Chapter 27
I skidded to a halt at the end of the hall and screamed when I saw the monstrous figure lurching around the lounge. I clapped a hand over my mouth when it turned around.
‘Did you miss me?’ rasped Sarah, her dislocated jaw slipping around as she talked. Congealed blood covered her face but I caught glimpses of mottling hidden by the dark streaks. The bruising on her neck appeared more prominent, and she used a hand to massage her throat before she spoke again.
‘Grimm gave me a message for you. “Tick tock”. He said you’d know what it meant.’
‘Sarah, what has he done to you?’
‘He set me free, gave me a chance to settle the score. Even gave me a new name.’
‘Dusty,’ I said with a sob.
‘You killed her, and I’ve got her name so I can make you pay for the both of us.’
‘Sarah, no
