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But the door did not budge

River looked bewildered as she looked fro in beneath the bed

No hunters stepped through it Not even after two

Is this so for?

Even though I had no idea whether it was safe, I slid back down the walls and cautiously peered through one of the holes in the door

I could hardly believe my eyes

Strewn about the floor were the still bodies of half a dozen hunters Each lay in the saazing up at the ceiling And theirbeneath their heads

As I pushed the door open, River slid out from beneath the bed and stood next to me

"What happened?"

"I have no clue," I replied

"They’re dead," she said

I approached the nearest man to me and felt his pulse, even as his blood called toin other cabins for hunters Then I clih the hatch The sub us had come to a standstill, and asus, I spottedin the water

I didn’t think that it was possible for me to feel more bewildered, but as I ducked back down into the submarine and entered the control rooer smashed It was coin with

Chapter 17: Ben

I drained and stored the blood of the dead hunters lying in the corridor, then threw the corpses into the sea I had been worried about what I was going to do for human blood for the rest of the journey I didn’t need to think about that probleain for a while now