บท 270: New Guest?

Even before Jake gave them the go-ahead to open, Tim had already rushed to the door and removed the lock and the heavy wooden latch preventing the door from opening from the outside.

When the door opened abruptly, the girl pounding on the door was violently flung backwards and fell painfully on her buttocks with an " ouch! ". Dumbfounded, Tim was about to apologize and help her get up when a fist sized hailstone rained down on his skull like a meteorite, almost knocking him unconscious.

In the same second, a second hailstone struck the teenage girl's shoulder on the ground, while another smashed the nose of a still dizzy Tim. A high-pitched "Aaarrrgh!" escaped from the boy's vocal chords, while the girl just gritted her teeth and gave him a hateful glare.