No Escape!
Dozens, maybe hundreds were out there.
Oh God, she thought, they heard it.
She darted down an alley, breath burning in her chest and she could hear them now feet slapping, claws scraping against concrete.
She spotted a fire escape and jumped, fingers catching the lowest step it wobbled but held so she climbed fast, heart slamming in her ears. The creatures poured into the alley below, thrashing and snapping at the air, they were a nightmare half rotten, half shadow, and their skin glowing faintly where the veins pulsed black.