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The Hunter

It took precisely eight minutes and twenty seconds for the Hunter and his Pack to arrive at the Riverside Amenity Rubbish Dump after Sally had waved the Muriel off at the quay Sally had lived through each one of those five hundred seconds with adread in the pit of her sto when she returned to the cafe, but so about her demeanor had caused ulp down the last cruht The only customers Sally had left were the five Northern Traders, ere on their secondthe-up Boy had disappeared

Sally&039;s ainst her overwhelirl, she told herself Tough it out Deny everything The Hunter has no reason to suspect you If you run now, he&039;ll know you&039;re involved And the Hunter will find you He always does Just sit tight and keep cool

The second hand of the big cafe clock ticked on

ClickClickClick

Four hundred and ninety-eight secondsFour hundred and ninety-nine secondsFive hundred

A powerful searchlight beam swept across the top of the rubbish dump

Sally ran to a nearbyand stared out, her heart pounding She could see a swar around, silhouetted in the beaht his Pack, just as Marcia had warned

Sally stared intently, trying to athered around the rat door, which Marcia had jammed shut with the Lockfast and Weld Spell To Sally&039;s relief the Pack seeh they were laughing a themselves Some faint shouts drifted down to the cafe Sally strained her ears What she heard made her shiver

"Wizard scum"

"Rats trapped by a rat door"

"Don&039;t go away, ha ha We&039;re coet you"

As Sally watched she could see the figures around the rat door becoainst all their efforts to pull it free Standing apart fro ihtly took to be the Hunter