Chapter 48
And then from the alley, “Stop! Police!” A bright light silhouetting the monstrous visitor watching them in stark relief. There was a brief, breathless pause, fate balanced at the top of a see-saw and ready to tip either way, and then the Creature leapt into the room. It leapt at Mira. Afterwards, Lew wondered if it was because her power was the strongest. It leapt at her right across the table, knocking it aside and over and extinguishing the candles—they had put the lantern on a long side-table across the room—and going straight for her throat. Tally sprang forward at the same time from his position by the interior door and they ended up in a tangle with it on the floor, all flailing, twisting limbs, screams, shouts, and shadowed confusion.