Eva screamed and everybody in the room went silent.
In an instant, Madden was peering into her eyes. “Eva, what is it? What did you see?”
Beyond words, unsure of whether the vision had been real, but still smelling the stench of decayed flesh, Eva pointed at the window.
“There’s something out there,” warned Swanson, following her gaze.
Before anybody could stop him, Madden leapt to his feet, the force of his movement whipping the air past Eva’s face. Gila tried to shout a warning, but Madden was out the door and outside the window in moments. He appeared in the distance, as if chasing something or someone, but then stopped and turned back. Approaching the window, he shrugged and mouthed the word ‘Nothing’.
“So two of you saw something out there?” Madden asked when he re-entered the ha
