"My mother was caught inside the vortex of a tornado that ripped into our world. She was holding me at the time."
"So you"ve practically lived here your whole life?"
He took a sip of his drink. "Yeah. In Texas. It"s where we landed."
Marya opened another packet of ketchup. "You said your friend was a Bigfoot?"
"Yeah."
"You called her a midder?"
"Midour."
"And this invisible Breacher is a tzealdo?" "Yeah." He gave her a soft grin. "Are you wondering what my kind are called?"
She nodded.
"A seegian."
"Back in Washington, were there other Breachers present?"
Hawthorne nodded. "I"d say about half of them were."
"Wow. And you know them?"
"Most, but not all. After a major catastrophe or weather event, a new Breacher may appear, pulled into this world. There"s an agency that keeps t
