Hold Me Closer, Necromancer Chapter 1 Summary

Dead Man's Party

  • Samhain Corvus LaCroix (better known as Sam) is living the dream as a college dropout working at Plumpy's, a fast food chain. Okay, not quite—he kind of hates the customers.
  • On the flipside, though, Sam really likes his coworkers. Along with Ramon, he works with Brooke, a hot blonde who looks like a cheerleader, and Frank, an overly eager, young employee whom Sam and his friends are desperately trying to crack.
  • Today starts out as just another day at the office for Sam. He handles a bunch of whiny customers, deals with a milkshake machine malfunction, and finally ends up on break, playing a rousing game of Potato Hockey with Ramon and Brooke. Things start to take a turn for the worse when the potato they're hitting around with a broom smacks right into the taillight of a Mercedes illegally parked in the Plumpy's lot.
  • An hour before Plumpy's closes, Sam is scraping gum off the bottoms of tables when a creepy looking guy in a suit comes in holding a potato and asks someone to explain it. Sam hides under the table, sensing that the dude is dangerous.
  • Creepy Dangerous Dude notices Sam, drags him out from the table, and starts interrogating him with a lot of nonsensical questions about what he's doing in Seattle, why he didn't petition some Council first, and why the dude didn't know he was here.
  • Understandably, Sam's kind of creeped out by this. The manager comes out of hiding to find out what the deal is, and Creepy Dangerous Dude leaves after assuring him that there is no problem.
  • As he leaves, Sam thinks that whoever he is, he hasn't seen the last of him.