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Allie glared up at him. “I thought you said they weren’t ghosts.”
He shrugged. “I’ve never in my many travels come into contact with ghosts, and the ethereal world beyond this realm has no temptations to offer me.”
“So, what you’re saying is you have no intention of dying any time soon and haven’t met anybody who has died?”
“Correct.”
“Then you might be disappointed by what you find down there,” Kalta mused as he leaned slightly over the edge of the railing, “because we’re about to reach the bottom.”
Allie tensed, but Drifter gave her arm a squeeze. “Remember. Run like hell.”
She snorted. “You don’t have to remind me, but I’m dragging you along with me.”
“That’s a lot of dead weight.”
“If it is then it’s too late to save you and I’ll do as you asked.” That got another smil
