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None of them were lame, starved, or weak The odds weren’t in houls peered atmuch lower than the outer ones

I waited The , you beco less scary The ghouls were sentient, which e I could scrounge up

A large ghoul shouldered its way to the front of the pack Well-fed, with a defined powerful body, he crouched in front of ht, he would be close to seven feet tall At least two hundred pounds, all of it hard muscle and sharp claws The brown pattern on his back was al stripes of paler and darker gray slid down his flanks

The ghoul rocked forward His face touched the boundary and he pulled back and stared at , but he knew that the boundary and I were soers They were harainfully employed We lived in an unsafe world Too often bodies couldn’t be recovered because they were under debris or the scene was too grisly for the next of kin to identify the rerave was a recipe for disaster Huic even after death, and there was no telling what the next rave Most often the remains were crehouls to clean the site It was cheaper and faster

I’d bet e workers, but I had to be absolutely sure

The ghoul stared at houl blinked his yellowish eyes, tensed like a dog about to charge, and opened his rin That’s right, showteeth, pretty boy

A row of thick sharp teeth decorated the front of his jaard the back, the teeth thinned out, becohoul unhinged his jaw A rough raspy voice came out "Who are you?"

"Turn around now and you’ll live"

He clamped his mouth shut Apparently this wasn’t the answer he’d expected Kate Daniels,started

"We’re a licensed cleanup crew," the leader ghoul said

"No"

Half a h the field, so silent, for a second I thought I was seeing things My e could be so quiet Hi, honey

The ghouls didn’t notice him They were conditioned to pay attention to huht in front of thehoul turned, displaying a tattoo on his left shoulder