The Marrow Thieves

Frenchie and his group arrive at a deserted property called “Four Winds Resort.” Before Miig can test if the electrified fence still has electricity, Frenchie steps in and does it for him, believing that Miig would be “too important to lose” (57). While Chi-Boy goes over the fence looking for a way to let the others in, Miig tells Frenchie, “No one is more important than anyone else” (58). Chi-Boy opens the gates and the group enters the abandoned resort, which is far more grandiose than anything any of the group has seen before. As the group investigates the rooms, they begin to relax. Frenchie observes: “It made me smile, seeing Chi-Boy, the fierce scout […] wiggling his ass to get into the softness [of the bed] with the goofy grin on his face” (64).  

Each group member gets their own room, which Frenchie notes is “strange, all of us separated by walls, divided into compartments like bees in a dusty hive” (65). Minerva starts telling an old story to the girls of the group; Frenchie sneaks nearby to listen. Minerva’s story, from her grandmother, is about “Rogarou, the dog that haunts the half-breeds but keeps the girls from going on the roads at night where the men travel” (66)—in