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Morgan ran to the wall below the doorway.
"Help me up!"
Jake leaned over and she put her foot into his hands. He boosted her and she sprang up, clambering back to the ledge above. She turned to call back to them.
"I'll go check the exit. Back in a minute."
Morgan ran down the tunnel the way they had come. Her heart hammered in her chest, not from the exercise but from the fear of what Samael planned for her family. Surely he couldn't get to them?
She made it to the safety barrier but as promised, the tunnel was blocked by a cave-in. They'd used enough explosive to bring it down but not enough to make sufficient noise to bring the guards. It was unlikely that the Egyptian authorities would check this far down into the tomb complex until morning.
"Help!" she shouted, hoping that so
