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The ferals finally ended their screeching discussion and disappeared one by one through the gate As soon as the last one left, I made a move to sprint for it No time to lose But it was at that moment the low deep cry of a horn stoppedinthe horn were the cries of a crowd, snarling and snapping So about it made my blood turn to ice

Part of ate To say screw it and let preservation kick in But another part ofin this shadowy realm of Hell To do my duty as a warrior

The warrior side won

Crawling out fro place, I circled the next hill and peered out froer than five football fields What I saw below s

Collapsing to my knees, I watched an arlyfor the order to charge At the rear of the basin was a field of gigantic reptilian beasts, each with seven heads and gigantic claws that raked the ground A large tent had been erected next to theh to iiant’s head

“The armies of Hell,” I whispered to myself

There was no way the Nephilim could withstand an army of this size I doubted that even all the Nephilim in the world could take on this hoard of deate had been left open, there was no telling how et back I had to warn them I had to find Gabe

My feet scraravelly soil and I took off in the direction of the gate, ate would close behind ht et to the manor and warn them Tell them to run Maybe it wasn’t too late

The yawning rabbedoff my skin I screa solid which let out a high-pitched scream that threatened to burst my eardrums

Covering hostly for pointed teeth The dark shadow of its flesh faded for a ruesohtened screa so awful Worse than the scariest horror flick on late night TV A creature of nightmares

It grabbed atround hard and little flashing lights appeared in front of my eyes

As I tried to catch ate, only feet away It was so close, I could feel it All I needed to do was crawl, but the de ony

I wasn’t going to make it

Chapter Fifteen

The feral hissed as I kicked out of its deathly grip