Chapter 18
The Rescue
“This is the craziest thing we’ve ever done,” Katie said, an audible tremor in her voice.
And that is saying a lot, Penny added silently.
Penny stood inside the old refrigerator and stared into the opening, her resolve not just weakening but threatening to crawl away and hide under a rock. Before it could, she dropped to her knees and slid head first into the steep mouth of the tunnel, shimmying deeper into it on her elbows and knees. She kept her wand pointed forward, wishing she knew how to light her wand tip like she’d seen Katie do.
As soon as she wished it, her wand responded with a weak glow that made her almost wish it was dark again. The tunnel went on as far as she could see, which wasn’t far, but she could imagine miles of dark tunnel stretching ahea
