Chapter 37Ghosts infested with the spirit eaters crowded the balconies, the floor, and the passage behind Jules, MAR-A, and the Makkars. Then the ghosts began wailing.
It sounded like rage and fear. Jules lifted the Butlerian Bible he held higher. Ghostly blood-red and starved-blue tendrils reached out from the case MAR-A carried, the creature inside seeking a connection.
He wanted to tell MAR-A to throw it away before it could make contact with one of them. Instead, he partially covered the top of the vial with his finger and flung drops of the blessed water at the case.
The tendrils thrashed and withdrew back into the case. The gathered enslaved spirits screamed with rage.
He saw Mel clap her hands over her ears, her eyes huge and round as she looked at the approaching spirits.
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