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The song reached a crescendo, a howling wall of sound that transcended the cheap plastic speakers. Just as Kay screamed the final lyric, the power in the house blew. Outside, the neighborhood streetlights had flickered out
"The sun is down, the moon is thin / Let the hour of the wolf begin..."