Evelyn’s fingers tightened around the radio as she sprinted across the cracked pavement, the Devourer’s enraged howls shaking the air behind her. Every second counted. The creature writhed under the faint moonlight, its grotesque, muscle-bound body sizzling where the light touched it, but it wasn’t enough.
She needed more light.
Static crackled from the radio before Leon’s voice cut through. “Say that again? You need UV?”
“Yes!” she gasped, ducking behind an abandoned car as the Devourer lashed out wildly, its claws tearing deep trenches into the asphalt. “Bring every damn lamp we have. This thing reacts to light—it burns.”
“On it.”
A blood-curdling shriek made her heart seize. The monster recovered, its glowing golden eyes locking onto her. It crouched, muscles tensing like a coiled spring. Evelyn knew what was coming—it was going to pounce.
She dived.