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Chapter 20: The Hidden Cave
Author: G. SAROWAR
last update2025-03-11 20:56:15

“It was all over,” Mr. Alexander said in a panicked voice.

“What happened?” Jack’s face was full of shock.

“Several Vampires were coming this way. At least a hundred, for sure.”

“What did we do now?” Jenny asked, her voice shaking with fear and anxiety. “Should we run outside?”

Jack answered, “Running outside right then would have been the height of foolishness. They would have caught us for sure. And what about Louis and McCarthy? They were sick. They wouldn’t have been able to run. There were two things we could do. But both needed to be done right there, where we were.”

Everyone’s eyes asked the same question: “What?”

“First, we put out the fire and sat quietly in the dark. If we were lucky, the Vampires wouldn’t have been able to see us in the darkness. But there was a huge risk. If they spotted us, there would have been no hope left. It would have been a horrible, agonizing death. They would have ripped us apart while we were still alive. And on top of that, the sun was almost up
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