Chapter Forty-Six
Jia stood in the middle of her office with her arms folded over her chest. A projected map of the Shadow Zone floated in front of her, angled at forty-five degrees.
The confirmed murder location was marked with a pulsing blue dot, and several other possible abduction or murder sites were marked with red dots. She traced the dots with her finger.
A black line appeared.
“You seeing what I’m seeing?” she asked over her shoulder. “Am I kidding myself?”
“No, I see it.” Erik sat on the edge of his desk. “It’s clustered. That means we don’t have to search the entire border area. We also know the yaoguai can’t be running around the surface. They would eventually be spotted by a drone or a satellite.” He frowned. “But maybe they did. Emma, how are we doing on that favor I ask
