When Lori returned to her room, thrown back through the Shadow, she was screaming. She could hear the chant growing louder as she slammed back into her body.
“Gory Cory, Gory Cory . . .”
Something was coming, and with it her dread escalated. But it wasn’t coming through the Shadow behind the obelisk. She stood up and stepped back from the cold metal plank and turned toward the door. Something was on the other side of it. The chant was loud in her mind, but the voice was muffled by the steel door separating them.
Suddenly the voice stopped, but she was certain he was still on the other side of the door. The room was silent except for the thudding of her heart in her ears. A screech like metal on metal pierced the stillness of the room, and it made Lori scream again.
“Let me in, l
