The heavy wooden door swung open with a creak, and relief washed over me as Dennis came sprinting inside. At that moment, his eyes blazed with a mix of righteous anger and determination, his jaw clenching tightly upon laying sight on the strange men before me.
The two strange men turned their attention towards Dennis, their approach deliberate and filled with dark intent. Each step they took brought them closer to him, their twisted swords gleaming ominously in their clenched hands.
A tangle of fear and anticipation coiled tightly within me, winding its way through my veins like a toxic vine.
With terrifying swiftness, one of the strange men launched a brute-force punch, his sword slicing through the air with lethal precision. Dennis, however, moved with the grace of a seasoned warrior,
