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She didn’t know if she’d done that much damage, but it clicked halfway through Maïmoú’s head, enough to knock her off her feet. Her hair followed her like ribbons as she disappeared through the ground. Shaking uncontrollably, Nikki’s legs slipped off her bed until her feet dropped into empty air. When she could feel her arms, she swung her bat where Maïmoú once stood. She swung at random, trying to make contact with the Deity out for her blood. When she went to strike her hamper of dirty clothes, the front door downstairs opened. Staring at the ground in horror, Nikki ran downstairs. “Vanna!?” Isabel and Aldrich walked in with Sena and Sierra. Sena fell into the couch as Vanna poured himself a cup of coffee from the kitchen. Sierra poked at her brother’s bandages over his arms and neck. “Sierra, don’t mess with him. He’s still high,” Isabel said. “Nikki, you forgot to grab the milk out here again. Some kid is going to swipe in and steal it, you know.” Aldrich shook out their umbrellas outside, then turned to Nikki wielding the very bat he’d gifted Nikki with years ago. “What’s wrong?” Nikki secured the kitchen, living room, hallway closet, and the spot just below her room. No sign of a Deity’s presence. None that she saw. “…I thought I heard someone’s voice.” “It’s just us,” her mother said. “Sena’s test came back fine, too. A bit costly, but we were expecting that. And he had a cavity. Can you believe that?” Half-listening, Nikki peered outside the window to cold winds

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