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"We can’t show the tape to Margot," Lindsey said, then looked around at the other guards in the roo she can do about it"

"We can’t show this to her," Ethan agreed "Nor does anyone outside this roouard nodded his or her approval

"We’ll still have to warn the Novitiates," Luc said quietly, not wanting to argue with his Master "Just in case"

Ethan nodded "Send an electronic bulletin, and ate We figure out what followed us fros first," I said, rising from my seat "I want to take a look at the tunnel"

• • •

If I was being honest, I didn’t want to look at the tunnel; I wanted to put a cork in this night and climb into bed with Ethan and a bottle of that Pinot But I needed to look at it, because I stood Sentinel of the House and Margot was a friend

A short set of stairs led down fro metal door with THREE stenciled in black paint Luc pushed it open, flipped on the lights, and we followed him inside

The floor was concrete, the walls brick, the lights industrial--es with bare bulbs The room smelled of old and da of spilled wine from the broken bottle in the middle of the room A dark puddle had stained the concrete

It was cold Both because it was underground and because of the dense lingering ic we’d felt in the cemetery

Ethan, I silently said

He nodded I can feel it

I ignored the grasping fingers of fear and walked into a small alcove on the room’s left-hand side The wine racks, a dozen rows of dark wood, were tucked like library shelves in the nook There were hundreds of bottles, some of them clean and shiny, others covered in a layer of dust

"You have quite a collection," I said

His mouth curled with amusement "Didn’t you ever wonder where the wine you enjoy comes from?"

"I presumed France or Chile or California," I said with a sly sotten more specific than that" I paused "I don’t see any evidence of ic" There were no symbols, no char marks, no books or randoate a ghost who didn’t leave physical clues

I thought of the ghosthunters we’d met at the ceot any of those gadgets they use on TV to find ghosts"

"Merit," Ethan quietly said, the word nearly a sigh and full of regret