e true evil. He thought Melissa

ffocating darkness, he rea

was just

nside it was still wa

-

Donald and Jones, its walls

from within them, Melissa

n't fully h

hen gray, her eyes black

he whispered. "I was only its

ide Donald. "Who d

sa sm

an ancient energy pr

her, somet

rson. No

igger. Olde

n Donal

-

se from th

as impossible

hands, and empty, screaming faces-all mergi

he house

its center, some

hat was n

isted long before wall

had not

been built t

r centuries,

was h

-

," Melissa whispered. "And

l pushing into his mind, seepin

, if he let i

dn't ju

become pa

ust like the Blackwo

growled, fightin

ghed. "You alrea

-

d around Donald, d

but something much olde

nd I will let

ne

m-paralyzed with fe

, the house would

ed the role, Jon

ould have a

unger wou

-

house consuming itself, prepar

turned

he wh

ald

G

ard the entity, letting it

-then sprinted

use sc

r into Donald's mind, c

-

s bursting through the front door,

ent Jon

use va

ow Road st

e had never be

ld knew

still

somewh

it

n the dark, Donald heard

ow-he was

-