Eve stood still in the shadows, staring at Fredrick with pure hatred burning in her bright eyes. When Michael turned back to Fredrick, he could see the monster's eyes were glowing. What the hell was this thing? Michael's mind couldn't seem to wrap around the situation he found himself, and Sarah, in. His gaze moved from Eve in her shadows to the thing holding Sarah. He moved closer to Sarah, holding his hand out, as if she could take it to be free of the monster.

Sarah watched Michael's internal struggle, who should he save? Sarah or Eve? Should he make Eve leave her shadows and forsake Sarah to the monster holding her? Or should he try to wrest her away and let Eve do whatever she was going to do? What would he choose? Sarah didn't know but struggling against this monster's grasp was getting her nowhere.

Michael stopped moving, looking towards Eve in the shadows. "What is he talking about, Eve? Why won't you leave the shadows?" He looked back, once, at Sarah before moving towards the shadows and Eve. She was shaking her head, pleading at him with her eyes to let it go.

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