Jacob winced at the cracking sound. He stepped forward quickly toward it. If something was coming through, something alive, he wanted to be out in front of it. If it was something else... well, maybe he could find a way to hold it off until after Alexa and Griffin figured out the doohickey Remi and Ryan needed to get them out.

"Stay close to Alexa and Griffin," Jacob told Mary. "Get them out the second they get the doors open."