And then suddenly the entire house was alive with strange creatures darting to and fro in the rafters and the corners of the room, little imps and strange animals and half-glimpsed figures, a blue boar and a gray wolf and a bear’s snapping head, and a bird with the head of an old woman that perched on the ceiling and laughed at her. XNXX She opened her mouth and let the last bit that she hadn’t swallowed dribble down her chin. She inspected it for a moment and then, apparently satisfied, pointed at Ruth. Her gasped once, when her teeth grazed him. “Especially not Abbie?”
“This is the last thing I want to tell anyone about, ever,” said Phoebe. “See?” said Abbie. In Salem?”
Phoebe put her brush down and closed her locker. When she unmuted it, the broadcast said only one thing:“What contract have you made with the Devil?”
Phoebe blinked.
