Chapter 17
Suddenly the side door of the church burst open, and Judas and Father Jon ran as fast as they could away from the terror inside. They trudged through the forest of tombstones, over graves, and then into the path leading to the mansion.
With any luck Judas would be able to appeal to Sugar to at least allow the Father to stay there, but when they arrived, he searched every room, and she wasn’t there.
After doing the best he could to make the Father comfortable, he set out to find her. He knew that since the moon was full, she’d be out searching the countryside for prey, so he ran out into the night where a late-night mist shrouded the trees intimately. Their leafy branches stooped in the shadows, reaching out at abnormal angles. The branches, like moon-cursed beings, seemed to
