"How certain are you that what you brought back, is one hundred percent – pure - Sam?"

Dean's stomach did a slow-motion roll as he stared at Yellow-Eyes.

No.

No, he was certain – except the way Sam'd hesitated – letting Jake get a hold of Ellen.

Except the look in Sam's eyes when he'd emptied his clip into Jake.

Except –

For fuck's sake! He knew Sam, knew him inside and out, back all the way to the front. Sam hadn't been tempted alive and he – he'd died. His soul brought back–

Demons lie, he told himself.

But sometimes, they told the truth.