“All righty now, tell me again. What the hell did them damn things look like?” Heather took a giant bite out of her bacon cheeseburger, and for a moment, Cassidy marveled at her skills.

“Uh, well, they were people, but they were completely jet black, like they’d been through a crisper. But they weren’t burned. I mean, they weren’t charred or anything. Just black. Except for their eyes. Those were red. And their clothes were weird. Some of them, anyway. Some of them looked ...