Flora woke in an instant, heart hammering in her chest. Their alarm was sounding! An urgent ringing pierced the air as the exposed metal pipe near the den entrance was struck repeatedly. She shed her coats and jumped up, legs bent ready for action, a blade clenched in her trembling fingers. Flora glanced briefly to her sides and found all five kids cowering in the gloom behind her, their frightened eyes staring towards the bright entrance. If it wasn’t one of them, then who was ringing the alarm?
Squinting into the light she spotted motion, something moving in rhythm with the alarm. She took a tentative couple of steps forward. Now she could see more clearly. Still only a silhouette, yet clearly not a person. It was
