CHAPTER 22The Firepearl
Somehow, Monte was still alive. He plummeted down the mountain on his backside, dragged by an unseen force, the wind sucked from his lungs. He clenched his teeth together, half-expecting to collide with a tree or a boulder as Finn careened in front of him. But whatever power was pulling them down the mountain didn’t seem interested in taking their lives. At least not yet.
All at once, a flash of green light swallowed Finn from sight. Another flash and Monte found himself skidding down a narrow channel. His bare hands burned against the frozen ground as the tunnel spit him across a smooth, icy surface. Cameron hurtled past him on her stomach, her body sprawled out in a star formation as she struggled to slow down. She bumped into Finn who spun across the ice with a
