The Scroll by Anne Perry Read Free Book Online

old.”
    “What about Garrett?” Hank asked, pain in his voice as if he dreaded the answer.
    “He’s all right,” Monty said, absolutely sure that it was the truth.
    Hank stared at him, then at the burning house. “He’s in there!”
    “No, he isn’t, not now. He’s all right, Hank.”
    “And the child?”
    “Gone. I think he’s free of her … it.”
    “Do you have any idea what you’re talking about?” Hank asked, not with doubt but with hope.
    “Oh, yes, yes, I think so. I’m talking about sacrifice and redemption, about faith, about hope being stronger than even the demons who dog you with memory and tales of hatred, and who tempt you to justify yourself, at all costs.”
    “And the scroll? What are you going to do with it now?”
    “I think when we go and look, we’ll find it’s gone,” Monty replied. “We aren’t ready for it yet.”
    Hank smiled and together they turned to walk away towards the darkness ahead, no more than the soft folds of the night, with sunrise beyond.
    The end.

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