"She ran toward us—six terrifying men in leather and steel—screaming the words that stopped our hearts: “You’re stronger than my stepdad!” What we found inside that rotting house changed us forever, and what we did to the monster hiding there is something the police still won’t talk about. The asphalt on Route 66 was shimmering, a mirage of heat rising off the blacktop that distorted the horizon. It was one of those blistering Arizona afternoons where the air feels heavy enough to choke on. My c