“Please,” Megan said. “Tell me what happened.” She knew this would be a sight that would haunt her for the rest of her life and every moment she stayed here was a little more psychological trauma added to her already heaping pile. Yet she couldn’t leave yet. It was the only right thing to do.
The woman’s lips moved again, but this time no sound came out. Megan moved closer, hoping she might decipher some of what she was saying through lip reading, but there weren’t enough lips left to read. There was, however, something else odd about her mouth. Something strange about her teeth…
With lightning speed, the woman grabbed Megan by the shoulders with both arms. She sat up, her entire body creaking and cracking yet moving with a quickness that Megan had never even seen in a completely healthy person. Megan screamed, partly out of shock and partly at the red hot touch of the woman’s hands that burned right through Megan’s coat to singe the skin underneath.
“Help,” the woman said again. There was no longer any sign of weakness in her voice. Her voice was strong, deep, throaty, and very clearly not human. Her charred lips curled back in a grim parody of a smile, giving Megan a clear view of the woman’s teeth. All of them pointed. All of them sharp. All of them dripping with some kind of mucous-colored ichor like venom.
“Help me,” she said again, then opened her mouth wide and came at Megan.
Megan’s scream was short.
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Table of Contents
Section 1:Encounter
1 Misha Labours
2 Wycheck’s In Pain
3 Abby’s Tired
4 Danny’s Alert
5 Riley’s Concerned
6 Evans Is Annoyed
7 Nessie’s Calm
8 Doyle’s Restless
9 Dean’s Thoughtless
I The Boy
Section 2:Infiltrate
10 Nessie’s Unsure
11 Danny’s Anxious
12 Abby’s Worried
13 Doyle’s Bored
14 Riley’s Scared
15 Evans Is Thinking
16 Misha’s Awake
17 Dean’s In Motion
II The Watchers
Section 3:Antagonize
18 Evans Is Wrong
19 Doyle’s Burnt
20 Misha’s Panicking
21 Dean’s Stopped
22 Abby’s Anxious
23 Danny’s Hurt
24 Nessie’s Frustrated
25 Riley’s Out Of It
III The Sneak
Section 4:Ultimatum
26 Misha’s Curious
27 Abby’s Captured
28 Danny’s Unsure
29 Evans Is Relieved
30 Riley’s Groggy
31 Nessie’s Wired
32 Doyle’s Not In Charge
IV The Bird
Section 5:Obliterate
33 Misha’s Lost
34 Abby’s Confined
34 Nessie’s Not Conscious
35 Riley’s Pushing Through
36 Evans Is Planning
37 Doyle’s Uncomfortable
38 Danny’s Exhausted
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