Cheryl couldn’t make sense of what she was looking at. It was so grotesque that she wanted to look away. A blinding white glow emanated from the creature, making it impossible for her to look at it too long without hurting her eyes. What glances Cheryl could manage revealed a hodgepodge of limbs and features that made no logical sense. This was some kind of living being, but it was like nothing she had seen before. She didn’t want to look, but she couldn’t look away.
“What are you?” She was fully aware that she had changed how she addressed this thing that she had a hard time thinking of as a who.
“Maybe you’re asking the wrong question.” A thick and deep voice vibrated in her chest.
“What question should I be asking?” She resisted the urge to turn around and open the door to leave th
