21 Dance With the Devil by Dean Koontz

Author:Dean Koontz [Koontz, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Horror
Goodreads: 3336182
Publisher: Magnum
Published: 1972-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

She looked around at Alex's friends, but she found her judgment had not changed. Gloomy pessimists, a bunch of fault-finders. She did not care for them at all.

And she could not escape the nagging certainty that the whole conversation about Satanists had been carefully planned, that they had been

Been what? Testing her?

Yes. It seemed almost as if they had posed a number of carefully worded test questions to ascertain where her sympathies lay, if she put any credence at all in superstitions.

But why?

It was as if they were feeling her out to see if she would like to-

“Don't you agree, Katherine?” Alton Harle asked.

She looked up, surprised that she had completely lost the thread of the conversation.

“I'm sorry,” she said. “I seem to be wool gathering. I've had a very long day, and I suppose I should be getting to bed.”

“It's only eleven,” Harle said.

“Yes,” Bill said. “We don't really get moving around here until after midnight.”

And what did that mean? Katherine wondered. Did it imply that these people were somehow connected to the cultists whose ceremonies began after the witching hour? Or did it mean nothing whatsoever, merely an unfortunate coincidence?

“Stay, Katherine,” John Kline said. “It's so pleasant to have a fresh point of view for a change.”

“Just the same,” she said, standing, “I really should turn in now.”

“Next week, we'll get together again,” Alex said.

“How could we survive in this backwoods place if we didn't?” Alton Harle asked.

Goodbyes were said quickly. In a moment, Katherine was standing in the main corridor with the door closed behind her. The air was still heavy and unpleasant. She had a sudden urge to lean with her ear against the door and hear if they were talking about her. Realizing how crude this compulsion was, she walked swiftly towards the main stairs before she could give in to it.

We don't really get moving around here until after midnight

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