Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Just as the group turned back, a swarm of Blood Ghouls burst through the tomb's main entrance. Logan and the others froze, eyes wide with terror.

The creatures wasted no time, launching straight into a frenzied massacre. There had to be hundreds of them, and they were tearing into anything that moved.

The Driscolls' guards, who had been focused on rescuing Rafael, were completely blindsided. The Blood Ghouls plowed into them like a tidal wave, shredding through their formation and sending bodies flying amid blood-curdling screams.

Gunfire exploded in every direction, turning the tomb into a warzone.

Meanwhile, Rafael—still tangled in the Night Hag's hair-was dragged slowly toward her ghoulish face.

"No! I don't want to die! Please, no!"

His scream echoed across the chamber.

The black strands wrapped tighter, layer after layer, until his fat body was completely mummified by the living hair. From within the cocoon came the sickening sound of bones being crushed, enough to make anyone's scalp crawl.

A loud thud echoed as Rafael's body fell from above. From the neck down, everything was crushed.

And his head? Nothing but a clean, bare skull.

greater force. Within moments, it had fully submerged the tomb's stone

corridors, searching desperately for an exit, but found nothing. The only way in or out had been the tunnel he and Chantelle used earlier, but

we going to be buried alive down here?" Logan asked, his

tomb-it was like the entire underground chamber was giving way. The hidden river below roared with unrelenting force, flooding every inch of

seconds, Andrew and the others were backed into a

do something!" Tiana shouted, panic taking

lake, where the river water continued to erupt. Then, he turned to Chantelle, and she met his eyes

only one way left,"

hesitate and shouted, "Everyone-grab onto one

group linked themselves together in a chain. Without another word, Andrew dove

flowing river below. If there was any way out, it had to be

quickly spotted a submerged opening

beneath the water and were immediately caught in the force of a rising thermal current-an underground hot spring had erupted. It blasted

behind him. To his relief,

one person

one in the group.