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Maeve made room in a chair, and the carriers dropped their cargo onto the seat. Cate hurried to close the door while Maeve tossed back Adam’s hood. Sarah fought back bile as his grotesque features were revealed. His flesh was burned away from the top of his head down to the bone and what did cover his skull was bubbling.
Maeve pursed her lips before she glanced at Sarah. “Help me get the rest of the coat off.”
Sarah swallowed the lump in her throat and helped ease Adam out of his overcoat. Where his flesh met the coat his body the cloth had to be pealed off. When they had finished he sat in the chair more a lump of bones and scorched flesh than man.
Cate watched the whole procedure with her hands over her mouth and tears in her eyes. “I’m so sorry. . .I’m so sorry. . .” she w
