Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Josh had imagined many times what meeting his mother for the first time would be like.

He had thought that she would look a mess, working at some shady establishment against. her will.

He had thought that she would look cold and heartless, taking deep drags of her cigarette as she shooed them away impatiently and claiming she had no sons like them.

He had also thought that upon finding out they were from the Crawford family, she would change her attitude at once and try to wrangle something out of them…

This was the only situation he had not expected.

How long had she been nailed down like this? Had she been here this entire time?

In the coffin, Lisa’s fingers spasmed from the exertion of pressure.

They jerked to a halt at last, drooping back down.

It was as if she had tried this a billion times, but to no avail….

Disappointed once again, the woman stared straight in front of her, her pupils unblinking and unmoving. It was a terrifying sight- she did not look like a live human being at all.

Josh asked in a trembling voice, “Is she still alive?”

A voice floated in, “She’s considered alive, but could also be considered dead. She’s undead.”

Pablo floated in from outside, speaking to Lilly first. “Don’t worry. Your father and that Mr. Arthur are completely fine.”

Arthur was currently wandering around in a fit of panic, looking for everyone else.

much no need to

worrying at once.

in the coffin. “There’s a type of witch who calls themselves a witch god. They specialize in this thing called Zombie Powder. Use it on a living person, and they’ll cease to have consciousness. They’ll be completely stiff and they’ll lose the ability to think. They won’t

zombie, unable to die or perish. These witch doctors use them as

into an undead. There are records from its land

was full of hope. “So

softly, not giving a fixed answer.

were not

alive, but might turn out to be a walking corpse even if she was

it,

that he had a mother who had abandoned him and his brother just like that, up until he

to see her nailed down like this, but for him and Josh to not even know what happened back in the

about to pull her out of the coffin, when Lilly pulled him

was speaking, the pupils of the lady in the coffin spun around and landed on Josh, staring him down!

a mighty

of eyes were

action all of a sudden, or like a doll in a

definitely sent chills down

eyes stopped wandering after they landed on Josh. No matter where

coffin, and saw that something was crawling about

can I just grab it?” Lilly turned to

very evil… it would be best not to just grab it like that.”

Oh. A bug that was best to not just grab… which