Screaming Hallelujah

[Ezekiel de le Poer]

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The skulls broke the border along the miles, though there were not as many here as he remembered before. It was her words that made his eyes darken, swallowing the light around them. “Siobhan, coyotes don’t just kill wolves. Wolves attack and kill coyotes too. My dad said that these skulls are to tell the bad people to stay out.” Shifting his weight and cracking his shoulder with a twist, the boy smiled easily. “I haven’t killed anyone. You don’t have to kill anyone either. But you shouldn’t forget that if anyone tries to hurt you that you need to fight back. I’m going to try and protect you, but I can’t always be there.”

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