excitedly "And if we follow the line, if we complete the cross symmetrically, it only leads to one place"

They both followed the line she drew

Right there, at that exact spot, at the fourth tip of the cross, lay the King&039;s Chapel burying ground

"The ones they loved," Caleb said "The burying ground"

"He&039;s buried there," she said

"And so, I bet, is the sword"

Samantha raced the BMW on the outskirts of Boston, Sahway towards Sale difficulty in finding his dad She&039;d been sure, when she&039;d seen those Facebook es, when Sam had told her with such excitement that he&039;d been in touch with him, that this would be easy She would just take him to his dad&039;s house, and fros had gotten complicated She hadn&039;t expected to encounter that creep, and s for Sainal plan had been so simple: find his dad, kill them both, and return with the sword Now she wasn&039;t sure she wanted to kill Sam at all Especially as she looked over at him, and saw that fresh scar on his cheek, the reminder of how he&039;d tried to save her

More than anything, she was mad at herself for that, s They always got in the way

After she&039;d seen his watch, after he&039;d given her the lead to Salem, she could have easily cut him loose But for some weird reason, she wanted him around She didn&039;t quite understand why She&039;d told hi io to Sale s back to school

Besides, she could still use him to find his dad That had been a lucky break with the watch But Sale Having hiht actually co, and slammed on the brakes Their car screeched to a stop in thehis palms on the dash "What&039;s the deal?"

Several cars screeched to a stop behind the on their horns

But Sa in the air A vibration

She sat there and raised her chin Sensing

Yes There it was again So close The signal was unht here in Boston The vibration of it coursed through her veins It was so close She felt an urgency Maybe, even, so to do with the sword itself

She suddenly peeled out of traffic, hway screeched to a halt, as she sped down the opposite side of Storrow Drive

Saet his bearings

"What&039;s the rush?" he asked, surprised, and a bit scared

Samantha drove another few hundred yards, thenoff four lanes of traffic

"Change of plans," she said

Kyle jumped off the yacht before it even docked, and landed nimbly on the Boston cobblestone The Russian soon landed beside hi the Russian on the boat ride over, many times, but while it would et hiive him one last chance, to see if he could, this tiht direction

If the Russian was clueless in Boston, then he would kill him for sure And then just find another way Kyle looked over at hi wound on his cheek Kyle was sure it would leave a nice, big scar The thought of it made him happy

Luckily for the Russian, his eyes lit up, and he pointed

"She is definitely here, ly Only blocks away"

Kyle broke into a grin This time, it seemed real Yes, he believed him Blocks away He loved the sound of that

Kyle approached a shiny, nencar, its driver standing beside the open door

As they approached, the Russian opened the passenger door and got in

"Hey!" yelled the driver

But before he could react, Kyle, with one strong punch, had knocked hiot into the driver&039;s side, and with the car already running, peeled out

Kyle raced through the Boston traffic, veering for the fun of it and slaan to blare all around him He smiled widely It made him feel just a little bit better

Within moments, he knew, that sould be his

And then he would kill them all