It was only after she set Orion down that Eliza noticed the ragged piece of paper beside him. Damp and crumpled, it bore spidery handwriting. She squinted at the jagged letters scrawled across the page: “THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING.” Her blood ran cold. The note also referenced seeking shelter “beneath the floors.”
She had no clue how Orion found something like this—or why it spoke with such urgency. Fear twisted her stomach at the notion of a doomsday warning appearing in her hallway, paired with the eerie objects she’d already uncovered.