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Chapter Twenty-Two The Watchers’ Attack 

Author: Jennie N
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-11-12 13:59:22

Bukky's POV

The evening rain had stopped, but the clouds still hung low, fat and grey, like they were holding their breath.

I pulled my hoodie lower over my brow and stepped out of the grocery store with two bags in hand, toiletries, cosmetics, eggs, fruits, oat biscuits, and that stupid almond milk my daughter Camille insisted on. Nothing heavy. Nothing loud.

Yet I felt it.

That pressure in the

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