I'm no investigator, either. | She can say that much with certainty. | But I have to agree, this doesn't add up. Even if the perpetrator knew the victim and lured them here, we should have come across some tracks that indicate their arrival, for instance. Their departure even more so, since one of them was likely incapacitated. That either means heavy lifting or very fast digging.

| She crouches down, squinting, trying to find anything that could pass for blood among the shade and earth. | No one is that good. I don't have a watch on me, but it hasn't been that long since we heard the scream. If they left by conventional means, wouldn't we have noticed?

| She scoffs. | Or someone is just messing with us.