Chapter Forty-Two

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All he could hear was that same chant;

"The wall is breaking, the wall is breaking."

Groaning, William held a hand to his head.

The song has been repeating in his head for years now and he still didn't know what it meant.

He yawned and had his morning devotion. He talked to the Holy Spirit and felt ready for the day ahead.

He had his bath and wore a new pair of clothes.

He looked at himself in the mirror, he hadn't worn his glasses in a long while and neither was he wearing contacts, his eyes had mysteriously gotten healed one morning and he'd never had to wear them again.

The dyed hair had already gotten replaced with the original black and it looked great.

The whole camp gathered round for the daily devotion and soon everyone resumed the duties for the day.

Work had already started on the construction of more tents.

About twenty more were needed and they wasted no time getting them ready. It didn't take long, because all hands were on deck.

William was just about to take Berry on a walk when Seth called him.

"William we're about to interrogate them. Come."

Right, he nearly forgot, Bennett and Betty. He wasn't thrilled to see them again, not in the least.

They've both tried to kill him on more than one occasion.

Seth and William passed through the camp and took a shortcut to the outskirts of the settlement. They were discrete about it. The site was incredibly large and filled with all kinds of trees and shrubs.

Picture a community smack right in the middle of an island surrounded by trees.

Soon William and Seth got to the place, a single tent right outside of camp.

The tent was the only thing there and there were about five people stationed outside, armed.

Seth greeted the men and women there and they both entered the tent.

The three were already there.

Gloria and Bethany smiled.

"Good morning Chief." Seth's cheeks immediately went aflame and he covered his embarrassment with a cough.

William chuckled beside him haven never seen the stoic Seth blush before.

James stood beside the two women, eyes trained on the two figures cuffed to one of the wooden pillars that held the tents up.

Betty seemed awake but shaken up. Bennett looked very vicious.

One could tell that he did not want to be here.

The strange thing was, William could not sense any more presence in them.

The demons in them were all gone.

He looked at one of the priestesses to explain.

"The fire took them out too," Gloria explained, referring to the demons inside of them.

"It's not surprising, they were caught in the flames," James said briskly.

"What are we going to do with them?" William asked.

Bethany folded her arms and circled the two people bound together.

"We ask them about their master and what he's planning next."

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