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"She is here."

Father Jeremy raised his eyes slowly and dimly to look at the elder woman who has been helping him and then he moved his eyes past her, hoping to see Scarlet. He had been expecting her for days and was scared that something must have happened to her.

"Scarlet," her name escaped his lips when he saw a figure approaching him, but he was soon to be shocked when he saw that it was not Scarlet, but something else entirely.

The human-raven closed the door after stepping inside the dark room which was as a result of the curtains being pulled down and it moved its eyes to look at Father Jeremy who looked shocked. It moved towards him and the cloak it wore moved as it walked until it finally came to stop in front of him.

Father Jeremy couldn't comprehend what he was seeing and he started to mutter some prayers under his breath, thinking death had visited him and would be taking him away.