Bayou Whispers
Roo and Fernández looked at each other.
“The Major gave his word, did he? And how do you know the Major’ll leave us alone, Carl?” asked Roo quietly.
The phone was silent for a moment.
“It’s still dark out,” said Roo. “Those undead things—all the ghoulies and ghosties and zonbis—all work a lot better in the dark, don’t they, Gallow?”
Even with his ears as bad as they are, Roo heard Gallow swallow, making the speaker crackle again.
“Yeah, don’t answer that. I’ve been studying this shit for decades, man,” said Roo. “These . . . things . . . are creatures of the night, of the dark. They don’t like the sun very much.”
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