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“I heard there was another feral attack in Newton.” Ash said to me.

“Another one? How many hurt this time?” Seph asked.

“Maybe 6. News reports are still saying it’s not a virus but no one knows where these people are coming from.” Ash said.

“Really?” I asked. “Have you seen K yet?”

“Nope! But he’ll be around. He likes to brood.”

Seph glanced at me. “He’s not the only one.”

“Hey! I don’t brood!”

Both Ash and Seph burst out laughing.

“Ok. I didn’t come here to be abused. I’m going to go look for K. Don’t go far.”

“We won’t.” Ash gestured to the bonfire. “Come on.”

Seph followed him quickly. I took off looking for K.

I found him on the edge of the woods, sipping a beer.

“There you are. Come on. Time to talk to Seph.”

K was watching the med wing closely, ignoring me.

“K,” I tried again.

“Marr very rarely leaves that wing, haven’t you noticed?”

“Yeah, so?”

“So how does he do his groceries? Get his supplies? I have never seen a delivery truck there, have you?”

“Maybe he has great storage.”

“Dev.”

I sighed. “So what? You talking the tunnels?”

K reached into his pocket and pulled out a faded, brittle sheet of paper. “Look at this.”

“Is that—?”

“The original blueprints for Darkmoor. Look at the differences.”

I leaned in. A much larger building used to stand where the med wing sat now.

“This used to be another dwelling,” K said. “It burned down decades ago. Tragic, whatever. They rebuilt the med wing on top—but the old building went down several stories.”

“You’re thinking a special lab?”

“Or an access point.”

“So there might be another way through. We don’t have to go through the front.” I realised.

“Exactly. If we can figure out a way in, we can get what Elliot needs and maybe finally get what we need to take Marr down.”