Karl's shoulders and back were instantly tense, and the last thing he wanted to do was turn around. He forced his hands to let go of the fence. His neck creaked when he turned.
The yard was still empty, and he couldn't see anything along the fence. He took a step forward to check the front of the house and froze.
"How long has that damned thing been there?" he whispered.
"Since we started checking the fence," George said. "I've seen that one before. Never tried to hurt me, but I've never gone up there to try to shake its hand, either."
A creature was crouched at the very top of the fence, right above the house. It looked like one of the demons described in the holy books of The Crown, maybe The Imp himself, with one important difference. This demon had a tail and wings and arms and eve
