Round 51

Sister Hale strained against the unseen force, her holy symbol clutched tightly in her hand as she was dragged towards the alleyway. The massive chitinous limb re-emerged from the darkness, its claws scrabbling against stone mere inches from her face, sending a shiver down her spine. Gravedigger Renn's voice was barely audible over the scuttling noise, his eyes darting towards the tunnel entrance with a mix of fear and desperation.

"No, no, no! We can't go back there!" he whispered, his words echoing in Sister Hale's mind as she felt herself being pulled closer to him. The raspy voice whispered again, its malevolent intent dripping from every syllable. Sister Hale's eyes widened in terror as she realized she was being dragged into the unknown, her body resisting the restraints that bound her to the wall.

With a surge of adrenaline, Sister Hale managed to pry loose a brick from the wall and swung herself against the grating, using her momentum to swing towards Gravedigger Renn. "We need to get inside that church!" she called out desperately, her voice barely audible over the scuttling noise. "He knows more than he's saying—I heard him mutter something about 'the awakening' when he thought we couldn't hear!" Her grip on her unholy symbol tightened as she struggled against whatever was pulling her away from the street, her face twisted with a mixture of fear and determination.