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Ariadne’s roar was finally growing fainter. Gia was grateful that hurdle was behind them, but Salvador was limping now. He had been trying to hide it for the better part of a day, but she knew he’d landed wrong on his ankle after they scaled the wall of the labyrinth when the minotaur had trapped them in a dead end. They had only just escaped by the skin of their teeth, but Gia didn’t begrudge Ariadne her effort. She had just been doing her job.
Thankfully, Salvador was still mobile, which was saying something because she was pretty sure it had been at least two days since they’d entered the maze. Or at least that was what her empty stomach told her.
A few more challenges had come and gone after they’d escaped the minotaur. A few hours after that, they had run into a door locked with
