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.

even greater force. Within moments, it had fully submerged

group toward different corridors, searching desperately for an exit, but found nothing. The only way in or out had been the

going to be buried alive down here?"

way. The hidden river below roared with unrelenting force, flooding every

and the others were backed into a corner

Tiana shouted,

gaze flicked toward the center of the lake, where the river water continued to erupt. Then, he turned to Chantelle, and she met

there's only one way left,"

not hesitate and shouted, "Everyone-grab onto one another and stay close. Follow

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

underground lake connected directly to the flowing river below. If there was any way out, it had

quickly spotted a submerged opening large

in the force of a rising thermal current-an underground hot spring had erupted. It blasted them through a

cursed, realizing they had been swept off-course. He glanced behind him. To his relief, the others were still gripping one

minute, one

unlucky one in the