10/02/2026 14:09

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Those three attacks occurred on one of the few nights that all the neighbors were gone. Any distraction to keep him out of the clutches of the goddess's pet freaks. I agreed with him, but not out loud. If she only knew.

I put both the big gums over the same shoulder, and the knife sheaths I draped over the other shoulder. As the mouth opened a sound came out of it, a sigh that grew into a scream. There was a body pushed through a pane of wired safety glass. I went into the room, closing the door behind me.