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Piotr and his troops sprinted back towards the Tower. He abandoned plans to put a new barrier across Tower Hill to channel the dead north and south, but it was too late. The area around the ancient monument was devoid of life but teeming with death. Piotr realised they were trapped between two divisions of the same undead army – those that had followed them from East Smithfield, and thousands more that had continued to drag themselves along St Katharine’s Way – and they were destined to collide. He knew that this entire are would, before long, be crawling with decay. By morning, they wouldn’t be able to move for dead flesh.
He ran towards Tower Place, skirting around the perimeter of the Tower, which remained clearly defined. Metal railings around the site provided a first line of def
