Chapter Two: The Terminal Station

That night, footage of Spider-Shade climbing the wall consumed the internet. Lu Chen scrubbed his palms with steel wool until they bled, but the adhesion remained. Steam clouded his bathroom mirror. Untouched droplets joined into words: SECOND TIME. YOU ARE GETTING USED TO MY BODY. Lu Chen spun around. Beyond the window, a silver orb-weaver watched him. One of its eight eyes was human.