Excerpt #1:
Angel’s chest was rising and falling rapidly as the
gargoyles circled them silently. Hunter had never wanted something more in her
entire life than to live for another
day. She couldn’t even entertain the idea of little Angel being gobbled up by
the big bad gargoyle…
She squeezed her eyes shut. Please, please, please, she chanted silently over and over.
She knew the type of wound a scratch had given Cliff. What
type of pain would they concur on her entire body? Would they eat her right
away or save her for dinner? Would they pluck out her limbs and eat them one by
one?
Time stopped as the door creaked open. The gargoyles
soundlessly cloaked themselves back in the shadows. The stairs groaned as
someone walked down the stairs without a care in the world. Hunter could
practically hear the gargoyles lick their lips.
She wanted to cry out and warn the person. But it was beyond
her control.
That’s what you get
for walking down the stairs so loudly. That’s what you get for walking in the
dark during a damn invasion, she reasoned. But her heart was saying something else.
The person reached the bottom of the stairs. The gargoyles
uniformly shifted through the shadows. “Hey…” he said suspiciously.
He had realized his danger a second too late. He broke into
a run, but the gargoyles would be on him in a second. And he’d be dead.
“C’mon, sweetie.” Hunter whispered to Angel, crawling out
from under the stairs. Ignoring the cries of agony, pain, and sorrow, she raced
up the stairs. The wood banged against her ankles, but she didn’t stop. There
was the cruel sound of cracking. Hunter shielded Angel’s eyes from the scene
and dared to look behind her.
The gargoyles were circled around the man. The predominantly
bigger gargoyle bit his neck. A gush of blood spewed across its face. The man’s
eyes still stared at her, his mouth formed in an O, as if he was trying to
speak to her.
“I’m so sorry.” She choked.
She hurried up the steps, slamming her body into the door.
The light washed over her body, as did her relief. But her nerves did not
settle.
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