Chapter 62: Keeping secrets.

PETE DROVE NIGEL back against the wall with a sickening thud that rattled his teeth. They became a tangled knot of limbs and fury, twisting and flipping, each vying for the upper hand. Pete, for the first time, fought with primal ferocity, every one of his tentacles lashing out, seeking to take Nigel down.

They crashed into the center console, the metal groaning under their combined weight. Nigel blocked a sweeping tentacle, parried another, pushing ...