Chapter 25“Zach, can you hear me?”
Zach could hear him. Adam’s voice coming from above. He had to open his eyes and answer. No, answering meant he had to open his mouth. The eyes were optional. He took the option anyway. Though the daylight seemed painfully bright, he opened his eyes and looked up. Adam was descending toward him out of the sky. How strange and wonderful. Like an angel.
No. Not literally. In a few seconds, Zach made out the rope supporting Adam, who pushed himself away from the side of the cliff and descended again, coming closer.
“Talk to me, Zach.”
“Adam.” His voice appeared unsatisfactory, cracked and whispery. He cleared his throat, but that turned into a cough, and the movement made awful pain shoot up from his leg, and he fell back into a semiconscious doze.
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