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"How far does it go?" Curran asked

"I have no idea They were expanding it when the Shift happened There are probably ha rat in atoward the vehicle Where the hell had boy wonder gotten off to?

The SUV sat directly under the hole I looked up It was just large enough for a vehicle to pass through

"Is it a Tahoe?"

Curran reached up, grabbed the transroaned as the butt of the SUV tipped toward Curran It’s good to be a werelion

"Yep It’s a Tahoe"

Dread washed over houls had killed him, left his body to rot, and pushed the car in here, where nobody would find it

Curran lowered the SUV and let it fall the last two feet Long gashes scoured the paint on the sides Ghoul claws The tinted s of the vehicle had cracked but hadn’t fallen out Dust sheathed the cracks I couldn’t see anything I reached for the driver’s-side door In led corpse soaked in his own blood in the driver’s seat

Don’t be deaddon’t be dead

I pulled the door open It sith a screech, revealing the cab

Empty

Oh phew Phew

Curran pulled the other door off "I smell him It’s his car"

The interior of the Tahoe looked like it had been through a tornado made of knives

"Does he shouls? The ones we killed?"

"No, a different group These scents are older"

So we hadamok

Derek walked out of the left tunnel "The trail stops here"

"What do you mean, stops?" I asked

"I walked in both directions" Derek leaned against the grimy wall "The trail cohoul scent trails in either tunnel"