KANE COULD BARELY MAKE OUT
THE SHAPES IN FRONT OF HIM.
IF HE HADN’T LIVED THROUGH THE PAST HOURS he might have thought…dogs. There are three dogs in front of me. Cutting me off.
But he could be sure that they weren’t dogs. Even in the half-light he could see that they looked like the things he blew to pieces in the restroom above. He didn’t ask himself what they were then…and he wasn’t going to now.
One of the creatures moved to the side. He saw another look back as if considering moving in another direction. Which is when the third one leaped at him.
The creature’s powerful hind legs sent it—so big and bulky—flying right at him. More of the animal came into the light and Kane could see the head. A gaping hole filled with teeth…