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Gable burst out from the kitchen, his face pale Fear pierced round shook often--and if he was freaked out, we should be freaked out

My wide gaze rabbed the banister, holding on as the entire house seemed to shake froht above the door popped Sparks flew The thick, reinforced glass of the double doors slipped free and broke into pieces on the floor

"This is bad, so bad" Alex gripped Aiden’s ar onto the tiles

I darted to the side as another large chunk of the ceiling ca chandelier crashed into the floor and shattered

Then the floor split right open

Luke shouted as he hooked an ar him away from the staircase I sed a screarand roo through the scorched spot where Atlas was laid to waste A chas eased off and then the world stilled again

"Gods,"one hand on Alex’s shoulder as he knocked back several strands of wavy dark hair

Heart pounding, I turned to the rift in the floor and took a slow, small step toward it

"Be careful," Gable warned "The floor is unstable--this entire house is probably unstable right now"

"Is thisis this noraze to his "Earthquakes do this?"

Before I could answer, a strange scent filled the air Not propane or the burning smell of electricity--scents that would be expected No I wrinkled my nose It was a musty, da roots

My heart tumbled over

It reminded me of the way the shades s about this," Alex said

Aiden took a step back froasped out, "No shit"

"I think we should leave," Gable announced, walking backward, toward the kitchen "I really think we should just leave"

Moveround It sounded like rocks falling, bouncing off one another Air caught in s as a faint shiver skated over

Silence fell, and the only thing I could hear was the pounding ofout fro down on the broken tile

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So itself out of the hole in the floor and that had "nope" written all over it Nothing good could be clih horror fil around, I scanned the floor for the dagger I’d dropped and couldn’t see it in the mess that covered the tiles

Crap

Alex stepped to the side, blocking Gable, and her stance widened, shoulders squared Even though she wore nothing s and a tank top, she looked badass and ready--prepared for anything Alex was a deod now, but she was first and foremost a Sentinel

The same went for Aiden and Luke They took up the sa to force Deacon and Gable behind them

I saw all of this because somehoas on the other side of the chasm

Another hand appeared and then a head--a dirt-covered bald head broke the surface, and I distantly heard so with horror

Ripped and flayed skin peeled back fro from the hollowed cheeks The skin on the ar fro more than an empty, rotten socket, and soht’ve been white and pristine at one tied with soot

The scent of sulfur ood eye met mine, and its iris was a milky blue

"Holy daimon babies," whispered Alex "Is that a zombie? Like a real zombie?"