The scratching sounds coming from the front doors of the church suddenly stopped completely, leaving the dark cellar drowning in a terrifyingly quiet silence that made Julien's skin crawl.
"Did it just give up and walk away to find easier prey in the city?" Maya whispered hopefully, keeping her daggers raised while her eyes stayed glued to the stone ceiling above them.
But her hopeful theory was immediately shattered into a million pieces when a complete crash echoed from the main sanctuary right above their heads.
The giant mutated tracking beast had apparently decided the barricaded wooden doors were entirely too much trouble and just threw its whole body straight through one of the beautiful stained glass windows instead.
The terrible sound of shattering glass raining down onto the wooden pews was closely followed by a terrifying, guttural roar that practically shook the dust right off the cellar walls.
