"I won't." I said and he closed his eyes briefly.
"I was hoping you'd say something different." He said so I took one slow breath.
"Devil's Hollow gave me a family when I had nothing. They never asked whose daughter I was. They stood beside me when everyone else wanted me dead. I'm not abandoning them.” I said as I looked directly at him and his shoulders slowly slumped.
"Then you've already chosen." He said.
"I have." I said.
The chapel door suddenly exploded inward and Knox stormed through the smoke with blood covering one sleeve and his pistol already raised.
"Maze." Knox yelled and Razor spun instantly.
The knife flashed through the air and Knox fired. Razor dove behind an overturned pew while bullets shattered ancient wood around him. I dropped behind another pew as splinters f
