‘I don’t know,’ Alina said. ‘You can see here, on the map: the train track runs straight to the town. The road also goes into the forest, but is much longer.’ As she said that, a noise came from the blackness at the far end of the platform. Laura’s grip on my arm tightened, her fingertips digging into my flesh. ‘What the fuck was that?’ she said, her voice escalating a pitch. Something growled. Alina took a few tentative steps along the platform towards the noise. ‘It’s a dog,’ she said quietly. The growl came again and the dog came into view to our left, at the end of the platform, the
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