Chapter 157: Company

We’re on our way up, going straight through. Keep our daughter safe. – Isiah

Nessie was in her kitchen office putting together her weekly food order for the menu she had already made. Reviewing the details, something was keeping her from submitting the order. Something in the kitchen fell to the floor startling her.

She walked into the empty kitchen and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place. Turning to go back to her office, she saw it.

Then she felt the presence. “It’s not good, is it?”

Of course, he did not answer. She left the kitchen, walking past the stairway to the basement, where the seven were unusually quiet. Even the fool in the bar could feel it.

Without preamble, she opened the door to her uncle’s office. “Company is coming.”

“How do you know?” Toad asked.

“The broom that I keep by the backdoor fell.” She said and let out a sigh at his look of disbelief. “I’m tellin' yeh, company is coming. And it’s bringing blood with it.”

His phon