Chapter FourteenEverything appeared as before. After she descended using the rope ladder, she made her way along the tunnel, into the space where she had first seen, albeit briefly, one of the creatures. Pausing for a moment to rake a shaking hand across her brow where the sweat sprouted, she went through one of the doors. Here the passageway, although dripping with damp, seemed in a better state of repair. However, as she trained her torch across the walls, she picked out the details of crumbling plaster, old, forgotten ceiling lights, and a twisting passageway that snaked on into the dark.
The sound of yapping dogs came to her from far away, and her heart rate soared as she realised she was close to solving the mystery of where the Burks kept their fighting dogs. The thought sickened he
