Every Foul Spirit
Seeking comfort, one of its hands inched slowly out into the inky dark to stroke the head of the pet at its knee.
“Absalom!” the killer proclaimed. “She has fallen! The city’s fallen. She has become a habitation of devils . . . sanctuary to every foul spirit . . . and breeding ground for unclean, detestable beasts.” He descended on her, twitching his long blade around, eager for more knife work. Inside his pocket his other hand grasped one of Principal Schunk’s initialed handkerchiefs, stolen from his office at the high school.
Her mind erupting in panic, Katie cradled her slashed left arm and whimpered, shaking violently, fighting off shock. Blood pounded in her ears. She tried to sit up bu
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