Chapter 140: Ritual - Part 8

Doris stood in the middle of the circle, watching the fingers pile up as she continued to sing. While other children were busy cutting off fingers, she only stood there, watching—smiling.

"It's her," I said, getting off of Wolfie. "It's Doris."

Wolfie let out a low growl as he glanced at Doris, looking for any way to get inside the circles. We have to stop them, but how? Should we step inside the sigil, what will happen to us? Will they gain control of us as well?

They were standing in two circles, with the sigil being drawn on where the children were standing. The fingers—it was as if they were absorbed into the sigil, making it even darker than before. With each disappearance of a finger, the sigil grew wider and wider, going into where the adults were standing.

Will they gain full control of the people once the sigil reaches everyone here?