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"They didn’t just fly off," I said

"Could they groings?" Curran asked

"I doubt it" Ghouls ings, that was all we needed "If they could groings, they would’ve done it by now It’s a great defensive adaptation and they are cowards"

"Their scent says they got here and then they vanished," Derek said

I rubbed est teleportation"

"D’Ah uses poords and special water that’s been messed with by Roland That teleportation is h were in the city"

"How?" Derek asked

"I would feel hi the border into Atlanta"

Curran leaned towardon sharing that with the class?" His voice was quiet

"It didn’t coe the subject "The point is, teleportation is a difficult thing that takes a crap ton of ic"

"Is ‘crapton’ a technical terrowled "I exahthouse Keeper mess It was done by volhves"

Volhves were Russian druids, and unlike the actual druids, ere struggling to overcoive a daan priests, but they had to sacrifice a huh juice"

"What’s your point?" Curran asked

"Look around you No signs of a ritual Just dirt"

The three of us surveyed the cavern

"I have no idea e are dealing with," I said "I really, really don’t like it"

"We need Julie," Curran said

Once uring out the nature of iven criators used ic and spat out colored printouts of it: blue for hureen for shapeshifter, and so on Julie was the human equivalent of an m-scanner, and she was much more sensitive than the most advanced model

I pulled the keys out of my pocket "She should be at home by now"