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her.
     
    “About two years or so,” she said with a shrug.
     
    “Hmmpf,” was his only answer as he turned back to me.
     
    “Okay, I’m gonna go get the book, then we’ll close this till I can come back tomorrow and do something about it.”
     
    “I thought you didn’t know what to do?”
     
    “I don’t, not yet.  But I know someone who will know.  I’ll see him tomorrow,” I said, turning back to the open door.  'Sos was waiting for me just inside, anxious.
     
    “Okay, buddy, let’s grab this book and beat feet,” I said, heading into the bedroom and between the beds.  The book was partway out of the box, so using the white silk like an oven mitt, I shoved it back inside the little wooden container, closed the lid, and wrapped the whole thing in Stacia’s torn cami.  Awasos changed back to wolf form as we crossed the room.
     
    > Come back again soon, Gordon.  We miss you<    The voice came from the swirling space where a bedroom wall used to be.  We didn’t answer, just hurried our pace out of the room.  The door slammed itself behind us.
     
    Jep was standing at the base of the stairs, holding an inexpensive home firesafe in his hands.  The lid was open, and it had been emptied.  I dropped the silk-wrapped book box into the safe and closed the lid.  A mono-edge on my right hand sliced the lock and bolt handles off, and my right hand on the exposed mechanism generated enough aura to fuse the whole thing shut.
     
    “Okay, Stacia, there’s a floor lamp just inside the Grangers’ bedroom.  Grab it for me please,” I asked.  She nodded and took off in a blur.  Ned and Jep were staring at me a little wide-eyed, but I ignored it and soldiered on.
     
    “What do you need a lamp for?” Jep asked.
     
    “I’ve gotta keep that door shut and people out of it.  That’s a death zone in there.”
     
    “What happened to Father Preston?”
     
    “He left…the planet.”
     
    Stacia brought me the lamp and I sliced off the top and bottom, both cuts at sharp angles.  Then I cut the three-and-a-half-foot tube in half.  One sharpened piece was driven through the door and jamb at angle above the knob, the other just below.  Two eighteen-inch spikes to nail the door shut.
     
    “Mr. Granger, I highly advise everyone to leave this house tonight.  Tomorrow, I’ll see if I can’t close out your death portal to Hell, but it would be a very bad idea for anyone to stay here.”
     
    “I heard you the first time,” he said tiredly, brushing one hand through his hair.  There probably hadn’t been much sleep in the last few days.
     
    “Where are the girls?” I asked.
     
    “Our mates are cleaning them up,” Jep rumbled.
     
    “Okay, I gotta run out to the car for a minute.  I need to give each of them something.”
     
    Stacia looked at me with raised eyebrows, but I just shrugged and headed outside.  The trunk of the Volvo had what I needed, and I brought a whole handful inside with me.
     
    “Jewlery?” Granger asked, puzzled by my Zuni fetish necklaces.
     
    Holding the whole bunch in both hands, I channeled a strong flow of aura into the soapstone animal figurines that hung from individual leather thongs.
     
    “Come on, Mr. Granger…bling is always a good idea, particularly for girls that have been through a lot,” Stacia said with a smile.
     
    “Speaking of little girls, where might they be?” I asked.
     
    The two weres led us through the master suite to the apartment-sized walk-in closet and attached master bathroom.  The three girls had been washed clean and were all dressed in clean clothes.  All three looked shellshocked.
     
    “Hi girls. My name is Chris and this is Stacia.  We have some gifts for you.”
     
    I held out the bundle of necklaces, watching their eyes as they focused on the tiny animal figures.  They looked spacey and tired, but in my experience, that was a very normal reaction.  The two mothers hovered near them, torn between wanting to