eric gulped , but true to his boy scout training , hed been expecting this ; he was prepared . i suspect she was trying to carry herself up the spiral staircase to my room but the climb was simply too much for her and her enormous belly . she didnt want to go back to the way she had been , but this wasnt a fight she could run from . the rest of the hunt turned on its own dead , spreading blood and torn flesh across the fan of light . 