Chapter 10

“Tell me! You have a plan!”

Ben’s voice was sharp. There was no mistaking the panic in his eyes.

I could hear the creature behind us. Massive paws pounded the ground like a drumbeat.

It was getting closer by the second.

“I’m working on it!” I muttered. I scanned the twisted landscape ahead.

There was nowhere to hide. No cover. Just those floating, jagged pillars. The metal surface beneath us appeared to vibrate under our feet.

“Well, work faster.” He snapped. He was taking quick, uneven breaths.

I was trying. I really was.

But the thing chasing us was like nothing I’d ever seen before.

It was huge. Bigger than anything should be.

Dark, oily skin shimmered in the strange silver light of Irithiel.

And those eyes... glowing red. Like they were burning from the inside out.

“I thought you said you could stop it!" Ben yelled. Fear caused his voice to crack.

“I thought I could!" I shot back. My heart raced. “But it’s not exactly *listening* to me.”

We heard another growling noise from behin

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