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Three was lost in a grunt as the five of us pushed against the boulder It didn’t want to budge at first, and after straining for a few y

“Everyone shift” Jayce nodded toward Kingston “Go as big as you can with your dragon And you too, Pipes, with your size-shifting We need as et”

With a iant succubus all pushing against it, the boulderin the indent, revealing an opening in the canyon wall The air tasted old and da but rodent prints marred the thick dust at the entrance

Everyone resu into the dark black hole We could all shift so se to staying in our fallen forms all the time

“Are we sure this is it?” Kingston asked, wrinkling his nose

“What did you expect?” Xero gave a humorless chuckle

“I don’t know A safe? Traps? Hiding rocks in a hole in the wall seems amateur”

“Depends on how many holes and walls you have,” Kai said “Come on”

It was dark inside, too dark for even Kai or Xero to see clearly But it felt big inside the cavern Really big And… tangled, somehow

“Think it’s safe to light a torch?” I asked Xero

“I think so” He glanced at Jayce for confirmation Even in his human form, the hellhound had a killer sense of smell

Shoving a hand through his blond hair, h to bother us lives in here Don’t thinklives in here, actually”

We ended up lighting three The sheer size of the place le torch burn like aere trying to illuht to see

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“What exactly are we looking for?” I asked