Janice backed away nervously, till her back touched the broken parapet behind her. There was nowhere left to run. She looked over the wall to see if there was any other way to get off the roof, but couldn’t find any ladders or emergency exits. It was a 30 meter drop to the ground. Death awaited on either side. If she stayed on the roof, she would be eaten alive by the Arachnos and if she jumped down, there was no way she could survive the fall.
Soon the Arachnos scurried through the hole in the door and made their way on to the open terrace, covering the roof in a sea of squirming green limbs. They surrounded the pair from all sides, cutting off all escape. David pulled out Mortimer’s angelic blade from the bag and backed away towards the parapet. He knew the sword would never accept him
