61. Haunted hospital
BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ
His phone vibrated violently on the broken floor.
He frowned.
That damn call earlier.
Who the hell kept calling him during that attack?
Max snatched the phone and dialed back, teeth gritted.
The call connected immediately.
"Y—Yes? Sir Maximilian?"
It was Doctor Hyes, but his voice wasn't professional—
It was trembling. Afraid. On the verge of breaking.
Maximilian froze.
"Doctor Hyes? Why were you calling me?"
What came next made Max's blood run cold.
"S–Sir… the entire hospital… it—it turned haunted."
Max's eyes widened. His grip tightened.
"What?"
Hyes's breathing trembled through the line.
"Lights burst… walls shook… staff fainted… shadows crawling on ceilings… patients screaming… sir—your mother—your mother—"
Max's stomach dropped.
"What about my mother?" his voice was deadly low.
The doctor choked on his words.
"Sh—she… she sat up on her bed… swinging back and forth like a child… laughing… screaming…"
Then a voice came through the speaker—
Not the doctor.
A distorted, demonic, female voice shrieking—
"TODAY I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU—HAHAHAHA—THIS BODY WILL BE MINE—MINE—THIS BODY WILL BE MY SOUL'S CLOTHES—HAHAHAHAHA!"
Max's entire body went rigid.
That was his mother's voice.
But not her at all.
Doctor Hyes continued, voice cracking.
"Five heart-attack patients died due to the shock of the… the… event."
"One man fell into a coma."
"We can't keep Patient Eleanor here anymore, sir… she is not a mental patient… not someone we can treat medically… we beg you—please remove her from this hospital."
Maximilian closed his eyes, jaw shaking from contained fury.
Aiden and Chloe watched him, terrified.
Kyron stood frozen, lips parted.
Max inhaled deeply.
"What is her condition now?" he asked, tone flat.
The doctor whispered:
"She suddenly… collapsed. Completely unconscious again. Like nothing happened."
Max's eyes snapped open.
The timing.
The moment the entity vanished from the Brooks Mansion…
…Eleanor collapsed at the hospital.
He knew instantly.
They were connected.
The same force.
The same entity.
Maximilian spoke like a man sharpening a blade:
"Prepare my mother for immediate transfer. I will send my team."
His voice darkened.
"And doctor—make sure no one touches her."
"Yes—yes, sir!"
Max hung up, chest rising and falling with a storm building beneath his ribs.
His cousins stared at him.
"Max… what happened?" Chloe whispered.
Max didn't answer.
His eyes had gone cold… calculating… murderous.
Kyron swallowed hard.
"Sir…?"
Max finally spoke.
Low.
Sharp.
Unmistakably enraged.
"This thing thinks it can touch my family.
Fine.
Let it try again."
His bloody fingers curled into a fist.
"I'll tear it apart myself."
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