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The hall was dark and empty as before. This time, no creatures attacked them, but they held tight to their guns anyway. The bodies of the creatures they had killed before had been cleaned up. Lorcan frowned at the floor. It was too clean. It was as if the fight had never happened here, or someone had gone to great lengths to clean it. But why?
“Ciaran!” Lorcan called out as he proceeded to the next room.
“What?”
“Get behind me,” Lorcan commanded.
“Excuse me?”
“I know you’re used to leading, but we’ve been here before. I’ve seen the traps,” Lorcan said.
“He’s right, Ciaran,” Roy said.
“I’ll watch your back then. Ladies, in the center please.” Ciaran went to the end of the line. They slowly made their way to a chamber and found the way down to the basement where the people had bee
