Chapter 35
The staircase inside the tower was extremely steep and narrow. It could only accommodate one-way traffic for average-sized people. While Dinah had no trouble, Arik almost hit his head against the stone arches a few times. At the top of the staircase, they exited through a tiny door and stepped out onto the balcony. It was bright, cold, and windy. Upon walking through the doorway, Arik could see the creature and Grace standing to his right at the very end of the narrow balcony.
He glanced down to the ground and saw a crowd of people looking up to the rooftop in panic. They had called the police, he figured, but earthly law enforcement would be too late and too slow for this. Plus, he didn’t think combating space creatures would have been something covered in the standard police
