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He didn't have to wait long. The voice from the message answered.
"No, Mister Wizard."
Sören cut in barely before the American had finished speaking her name. "It's not. Tell me, when was the last time you saw her?"
His tone was mild, but the accusation inherent. Smoke spiralled in the gloom of the tunnel. The fact he'd answered the call at all suggested he knew nothing of value. Still, engendering a little fear did no harm, if not for the missing girl, then of a stranger calling out a secret. Wizard indeed.
His jaw clenched. Someone had Natalie's account. Had listened to his message. Worse, had deciphered it. Not that it was a giant challenge.
The second he answered the caller's question he would cut the line. Before he could even respond he was already moving back the way they came, intending to reach the surface in a third of the time it took to descend below it. Whoever this guy was, this wasn't a friendly call.
"What happened to her?"
Only darkness shows you the light.