243 Shadows Behind Locked Doors
Chapter 243 Shadows Behind Locked Doors
“Stop crying! You’re a grow $
<b>man</b>–who taught you to bawl like a kid?”
No sooner had the scolding left his mouth than the lights overhead flicked off with a sharp click.
Total darkness.
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The house ran on its own sr–powered grid–ample energy stored during the day, enough to keep it lit through the night,
<b>And </b>yet.. everything <b>had </b>gone <b>dark</b>.
A bloodcurdling scream pierced the silence from upstairs.
Theresa’s head snapped upward. Within <b>seconds</b>, she and the others were rushing to the second–floornding.
When they reached it, they saw the open door of the corner room at the end of the hall. Inside, in the dim shadows, a creature hunched over a man’s body.
A zombie, its limbs bending in all the wrong directions, straddled a man pinned to the floor. It had both hands locked around his head, tearing savagely at his <b>face </b>with gnashing teeth.
One bite, and his lips were gone–ripped clean off, leaving his bare gums and bloodied teeth exposed.
He screamed, mouth wide with agony, but even his ability was forgotten in the pain. As soon as his jaw dropped open, the creature lunged again, sinking its fangs into his tongue.
It yanked its head back.
Squelch
The tongue came free in a long, wet, bloody strip–mucous membranes <b>and </b>all.
The creature chewed loudly, greedily, like it was enjoying a delicacy Within seconds, it had swallowed it down.
Tanner could no longer scream.
He was just a lump of torn flesh beneath the zombie’s weight.
“It’s Tanner! Nathaniel shouted. The usual bitterness <b>in </b>his voice was gone. He raised a hand andunched a rapid burst of water orbs at the creature.
His aim wasn’t perfect, but among the group, he was still <b>the </b>strongest.
It took everything he had, but finally, the creature copsed–dead.
Tanner twitched once in the pool of his own blood. Then his legs spasmed, his body twisted grotesquely- feet turning backwards, torso arching forward.
He stood up.
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No tongue in his gaping mouth. Just a <b>red</b><b>, </b>gory pit.
It looked like a cavern–bottomless, hungry.
“Ugh
Nathaniel summoned a powerful sphere of water <b>and </b>hurled it at the reanimated Tanner.
But the moment it struck, a burst of <b>mes </b>exploded and dispersed the water instantly.
Tanner had been a fire–based ability user.
Now he was a fire–based zombie.
Nathaniel didn’t stand a chance.
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Just as Tanner charged, a massive st of water–just as tall as he was–erupted from behind Nathaniel.
Crack
The zombie was mmed straight <b>into </b>the wall..
His head split cleanly in two from the <b>force </b>of the impact.
A gleamstone rolled out of the remains of his skull.
Theresa stepped forward and calmly picked it up.
The others stood frozen, shocked.
They stared at her.
That powerful?
At that moment, Landon came rushing down from the third floor. “What happened?!”
Landon–Tanner turned into a zombie!”
Half <b>an </b>hourter, Landon and the others had searched the entire guesthouse.
They discovered Tanner’s window wide open. From the scratch marks and blood trails, it was clear- something had crawled in from outside.
“This wasn’t an ident, Nathaniel muttered. “Someone did <b>this</b><b>. </b>
“But we were all at dinner, someone protested. “Wait–only Madeline wasn’t
The voice came from Rhen, who’d barely spoken before.
Madeline, who had juste down with Landon, paled instantly.
Before she couldsh out, Landon stepped in. “No proof, no usations.
<b>That </b>stopped their <b>mouths</b>, but not their thoughts. The silence became heavy, the stares heavier.
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Madeline, suffocated by suspicion, turned and ran back upstairs.
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Theresa’s gaze swept the group. Amelia–small, quiet–clung to Rhett, her boyfriend. But her eyes kept drifting back to where Tanner’s body had been
Rhett wrapped an arm around her and whispered, “It’s okay. Don’t be scared. No matter what, I protect
you
Amelia nodded faintly.
Ouce the chaos had settled, Landon sent Nathaniel and Julian to the basement to inspect the power system. He took the others to check the <b>rest </b>of the house.
“Keep your guard up tonight, Lucas said once they’d regrouped. “This isn’t just some random fluke.”
They eyed the food Landon had prepared.
“Let’s eat our own stuff, someone suggested
Yeah”
Theresa silently agreed.
They ate their own supplies. Afterward, Landon’s group took turns having dinner.
But Amelia never came dowIL
Rhett said the sight of Tanner’s death had killed her appetite.
No one questioned it–not until everyone had finished eating when Isabelle suddenly burst from her room, her face pale.
“Something’s <b>wrong</b>! Something’s really wrong!”
<b>“</b>What now?”
Our supplies–they’re all gone!”
Even as they reeled from the news, they <b>heard </b>it,
The unmistakable rumble of an engine outside<b>. </b>
Someone had stolen their only working vehicle. And driven it away.
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