Chapter 9
Tunnels of Glass
Talon woke and began gathering his thoughts. We must have fallen asleep he thought. For a moment, he sat motionless and listened carefully for the bear but heard nothing. He felt Aggie lying behind him and realized she was still sleeping by the sound of her breathing.
The only other sound he could hear was the same distant roaring sound he remembered before he fell asleep. He thought at first, it must just be the wind in the cave but realized that there was not much wind in the part of the cave they were in. Whatever it was, it seemed to be deep in the mountain and you had to listen to hear it at all. Other than that, nothing but Aggie’s breathing.
Their situation seemed hopeless even to him. What little battery life that was left in the little lamp wasn’t en
