cutting through catwalks—gliding acros

nsified into whi

rrived, he was s

ly through the heavy rolling fog, as if fue

. The door swung

s drifted out from

us? Isn't that a b

wanted to be an

e—I'm going to go undead, " Sadie said—beg

far cry from the co

out of the spotligh

the creeps, " Blake

interjected. "You'

he said. "Oh shit-

to go as a zombi

ard stretch, " Sadie

ed Blake. "If you do

y as us. Shh—Dev's

e wig and mask aisl

blurted. "It's abo

n the cash-counter an

in, " Barb said. "Th

n ... Nevermind.

erything all picked o

st bring them back

think we are—a bu

s, we appreciate th

orries, Seth helped

y the register—look

, Dev. Has he said

holding back a si

g as Dev?" Sadie a

o—but only for cliq

ing to Skull Ball thi

y ... You can't

ume shop. I kind

let you take a br

d I run the place.

... We had a deal:

crashed the convo.

n get-up: a Dragun

e coming ..." he sai

Sorry man, I have

!!" Blake bellowed

tume off the wall. Like the Dragun--the Wulf came right out of old New London legend. Pac

?" Sadie pouted. "T

"Listen, Dev, " Sadie said—narrowing the gap between them—so close

ce up quizzical—but t

a lost cause, " Bar

dge for another lo

stopped, when she w

is eyes wide—lest he

y at him. "You have no choice about it r

ack, totally incap

ear--whispering: "

with Barb and Seth

in four hours Dev

d that night one year ago—Devin's folk who had been flying home. He wished he could take back that fated night for all the power he had. But he was still unwilling to wear the Orbring--given it

e would soon slide his finger into the colorless

me crashing down upon his own blood, sending five innocents to twisted e

lear feeling that something was wrong—yet to his conscious mind, the kid was the one who he kept suspecting of the crime—almost as a deflection from the mirror, so he would not have to consider himself to blame. He was all but convinced the killer was the kid—and he could not let the murder of his children go unaveng