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He saw it. A pale, serpentine shape coiled around the anchor chain. Not a snake. Something with too many ribs, too many joints. It was the color of a drowned corpse. Leo never downloaded another film again
At 47%, his screen flickered.
He lunged for the power cord. Yanked it from the wall. The monitor went black. The room fell silent. The water was gone. The floor was dry. Leo looked down
The computer made a sound: a soft, wet thud. Then the glug-glug-glug of water filling a sinking ship.