Jay shoots two more arrows, one after the other with a speed that isn’t quite human. And Winnie suddenly understands in a fuzzy part of her brain why he stopped running in the Nightmare Masquerade 5K. Never startle a nightmare. A heartbeat later, Jay is tromping off toward the target as if he wants to murder the thing with his bare hands. “Are you … mad?” Winnie asks his retreating back. When Jay doesn’t answer, she chases after, hurrying over new grass and old mud. “Are you mad?” she repeats once they’re beside the target and Jay is very, very forcefully removing the first arrow from the
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