A short while later, she secured confirmation when the work-out group dispersed not into the Meditation Hall but into the second of the barns, which -when Carey was last at Hammer Reach - had been used for animals, not members. She swung her binoculars to the third and smallest out-building: a fenced corral had been put up around it, enclosing its door; hay; dung. The dormitory, she concluded, had been moved into the second barn.
Not long after, Cassandra came out onto the farmhouse deck, accompanied by Paimon and Christopher. Finally, they were joined by Caleb. They sat comfortably, smoking and laughing.
“What do you think?” Emily whispered in her ear.
Carey turned to answer, their mouths only inches apart. They were soldiers now: not soldiers in the army of God and Satan but soldiers
