Chapter sixMurky clouds began to spread across the brightness of Zim and Genodras. A light rain started, drifting with the gentle breeze, casting a misty indefiniteness over the streets and houses. Pavement cobbles glistened like neatly stacked rows of apples. Although the Suns would be a bur or two before they vanished over the horizon, the streets began to clear of people.
A man and woman scuttled into a doorway as I approached. The door slammed with a bang. As I passed the sound of a heavy beam being slotted into place at the back of the door slapped out clearly.
Not because of the approach of evening. Not because of the rain. Oh no! The good folk of Gafarden shut up shop early before nightfall because of the Spectre. No doubt existed in my mind that the damn monster had returned to h
