Chapter 21: Rudi Understands Something about Himself, Too“What is it doing?” Rudi asked, against the sound of his own beating heart. “Is it near me?” Terror had seized him. His brain couldn’t seem to dispatch any cue to his limbs. He clutched Syd’s hands on the bed, staring at him with dry eyes. “Has it moved?”
“It’s just standing there in the door.” Syd spoke through pressed lips, not moving either. “It’s…waiting or something.”
“Waiting for what?” Rudi’s voice rose a little. “Jesus f*****g Christ, Syd. Waiting for what?”
“I don’t know…an invitation?”
“Oh, God, is it a vampire or an alien?” Rudi realized that the more they spoke of the thing, the less terrified he was. His blood was slowly begin to circulate again. He could almost move. “If I turn around, what will I see? Is it horribl
