quick!” The girl swallowed and switched her grip from the dead rat’s body to its tail. Even though the words were clearer now, as if the person was speaking just from behind the door at the top of the staircase, she still didn’t fully believe that they were real. But then the door opened and a sliver of light spilled into the basement. Despite the light being gray, subdued, it was in such contrast to the dark basement that she immediately shielded her face with her forearm. A shadow flickered across the narrow opening, but her eyes still hadn’t adjusted and she couldn’t make out what it was.
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