Fallen Stars (The Demon Accords)
“ I-81 crosses the New River just outside of Radford, Virginia. Over five hundred feet of suspended highway bridging the river sixty feet below. A third of the way over the bridge, we both noticed a big tractor trailer in front of us shudder as shreds of heavy black rubber exploded from its front left tire. The driver fought the tractor into a jackknife that swung the trailer across to block the entire forty-foot width of the highway. Brake lights lit up in front of us as the other seven c...ars ahead tried to go from seventy miles per hour to zero. They did remarkably well, with only two cars briefly sideswiping each other before breaking apart and coming to a stop. Stacia’s werewolf reflexes were more than adequate for the job. She jumped us from the right lane to the left to avoid rear-ending a family in a minivan that must have had exceptional brakes. We slid to a stop, and Katrina rolled off the back seats and banged into the back of us. She didn’t make a sound. I climbed out of the car, the darkness in my chest feeling like it was a split second from bursting out. Behind us, cars were stopping in waves and ahead, other people were climbing out like I had. The driver of the tractor trailer opened his cab door and started to step out, only to look suddenly out his passenger side window at something or someone at the other end of the bridge who we couldn't see. A second later, he was flying backward toward us like a bomb had gone off. A figure climbed up on top of the trailer, a man wearing black pants, a black shirt, and a black cape, of all things. “That’s Cooper… Sam Cooper!”MoreLess
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