Chapter 39
Mya was dangling at the mouth of the well by Zach’s grasp. His body lay right at the edge of the gaping hole. He grabbed at a tree root with one hand and grasped her hand tightly with his other. If his body slipped into the well, she knew the tree root wouldn’t be able to bear the weight of their two bodies together.
Mya heard fighting sounds coming from Leon and Kirra mixed with the animal’s roars and growls. She tried to find footing on the wall of the well to ease her weight on Zach, but she had no luck. Her body continued to dangle. And the more she tried to reach her feet to the wall, the more her body swung.
She looked down, and all she saw was darkness. She could not see the bottom of the well, and she was sure she didn’t want to be dropped down there. It seemed like H
