i snatched one of the witches and hugged her to me as one of the vampires shoved me back into the pit . ross , are you still on the line ? and , just for him , i left her alive enough that she would feel every lick of the flames , but weak enough that she could n't do anything about it . she missed shutting everything in her mind off for a few hours . she pulled away with little walter once more snoring on the seat . colt shook his head , `` no clue . 