“Why was he so afraid?” said Evelyn.
What had Jack been so scared of? “He was always going on about the Commissars,” said Kat. Could they take on the faces of other dead? “A power amongst the dead who prevent interference with the living.
“Never heard of them,” said Fingers.
Evelyn shrugged. “We do have some traditions in the church that there are forces out there, mostly dormant, or deep in the underworld, rarely seen, like giant squid.”
“He seemed to think this was a more active group. Like ghost cops,” Kat said. “He was always warning us that they were watching everything we did.”
“Howdy,” said Clint. “How is everyone?”
Kat jumped again. “Oh, I could hug you,” said Kat. “You were great. What happened to you after I left?”
Clint laughed. He wove an ectoplasm avatar and stepped int
