Huge white bugs with way too many legs crawled all over my plate. One even skittered up over my thumb on the edge, and I dropped the whole thing with a loud yelp. The glass shattered, food sprayed everywhere, and the bugs quickly followed.

Seph had already jumped up on her chair and gathered her skirt around her ankles, horror etched on her face. Nebbles leaped, pounced on the nearest bug, and ripped its head off.

I hopped up on my bed, my heart racing in time with ...