Maya screams, to her shame, when Salem’s hatpin stabs through her hand and into the wall. “Quiet,” he says, and slaps her. Her ears ring; she almost misses the tinkling crash.<\/p>\n
Rob is up, white and sweating, on his knees. He holds Boulevard’s watch. He’s smashed its face and bent up its second hand, which keeps ticking, crookedly.<\/p>\n
“You won’t,” says Darlene. “You can’t.”<\/p>\n
He wets two fingers with his blood and holds them above it; his eyes are wide, and very cold. Darlene and Maya hold their breath.<\/p>\n
But Salem doesn’t. He snarls, and blurs; and then Maya goes deaf.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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