CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR – Moonlight Metamorphosis* 1 *
Maddy figured it was Earl doing all the screaming.
She didn’t blame him one damn bit.
What the hell had brought him out here? Charging through the window like an action hero.
Now he was out there in the darkness all alone, or worse yet not alone.
Damn it.
Those scarecrows would make short work of that little cop.
Maddy fingered her wound. She felt the hay working patiently into her blood and nerves like the roots of a thirsty willow.
What the f**k was she becoming?
She tried to say it out aloud, what the f**k, but the words felt awkward, like her mouth was forgetting how to speak. Maybe it was; maybe whatever she was becoming communicated through thought or gesture. Maybe she was turning like flower petals, toward the whim of sun
