The Ensnared
““Was this necessary?” she asked. “Why did you guys have to burn this down?”
“We’ve been tracing their patterns over the past few months.” Mark explained. “Witnesses said they saw the Demons emerge from somewhere around or inside the grocery. We thought that was a gate or portal of some sort, and when we couldn’t find any sort of passage or tunnel, we decided to burn it down. But we were wrong.”
Melissa frowned. “It’s just…”
“The grocer has insurance.” He smiled at her. “Plus, he was compensated beforehand by the Mayor. Now come on.”
The Mayor? Melissa couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The whole city was involved in this and as much as she could try to understand that the citizens just wanted to be rid of the demons, didn’t it matter to them even a little bit that they had just trapped innocents in a cage and used them as bait? Her thoughts went back to Jennifer and she desperately prayed for her safety.
Mark led her into an alley and helped her put on a jacket he had found in the... wardrobe.MoreLess
“We’ve been tracing their patterns over the past few months.” Mark explained. “Witnesses said they saw the Demons emerge from somewhere around or inside the grocery. We thought that was a gate or portal of some sort, and when we couldn’t find any sort of passage or tunnel, we decided to burn it down. But we were wrong.”
Melissa frowned. “It’s just…”
“The grocer has insurance.” He smiled at her. “Plus, he was compensated beforehand by the Mayor. Now come on.”
The Mayor? Melissa couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The whole city was involved in this and as much as she could try to understand that the citizens just wanted to be rid of the demons, didn’t it matter to them even a little bit that they had just trapped innocents in a cage and used them as bait? Her thoughts went back to Jennifer and she desperately prayed for her safety.
Mark led her into an alley and helped her put on a jacket he had found in the... wardrobe.MoreLess
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