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Amanda’s eyes snapped open and she gasped for fresh air when Tony’s loud voice broke her from the creature’s grasp. The darkness quickly receded back into the stone and the bathroom light flickered overhead. In a half daze she scrambled to her feet and rushed out of the bathroom. She was hardly aware what she was doing, but one thought swept through her mind and brushed aside all others. She had to keep that one last speck safe for herself, at all costs. She couldn’t let It go, not completely.
“Nope, I got it. I was just taking a look at how pretty it was,” she called back. Then she emerged from the bedroom and found him impatiently waiting in the hall. She swore he’d been tapping his foot on the soft carpet, because his arms were crossed over his chest. Amanda gave him a shee
