Echo of the Dead (The Horrors of Sobolton Book 11) by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackwych Books Ltd
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Today...

“I didn't think I'd be seeing you here tonight,” Al Major said, watching with a growing sense of bemusement as Robert Law limped into the bar. Candles were flickering nearby, providing the only illumination. “You're just in time to join our little folk festival.”

“Folk festival?” Robert replied, making no effort to hide the concern in his voice. “Doesn't anyone here know some good old-fashioned rock or blues?”

“That's what I said!” Doug pointed out. “Finally someone agrees with me!”

“To be honest,” Al continued, as Alice practiced a few chords in the corner, “it kind of fits the mood. There's no booze, by the way. I swear, people keep popping their heads around the corner as if they expect me to have magically found a few extra bottles stashed away. It's like they can't believe what's happening. I tell them I don't have any, and they go away for a few hours before coming back to try again.”

“I'm not gonna lie,” Robert said, wincing a little as he took up his favorite position on one of the bar stools, “a drink would feel pretty damn good right now.”

“When we get out of this mess,” Doug added, “I'm going to get so drunk, I doubt I'll remember anything at all. Screw this healthy living and sobriety. It's all so boring.” He glanced at the clock. “Does anyone else feel like time's not moving quite right? I swear, it's like everything's slowing down.”

“Can they do that?” Sindy asked, looking around in the hope that someone might be able to answer. “The wolves, I mean. It seems like they can do a lot of weird things. Can they actually slow time down?”

“How are things going?” Al muttered, lowering his voice a little as he leaned across the bar and watched Robert's reaction carefully. “That Toby idiot and his mob... did they track down the little girl yet?”

Robert shook his head.

“And that woman who showed up with all those rocks in her belly, did -”

“I don't know,” Robert said firmly.

“The saints won't protect us,” Alice began to sing in the corner, “they just turn away and cry.”

“What about Sheriff Tench?” Al asked. “Did -”

“I don't know!” Robert snapped angrily, before getting to his feet once more. “Damn it, I just came in here to try to relax and now I'm getting peppered with all these stupid questions. I'm not some great source of knowledge, okay? I don't have a clue what's going on and I don't know how or if we're ever gonna get out of this mess!”

Everyone fell silent for a few seconds, before Alice started playing again.

“Sheriff Cochrane fetched his gun,” she sang softly, “and left the town to die.”

“That's not helping!” Robert hissed, turning to her before letting out a heavy sigh. “I should've known better than to come down here. What's the use of a bar when it doesn't have anything to drink, huh? It's just a room full of depressives who can barely string two sentences together.”

Grabbing his cane again, he began to limp back toward the door.

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