The ground groaned and roared, causing Orly to startle in the middle of the night. He heard his mother’s voice from his parents’ room, and the quick scuffling of his parents’ feet. Orly picked up his clock so he could read it: it was three in the morning. “What is happening?” Orly heard someone from the village shout. A beast howled, and from out Orly’s window, lights from houses spotted. Orly clinged