Chapter 83: So I Talk Big. You Got a Problem with That?

On the northern fringe of Tepvine, an abandoned chemical plant lay in the dark like a husk left behind. In Tepvine's early years, the city had been known for its factories. Later, in the push to rebrand it as a tourist haven, heavy industry had been shipped out wholesale. The north end had withered after that and never got a second life. At night the dead industrial park felt emptier than a graveyard. Every so often a stray cat or dog shot out of the weeds and made you jump. "Where are they?" Pierce...