Elias
A loud c***k, and then the lights go out. The faint glow of my TV flickers for a moment, and then nothing but the hiss of the storm outside and Ivy's strangled grasp.
I hear it, the scrape against the window in the next room. Then I smell it. The scent of iron, and something older that I can't place.
I don't think. I run.
Flinging Cole's door open, I see her. Eyes wide and her body frozen as she stares out of the window. On the other side, something presses its face to the glass, bloodied fangs, and slit-pupils gleaming with excitement. Its whisper slides through the glass. "I found you."
Ivy's hand flies over her mouth as she covers a silent scream.
I yank her from the room, slamming the door shut between her and whatever is out there. I grab her by the waist and
