The sun dipped low behind the desert hills as the Feral Eclipse bus rolled westward, the firetruck escort long gone and the city of Dallas a memory scorched into the internet\u2019s collective soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the time they crossed into El Paso, the roads were quiet, but the buzz<\/em> sure wasn\u2019t. Gabriel\u2019s phone kept dinging from the dash every two seconds. Emily was already editing a video montage titled \u201cBreakfast of Legends\u201d<\/strong> with a custom howl soundtrack. Diesel still hadn\u2019t stopped shaking his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI tell ya,\u201d the grizzled driver muttered, watching the highway roll out ahead, \u201cif we get a marching band escort next time, I\u2019m retiring on the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bus rolled into the lot behind a mid-sized but modern arena. New venue, clean trusses, polished loading dock. Professional crew. It felt… calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Too calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane stood at the open side door, sniffing the air as he surveyed the quiet courtyard. \u201cWhere is everyone? I thought we were trending in four<\/em> languages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel stretched and cracked his neck. \u201cMaybe El Paso doesn\u2019t do ambushes. Maybe this one\u2019s just chill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That was when they heard it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A low, collective chant from somewhere<\/em> beyond the venue walls. It started soft\u2014just a ripple\u2014but grew louder by the second. Rhythmic. Unified. Excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFEE-RAAAL! FEE-RAAAL! FEE-RAAAL!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassie peeked around the side of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And there they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of fans packed into the sidewalk perimeter\u2014some wearing handmade shirts, others waving signs, one guy holding a cardboard cutout of Mark holding a mop. Street food vendors had set up tents. A mariachi band was warming up. Someone had made pi\u00f1atas of the entire band.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI swear to Luna,\u201d Thane mumbled, \u201cif I see a plush mop in that crowd, I\u2019m turning around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonah grinned. \u201cWe should start selling them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The local promoter\u2014an over-caffeinated guy with a clipboard and wireless headset\u2014came running down the dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOkay, uh\u2026 slight update,\u201d he panted. \u201cThe venue wasn\u2019t expecting this kind of turnout for a load-in, so uh, the crowd\u2019s kinda blocked the entrance. And uh… the mayor\u2019s office just called.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane raised an eyebrow. \u201c…Why?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey, uh\u2026 they wanna give you guys a key to the city<\/em> before soundcheck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark groaned. \u201cOh no. That\u2019s how the curse starts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel clapped his paws together. \u201cLet\u2019s go meet the mayor!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sun dipped low behind the desert hills as the Feral Eclipse bus rolled westward, the firetruck escort long gone and the city of Dallas a memory scorched into the internet\u2019s collective soul. By the time they crossed into El Paso, the roads were quiet, but the buzz sure wasn\u2019t. Gabriel\u2019s phone kept dinging from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3103,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}