The light was on.
Maria slowly turned back.
For a moment, she couldn't understand what she was seeing.
The mysterious woman was still standing there.
But now, the darkness could no longer hide her.
Maria stared at the figure in front of her, barely breathing. The woman's long hair fell around her face, and her clothes were still covered in darkness despite the bright light filling the room.
Maria's hands trembled.
She wanted to move.
She couldn't.
She wanted to scream.
No sound came out.
Then Maria looked at the woman's face.
At first, she couldn't recognize her.
Something about the woman seemed strangely familiar, yet Maria's frightened mind couldn't connect the face in front of her with anyone she knew.
Then Maria's eyes moved upward.
She saw them.
Those same terrifying blue eyes.
The eyes she had seen in the darkness.
The eyes that had followed her through her memories.
The eyes that belonged to the mysterious woman who had haunted her for so long.
Maria's breathing became heavier.
She stared at those blue eyes, trying to understand why the face in front of her seemed so familiar.
Her thoughts began racing.
Who is she?
Maria slowly looked at the woman's face again.
Something suddenly felt different.
Something about that face...
The shape of it.
The familiar features.
The expression.
Maria's eyes widened.
Her lips slowly parted.
A name appeared in her mind, but she was too terrified to believe it.
She stared harder.
The room seemed completely silent.
Then, finally, the truth struck her.
Maria's entire body froze.
The person standing in front of her...
The mysterious woman she had been searching for...
The woman with the blue eyes...
was Cathy.
Maria couldn't believe it.
Her closest friend.
The person she had trusted more than anyone.
The person who had been beside her through everything.
Cathy was the mysterious blue-eyed woman.
Maria stood completely speechless.
Her hands continued trembling as she stared at her friend.
But there was something else that terrified her even more.
Cathy's eyes were still blue.
Not the familiar eyes Maria had known for years.
These were the same strange blue eyes she had seen whenever the mysterious woman appeared.
For one terrifying moment, Cathy didn't look like the friend Maria knew.
She looked as though she had become a part of that powerful and frightening presence.
Maria couldn't look away.
Then, slowly, Cathy closed her eyes.
Maria watched without moving.
A few seconds passed.
Cathy opened her eyes again.
The blue colour was gone.
Her eyes had returned to normal.
Maria remained frozen.
She stared at Cathy, unable to understand what she had just witnessed.
The room fell silent again.
Maria had finally discovered the face behind the blue eyes.
And the face belonged to the person she had trusted the most.
"Cathy..."
Maria's voice was barely a whisper.
"Cathy..."
She swallowed hard, staring at the woman standing before her.
"Cathy... Cathy... Cathy..."
Suddenly, Cathy began to laugh.
It wasn't the familiar laugh Maria had heard countless times before.
It was cold.
Horrifying.
And the worst part was that Cathy seemed to be enjoying every second of Maria's fear.
Maria's lips trembled. She tried to speak, but her voice wouldn't come.
Cathy slowly stepped closer.
Then she raised her hand and placed it gently on Maria's shoulder.
"My dear friend..."
Maria flinched violently.
She couldn't bear the touch.
She immediately grabbed Cathy's hand and stopped it from remaining on her shoulder. Tears began slipping down her cheeks as she stared at the person she had trusted more than anyone.
Her voice finally came out, trembling with disbelief.
"Are... are you the woman who has been giving me all these problems?"
Cathy said nothing.
Maria's breathing became heavier.
"Are you the woman who killed my cousin Jenifer?"
Silence.
"Are you the woman who made my mother lose consciousness... and made her try to kill Roshan?"
Maria's voice broke.
"Are you the woman who tore the pages of that book?"
More tears fell.
"Are you the woman who was involved in my boyfriend's death?"
Maria shook her head desperately.
"No..."
She looked at Cathy as though she was begging her to destroy everything she had just begun to understand.
"No, no... I can't believe this."
Her voice rose as she cried.
"Cathy, please! Tell me it's not you! Please tell me I'm wrong! I can't believe my eyes!"
Cathy continued staring at her.
Then her expression changed.
A terrifying smile appeared on her face.
She leaned slightly toward Maria.
And suddenly—
"YES!"
Maria flinched.
Cathy's voice thundered through the room.
"YES! YES! YES! I AM THAT WOMAN!"
Maria froze.
Cathy's eyes seemed to burn with an unnatural blue light.
"But don't call me Cathy."
Maria's tears stopped for a moment.
She stared at her.
Cathy slowly spoke the name that Maria had heard only in connection with the darkest part of her family's past.
"My name is Gore."
Maria's eyes widened.
Her entire body went still.
"Gore...?"
The name escaped her lips like a whisper.
Cathy—no, Gore—stared directly at her.
"Yes."
Maria couldn't move.
Gore's voice became colder.
"You asked me if I killed Jenifer."
She paused.
"Yes. I did."
Maria's face filled with horror.
"You asked me if I made your mother lose consciousness..."
Gore's terrifying blue eyes remained fixed on her.
"Yes. I did that too."
Maria stepped backward.
"You asked if I tore the pages of the book."
Gore's smile disappeared.
"Every single one."
Maria covered her mouth, struggling to hold back a cry.
Then came the question she was most afraid to hear answered.
"My boyfriend..."
Her voice trembled.
"Nick..."
Gore stared at her.
"I didn't kill him."
Maria looked at her in confusion.
Gore continued.
"My brother did."
Maria's eyes widened.
"Grendle."
The name echoed through the room.
Gore's voice became completely certain.
"Grendle killed your boyfriend."
Maria stood frozen.
Then Gore delivered the final truth.
"And I helped him."
Maria's face went blank.
For a few seconds, she couldn't even process the words.
The person she had trusted.
The person she had called her closest friend.
The person who had stood beside her for years...
was Gore.
And now Maria finally understood that the mysterious blue-eyed woman she had been searching for had never been a stranger hiding somewhere in the darkness.
She had been standing beside Maria all along.
Gore stared at Maria as tears continued to roll down her cheeks.
Then she smiled.
"Cry, Maria," Gore said softly. "I want to see your tears. I want to see you cry even more."
Maria looked at her helplessly.
Gore's expression became darker.
"I can still remember that day... the day I came to know about the way my mom and dad died."
Her voice became strangely calm.
"I cried so much. I was completely helpless. There was nothing I could do."
She paused and looked directly into Maria's frightened eyes.
"But now... things are different."
A faint smile appeared on her face.
"Now I have powers."
She slowly continued, "And I have my brother's support."
Maria could only cry.
Gore stepped closer.
"I promised myself that I would take revenge for my mom and dad's death."
Her voice became firm.
"And I will."
She looked at Maria without blinking.
"I will slowly remove every person who is important to you."
Maria's face filled with fear.
Gore then spoke as though what she was saying was completely ordinary.
"Now, Maria... come with me. I want to take you somewhere."
Maria looked at her in confusion.
"I want to show you my brother."
Suddenly, Maria remembered something.
"At that night..." she whispered, struggling to speak. "You called someone and spoke to them, didn't you?"
Gore smiled.
"Yes."
Maria's eyes widened.
"That was your brother?"
"Yes," Gore replied. "That was my brother, Grendle."
Maria's breathing became heavier.
Gore continued, "He had kidnapped Rathi. But somehow, she escaped from him."
Maria stared at her.
Gore's expression remained calm.
"And that night, I killed Rathi."
Maria's eyes widened in horror.
"Because she had somehow discovered my truth."
Maria couldn't believe what she was hearing.
Rathi.
The woman who had warned her.
The woman who had given her the mysterious book.
The woman who had tried to help her.
Gone.
And Gore was standing before her, admitting everything.
Maria's body trembled.
Gore extended her hand toward her.
"Maria... come with me."
Maria didn't move.
She was completely frozen.
Her fear had taken away her ability to think.
Gore reached out and grabbed Maria's hand.
"Come."
Maria tried to resist, but she couldn't move.
Gore slowly closed her eyes.
For a moment, everything became silent.
Then she opened them.
Blue.
Those terrifying blue eyes appeared again.
Maria stared directly into them.
Her trembling gradually stopped.
Her expression became empty.
She no longer resisted.
Gore's eyes remained fixed on her.
Maria had completely fallen under Gore's control.
Gore pulled her toward the door.
Maria followed without saying a word.
She was no longer fighting.
Gore brought her outside and walked toward her car. She opened the door and made Maria sit in the back seat.
Maria sat silently.
Gore closed the door.
Then she walked around to the driver's seat, got inside, and started the car.
The engine came to life.
Gore slowly drove away into the night.
Maria remained silent in the back seat.
She could only stare ahead, trapped under the control of the woman she had once called her closest friend.
And as the car disappeared into the darkness, Maria was being taken somewhere she had never expected to go.
To meet Grendle.
Meanwhile, outside Sophie's house, the masked man continued moving through the darkness.
He walked slowly around the house, carrying the large sword in his hand. Every movement made the people inside more frightened. Johan, Roshan, and Sophie remained inside, watching him through the windows without daring to make a sound.
Suddenly, the man's phone began to ring.
He stopped.
It was Gore.
He answered the call.
At the same time, Gore was driving through the dark road with Maria sitting silently in the back seat.
"Grendle," Gore said, "I have Maria with me. I'm going to start our ritual. You need to come to our house."
Grendle immediately asked, "What about Silane and Henry?"
Gore gave a faint smile.
"How could I forget them?"
She looked into the back seat.
Silane and Henry were there. Their hands and legs were tied, and their mouths were covered. They could neither move freely nor speak.
Gore turned her attention back to the road.
"They're with me too."
Grendle understood.
"I'll come."
The call ended.
Outside Sophie's house, Grendle slowly put his phone away.
He turned toward his car.
But before he could reach it, Johan suddenly ran outside.
"Stop!"
Grendle turned.
Johan grabbed a large stone and threw it toward the car.
Bang!
Grendle stopped immediately.
For a moment, neither of them moved.
Then Grendle slowly turned toward Johan.
The sword was still in his hand.
Johan took a step backward.
"Johan!" Roshan shouted.
Roshan and Sophie immediately rushed toward him.
Grendle moved forward, raising the sword, but before he could get any closer, Roshan threw a stone toward his hand.
The sword fell to the ground with a loud metallic sound.
Clang!
Johan, Roshan, and Sophie quickly moved toward him.
Sophie and Roshan grabbed his arms and held him tightly. He struggled violently, trying to break free.
Johan stepped closer.
"Who are you?"
The masked man refused to answer.
Johan shouted again.
"Who are you?"
The man suddenly screamed,
"Grendle!"
Everyone froze.
Johan stared at him.
"What?"
The masked man struggled against their grip.
"I am Grendle! I came here to take revenge!"
Johan's expression changed.
The name he had been searching for...
The name connected to Maria's past...
The name connected to Gore...
Grendle.
Johan looked at Roshan.
Roshan's expression showed the same disbelief.
Johan slowly reached toward the man's mask.
"Then let us see who you really are."
The masked man struggled harder.
"No!"
Johan grabbed the mask.
With one sudden movement, he pulled it away.
The mask fell to the ground.
Silence.
Complete silence.
Johan stared at the man's face.
Roshan's eyes widened.
Sophie's expression changed instantly.
None of them could speak.
They knew that face.
They had seen that face before.
Johan slowly stepped backward.
His voice came out in disbelief.
"Dr... Robin?"
Roshan stared at the man.
"Dr. Robin...?"
Sophie couldn't believe what she was seeing.
The person standing before them was Dr. Robin.
The doctor who had treated Maria.
The doctor who had helped her.
The doctor they had trusted.
But now he was standing before them as the masked man who had been carrying the sword.
Johan's mind raced.
The truth was almost impossible to accept.
Grendle was Dr. Robin.
The man they had been searching for had been standing in front of them all along.
And somewhere on the dark road, Gore was taking Maria toward the place where the next part of their terrifying plan was about to begin.
Inside the car, Silane and Henry were desperately struggling to communicate with Maria.
They tried to call her name, trying to make her understand what was happening. But Maria sat silently beside them.
Her eyes were open.
Yet there was no expression in them.
She was unconscious, but somehow still awake. Her eyes remained fixed ahead, and her body seemed completely under someone else's control. She could hear them, but she could not respond.
Silane desperately tried to move closer to her, but with her hands and legs tied, she could do almost nothing. Henry also struggled to get Maria's attention.
"Maria..." Silane tried to say through her covered mouth.
Maria did not react.
Her eyes remained open.
She was there physically, but her mind was no longer under her own control.
Meanwhile, outside Sophie's house, Johan, Roshan, and Sophie were still holding Grendle tightly.
Johan continued staring at him.
He still couldn't believe it.
The man standing before him was the same Dr. Robin who had treated Maria.
"How can you be Grendle?" Johan asked, his voice filled with disbelief. "If you are Grendle... then who is Gore?"
Grendle slowly lifted his head.
A terrible smile appeared on his face.
"Do you really want to know who Gore is?"
Johan stared at him.
Grendle continued, his voice filled with confidence.
"You won't be able to believe it. Gore has always been watching all of you. She was with you all this time... always."
Johan's expression changed.
"What are you talking about?"
Grendle gave another frightening smile.
"If you find Gore, then you may be able to fight me. You can kill me. You can do anything you want to me."
He paused.
"But you can't even touch Gore."
His smile became wider.
"She is that powerful."
Johan became furious. He kicked Grendle, but Grendle barely reacted.
Instead, he looked at Johan calmly.
"There is only one thing you need to do," Grendle said.
Everyone remained silent.
"Come with me."
Johan stared at him.
"I will take you to Gore."
For a moment, nobody spoke.
Johan looked at Roshan.
Then at Sophie.
They all understood that this might be their only chance to find the mysterious Gore.
Finally, they agreed.
Johan immediately moved toward the car.
Grendle was tightly restrained so he could not escape. His mouth was covered to prevent him from shouting or interfering, and they placed him securely inside the vehicle.
Johan got into the driver's seat.
Roshan and Sophie followed.
Johan started the engine.
The car slowly moved away from Sophie's house.
None of them knew what was waiting for them ahead.
But one thing was certain.
They were finally going to meet Gore.
And somewhere else, Maria was already in her hands.
Gore drove through the dark streets with Maria sitting beside her. After some time, she stopped the car in front of Robin's house—the same house near the clinic where Maria had received treatment from Dr. Robin.
Gore stepped out of the car and walked around to Maria's side. She opened the door, grabbed Maria's hand, and brought her inside the house.
Maria remained completely under Gore's control.
Silane and Henry were still trapped in the back seat. They struggled desperately, trying to communicate with Maria, but they could do nothing to help her.
Gore turned toward them and simply looked at the car.
Suddenly, the car doors closed automatically.
Inside the house, Gore made Maria sit on a chair. She then walked toward the centre of the room and looked down at the floor mat.
She moved it aside.
Beneath it was a hidden basement entrance.
Gore opened the basement door and slowly disappeared into the darkness, leaving Maria sitting motionlessly on the chair.
At the same time, Johan, Roshan, Sophie, and Grendle were travelling toward Robin's house.
Johan was still trying to understand everything that had happened. Suddenly, he thought about Cathy.
"We should inform Cathy. We may reach home late," he said.
He took out his phone and called her.
The phone rang.
Once.
Twice.
Again.
But Cathy did not answer.
Johan looked at his phone with concern.
"She's not picking up."
Roshan looked at him.
"Maybe she is sleeping."
Johan nodded and put his phone away.
None of them knew the truth.
They were heading toward Robin's house to find Gore, completely unaware that Gore was already there.
Inside the house, the basement remained silent.
After some time, Gore slowly came back upstairs.
But now, she looked completely different.
She was wearing a long black gown. Her hair was loose and wavy, falling around her shoulders. Under the dim light, her appearance was terrifying.
She slowly walked toward Maria.
Maria was still sitting motionlessly on the chair.
Gore reached out and touched her.
Suddenly, Maria's eyes changed.
The control over her mind disappeared.
Her consciousness returned.
Maria suddenly woke up and looked around in confusion.
Then she saw the woman standing in front of her.
Her eyes widened.
"Cathy..."
Gore stared at her.
Maria's voice trembled.
"Cathy... Cathy..."
Gore suddenly grabbed Maria by the neck.
"Don't call me Cathy."
Maria struggled to pull herself away.
Gore looked directly into her eyes.
"I am not your friend Cathy."
She paused.
"My name is Gore."
Maria stared at her in fear.
"Call me Gore."
Gore released her.
Maria lost her balance and fell to the floor.
She looked up at the woman standing before her.
The person she had trusted more than anyone...
Her closest friend...
Was the mysterious woman who had been haunting her life all along.
Maria looked at Gore through tears. Her whole body was trembling, and her mind was struggling to accept the truth.
"Why did you cheat me?" Maria cried. "If you came here to take revenge for your mother and father's deaths, you could have killed us in the beginning. Why did you wait for all these years?"
Gore simply stared at her with a terrible expression.
Maria continued, her voice breaking.
"Why did you cheat me like this? You supported me all these days. You stayed beside me. You acted like my best friend. Tell me, please! Tell me!"
She wiped away her tears, but they continued to fall.
"I can't believe what's happening around me. I can't believe that the person I trusted the most is actually you."
Maria looked around the house.
"And why did you bring me here? This is Dr. Robin's home, isn't it?"
Gore slowly smiled.
"Yes. I know."
She stepped closer.
"But there is something you don't know."
Maria stared at her.
"My brother Grendle is none other than Dr. Robin."
Maria became completely speechless again.
Her eyes widened.
"Robin... is Grendle?"
Gore nodded.
Then she began to reveal everything.
"After my mother Raven and my father Ash were killed by the villagers, your parents, Silane and Henry, left the village with you, Maria."
Gore's voice became colder.
"My brother Grendle and I were left behind. We became orphans."
She paused.
"We had nobody."
"The villagers looked at us differently. They cursed us. They called us ghost children. We were treated as though we were responsible for everything our parents had done."
Gore looked down for a moment.
"Days passed. Then, when I was eight years old, I finally learned the truth about what had happened to my parents."
Her eyes slowly lifted toward Maria.
"I learned that my mother and father had been killed because of Silane and Henry."
Maria's expression changed.
Gore continued.
"After that, my brother left me in an orphanage."
"But somehow, I was admitted to the same school as you."
"At first, I didn't know who you were. I didn't know that you were Maria. I didn't know that your parents were Silane and Henry."
She took a slow breath.
"But one day, I came to your house."
"That was when I discovered the truth."
Gore stared directly at Maria.
"I saw your parents. I saw you. And I realized that the family standing in front of me was the family I had been searching for."
Maria couldn't speak.
"From that day onward," Gore continued, "I stayed close to you."
"I became your friend. I watched you. I stayed beside you. I waited for the right time."
Her voice became darker.
"I was waiting for the day when I could take revenge on you and your family."
Maria's tears continued to fall.
"But then," Gore said, "I saw my brother again."
She smiled faintly.
"He gave me the Book of Vaskor."
Maria's eyes widened.
"The same book?" she whispered.
"Yes," Gore replied. "The same book that had your name written in it. The same book whose pages were torn."
Gore's expression became terrifying.
"Vaskor is the name of the demon."
Maria stared at her in disbelief.
"After I received that book, I secretly began performing the rituals written inside it."
"I kept everything hidden from you."
"Then, one day, in our college hostel, I saw Vaskor."
Maria remained frozen.
"That was the moment everything changed."
Gore continued speaking.
"I gained the powers of black magic."
She looked at her own hands.
"After that, I knew that nobody could easily touch me."
"My brother and I made our plan."
"We decided that we would slowly remove the important people from your life."
Maria's face filled with fear.
"First, we targeted your boy friend."
"Then we targeted Roshan. But he escaped."
Gore's expression hardened.
"Then came Jenifer."
"I killed Jenifer."
Maria's eyes filled with tears again.
"And my brother killed Nick."
Maria lowered her head, unable to hear any more.
Gore stepped closer.
"And now..."
She paused.
"Today, you, your family, your relatives... everyone connected to you is going to die."
For a moment, the room became completely silent.
Then Gore threw her head back and laughed.
"Ha... ha... ha... ha..."
Her horrible laughter echoed through the house.
Maria could only stare at her.
The person she had called her best friend for years was standing before her as Gore—the mysterious woman behind the blue eyes.
Maria looked at Gore with tears in her eyes.
"Then why?" she asked. "Why did Ash and Raven perform that ritual with me that night? If they wanted to kill me, why did they bring me into the ritual in the first place?"
Gore's terrible expression remained unchanged.
"Because my mother and father were devotees of the demon Vaskor."
Maria stared at her.
"They wanted to bring Vaskor into this world through you, Maria."
Maria's face went pale.
"The first ritual..." Gore continued. "You thought it was performed to help your mother become pregnant. But that wasn't the real purpose."
Gore slowly explained the truth.
"That ritual was performed to obtain permission from your mother and father to bring Vaskor into this world through their child."
Maria couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"They made your parents write your name in that book. Your name was written there because they intended to use you as the medium through which Vaskor could enter this world."
Gore paused.
"But your parents didn't know the real purpose of the ritual."
Maria's eyes remained fixed on Gore.
"After a few months, my mother and father performed the ritual again. That time, their intention was to bring Vaskor into this world through you."
Gore's voice became darker.
"But everything changed that night."
She looked toward Maria.
"My mother and father thought they would complete the ritual, kill you, and bring Vaskor into this world."
Maria's tears began falling again.
"But they never got the chance."
Gore's expression hardened.
"They were killed in front of me and my brother."
Maria stood completely still.
Gore continued.
"And today, I am going to continue the ritual that my mother and father left unfinished that night."
She stepped closer to Maria.
"But before that..."
Gore smiled.
"I am going to kill your mother, your father, Johan, and Roshan in front of your eyes."
Then she began laughing again.
"Ha... ha... ha... ha..."
Her horrible laughter filled the room.
Maria didn't answer.
She simply stared at Gore's face.
But behind the face of the woman standing before her, Maria could suddenly see someone else.
Cathy.
The girl who had stood beside her for years.
The girl who had laughed with her.
The girl who had listened to her problems.
The girl she had trusted with everything.
Memories of all those days came rushing back into Maria's mind.
Every smile.
Every conversation.
Every moment they had spent together.
Maria had believed that Cathy was her closest friend.
She had never imagined that the same person had been hiding behind the mysterious blue eyes.
A tear slowly rolled down Maria's cheek.
Then another.
Maria couldn't stop them.
She continued staring at Gore's face, remembering the old days she had spent with Cathy.
And for the first time, those beautiful memories no longer felt the same.
They were memories of a friendship that had never been what Maria believed it was.
At the same time, Johan, Roshan, and Sophie were travelling toward Grendle's house, with Grendle tightly restrained inside the car.
After several minutes, the car finally slowed down.
Johan looked through the windshield.
His expression changed.
They had arrived at Dr. Robin's house.
The same house where Maria had once come for therapy.
The same house where Dr. Robin had calmly spoken to her, listened to her, and told her that she was getting better.
But now they knew the truth.
Dr. Robin was Grendle.
Everyone slowly stepped out of the car.
Grendle was brought out with them, still tightly restrained.
For a moment, nobody spoke.
The house stood before them in complete darkness.
Not a single light was visible through the windows.
Then Sophie looked upward.
Her face suddenly became tense.
A huge flock of crows was circling above the house.
There were so many of them that their wings seemed to fill the sky.
"Caw... caw... caw..."
Their cries echoed strangely through the night.
One crow flew lower.
Then another.
Then dozens more began circling above the rooftop.
Roshan looked around uneasily.
"Why are there so many crows here?"
Nobody answered.
The wind suddenly became stronger.
The trees surrounding the house began to sway, and the sound of their branches moving in the darkness mixed with the cries of the crows.
Johan stared at the house.
Something about it felt different now.
This was no longer the home of a doctor they trusted.
It was the home of Grendle.
And somewhere inside that house was the person they had been searching for.
Gore.
Johan slowly looked toward Grendle.
"Where is she?"
Grendle said nothing.
Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.
Johan's eyes narrowed.
"What are you smiling at?"
Grendle remained silent.
Then suddenly...
Knock.
Everyone froze.
The sound had come from inside the house.
One knock.
Then silence.
Johan stared at the front door.
Roshan moved closer to him.
Sophie nervously looked around.
Grendle's smile slowly grew wider.
Another sound came from inside.
Knock...
This time, it was louder.
Johan took one slow step toward the house.
The crows suddenly stopped crying.
Every single one of them became silent.
The entire surroundings fell completely still.
No wind.
No birds.
No movement.
Nothing.
Johan stared at the dark entrance.
Then, from somewhere deep inside the house, a woman's voice softly echoed through the darkness.
"Johan..."
His entire body froze.
Roshan and Sophie looked at each other.
Johan knew that voice.
It was familiar.
Far too familiar.
Grendle lowered his head and began quietly laughing.
Johan stared at the house in horror.
Because the voice came again.
This time, it was clearer.
"Johan... come inside."
And suddenly, from the darkness behind the front door...
two deep blue eyes appeared.
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