Purple time I saw her hands like steel claws, breaking through the concrete floor, pieces shattering and exploding all around, pulling her body up the hole. I reacted a second sooner this time, my feet taking me swiftly at my side, dashing towards metal barrels. The Erinyes rose up and lunged at me, missing my back for a hair’s width. I ran towards the barrels and looked behind me. Billy was trying to reach me, and the Erinyes brought down a hand and cut his extended arm where it was. Her strands of hair grabbed him and choked him, but her attention returned back to me. I hesitated for a second, seeing my friend like that but I couldn’t control my body. I ran back to the maze of barrels. She ripped his head out of his body and her purple hair loosened again. She came at me, her hand sl