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Chapter 38

           Favoringhisbadleg,hetiptoedtowardthelonewindowintheroom,whichwascoveredbythreehastilynailedboards.Largecracksallowedforplentyofspacetopeekoutside.Carefully,Newtleanedintotakealook,andThomascreptovertojoinhim.

           HecrouchedbelowNewtagainstthelowestofthewoodenboards,pressinghiseyeagainstacrackitwasterrifyingbeingsoclosetothewall.ButallhesawwastheopenGlade;hedidn’thaveenoughspacetolookupordownortotheside,juststraightahead.Afteraminuteorso,hegaveupandturnedtositwithhisbackagainstthewall.Newtwalkedoverandsatbackdownonthebed.

           Afewminutespassed,variousGrieversoundspenetratingthewallseverytentotwentyseconds.Thesquealofsmallenginesfollowedbyagrindingspinofmetal.Theclickingofspikesagainstthehardstone.Thingssnappingandopeningandsnapping.Thomaswincedinfeareverytimeheheardsomething.

           Soundedlikethreeorfourofthemwerejustoutside.Atleast.

           Heheardthetwistedanimal-machinescomecloser,soclose,waitingonthestoneblocksbelow.Allhumsandmetallicclatter.

           Thomas’smouthdrieduphe’dseenthemfacetoface,remembereditalltoowell;hehadtoremindhimselftobreathe.Theothersintheroomwerestill;noonemadeasound.Fearseemedtohoverintheairlikeablizzardofblacksnow.

           OneoftheGrieverssoundedlikeitwasmovingtowardthehouse.Thentheclickingofitsspikesagainstthestonesuddenlyturnedintoadeeper,hollowersound.

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