Just as before, a massive roar bellowed from the beast that was almost completely through the maple wood door. The entire house shook as if we were enduring a small earthquake and the rest of the windows exploded in a symphony of skin slicing, blood inducing glass. Todd fell to the floor, slamming his knees through the floor but, he also dropped the pendant and necklace. I managed to track where it fell as my eyes bounced from flying glass, to the soon to be mobile demon boy, the demon lady, and the massive contortionist arm stretching out from the door over the balcony railing.
When Todd fell and managed to slam his knees through the floor, luckily, he was still under the pendant’s power so there was no damage done to him physically. That being said, he instantly dropped the pendant that gave us a chance, large or small, against whatever monstrosity was about to join the demon filled Mrs. Tannell search party. I had to get to it, we could
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With a defiant stance, I stood tall and proud, confident in a way, waiting to counter the enraged demon boys first attack. Nothing would please me more than to end this hear and now. Todd and the beast were enamored with each other as he patted the gigantic beast’s head. Most importantly of all, the demon boy watched me decimate his mother’s hands and for all I knew, he had no idea how I had accomplished that. Hopefully, this instilled a sense of fear into the demon boy, if not a fear of being harmed, a fear of being defeated in front of his ailing mother.I said, "Welcome back kiddo. How was your sudden gooey trip? Hope it did not hurt your feelings too much."A snide chuckle escaped Todd's throat, echoing through the wide room. We all know that when you try to pull off the smart-ass chuckle, it is a good idea to not let many people hear it. I suppose, Todd did not expect the sound to resonate so vividl
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