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I was tee this on ht and no-one else’s, but I realised that no doubt there were things that he ht know or could help me puzzle out I’d be a fool if I didn’t take him up on his offer of help

I sat down on top of the dune, but not too close to the ring of stones Even though I knew that they were just coals, they gave s I started at the beginning, sketching out everything that had happened, including what I’d found out at Perkins and the shadowy CCTV shape that Nick had shown me

Alex pursed his lips "I don’t know that I can offer ht be Obviously the fact that she had to break into a local store to get coals means that wherever she’s from, or wherever she came from to here at least, doesn’t have those sorts ofthough to be able to create a triangulated grid"

"A what?"

"The runes of seven and the stones here They forle which would have allowed her to trap your alpha in the middle and hold hirid so she can’t do it again then!" I stood up and al one up and throwing it towards the sea

Alex stayed on the sand and shook his head "The runes and the stones are needed to forer The power remains until the creator is killed"

"So she can still use this at any ti panic inward around so if there are any signs of ic or transportations then we’ll know about it"

I reht you needed a portal to transport from one plane to another?"

"Portals are reat if you want to be a circumspect dude"

I tried not to roll my eyes at Alex’s ability to use the words ‘circued tack "What do you think the electric screwdriver was for?"

"Now that one I have no clue about it" He shrugged and stood up, brushing sand from his jeans I was pretty sure it was a wasted effort It doesn’t matter what you try to do to keep sand away fro Even if it had been six months since you’d last visited the beach, soer Alex continued, "But there is one thing I can definitely help with"

I raised my eyebrows hopefully

"The wichtlein Give me the stone and I’ll track it for you"

"But won’t it have disappeared back dohichever hole it came from?"