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.

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

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

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

and the others were backed

Tiana shouted, panic taking

water continued to erupt. Then, he turned to Chantelle, and she met his

one way left,"

shouted, "Everyone-grab onto one another

linked themselves together in a chain. Without another word, Andrew dove straight into the

If there was any way out, it had to be through that

quickly spotted a submerged opening large enough for a

underground hot spring had erupted. It blasted them through a twisting channel, dragging

To his relief, the others were still gripping one another tightly, and

minute, one

one in the group. He