Seeing is Believing

              Gemma woke up out of a dead sleep to the old doorbell insistently ringing. A quick check of her bedside clock gave her the answer she needed. It was Evan, but why was he ringing the bell, like that? Then memory rushed back to her, and the words Fear Mongers flashed in neon warning lights in her mind. She was out of bed even as she heard another door loudly open.

             Ignoring her robe and slippers, Gemma hurried after Larin. When Evan encountered a stranger in the house. What would he do? The doorbell was still peeling as she came down the stairs wide-eyed. She found Larin hauling his sword from the closet. Brandishing it properly before blocking her path to the door. He looked back at her and said. “Stay back. He might have brought something with him unknowingly. I’m opening the door. So, give us some room.”

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