Chapter 45Pete had rented an SUV, and told Billy and I to climb in and give my car keys to Sammy and Darius…they would follow in my rental. It was almost midnight, and Billy and I weren't the only exhausted people in our little hunting party. Pete and Darius said they'd take the first driving shift, then we'd trade them out in a couple of hours so they could get some sleep too.
Like Billy, Pete had a heavy foot, and was pushing eighty once we'd passed through Brigham City. At that rate, we'd make Elko by 4 a.m., even with a stop to switch up drivers.
Two-and-a-half hours later I was being shaken out of a nasty dream involving Billy, the transmogrifier, and Pete's Bowie knife. It turned out to be strangely prophetic, and if I'd been more awake and perceptive to such nightmares, things mig
