Chapters 16 - 18 Summary

Later that night after he turns in Dylan can't stop thinking about Masa's warning. What if Pele is real, and the small white dog is a warning? Finally he drops off but is awakened by the howling dogs. "This place is really beginning to creep me out," he says. He manages to go back to sleep.

Sometime later Dylan and Casey wake up with a start. The ground under them is rolling! An earthquake. The two pop up and hurry out of the shelter. A horse whinnies and they see two flashlight beams. Mr. Bellows and the Reverend are poking around in the dark checking on everybody. The quake by now has subsided and all is calm. "Just the earth releasing some pressure," Mr. Bellows says. "No damage done." How big do you think it was, Dylan asks. "Not big. Two...