Summary

Zach wakes in the middle of the night, unsure why until he hears a tapping sound. He gets up and looks out the window, surprised to discover Poppy and Alice outside. They motion for him to come down. He grabs his sneakers and a sweater before creeping downstairs. The clock shows just past midnight as he puts on his coat and goes outside. Alice tells him they are going to The Silver Hills – a metal junkyard half a mile away. He jogs along with them to the old shed they used to use as a clubhouse and follows them inside.

Once they sit down, Poppy takes the Queen out of her backpack and Zach is silenced by her open eyes which stay that way even when they lay her down. Poppy tells him the story she told Alice who is now a believer, describing...