CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
For a moment, Beams thought he had somehow ended up outside of the cave and back in Antarctica. The snow-white sky, which merged in the horizon with the white clouds and powdery snow on the earth, made him think he must have somehow gotten turned around at some point and ended up back at the cave mouth. A sense of panic overcame him at that moment as he wondered if this meant that he had somehow forfeit the challenge and would have to leave Ariopolis forever.
But then when Beams looked around, it became obvious that he wasn’t back in Antarctica. He wasn’t sure where he was, exactly. He seemed to be on top of a massive, unfamiliar mountaintop so tall that he couldn’t even see the earth below. The mountain rose above the clouds, yet Beams had no trouble breathing up her
