"Wild night," Boxy called as soon as I stepped out of Bernadette. True to his word, he'd beat me here. He stood underneath both Sunray's yellow awning and a silver dragon umbrella. The umbrella kind of reminded me of his cane, not the one he used now, but the fancy one with silver and gold scales.

"You have no idea how wild it's been." I closed the car door after Studmuffin. He zipped over the parking lot pond without making so much as a ripple.

I, on the other hand, made ...