Chapter Seventeen
Daniel exhaled as he leaned back against the shuttle. The third pyramid was the same as the second one. Egyptian, as Katie had said, beige, sandy, and no entrance. However, he wasn’t ready to give up just yet. Ned snored next to him. It was loud, and quite a bit annoying. Daniel elbowed him in the side.
“Ouch. What was that for?” Ned asked.
“You’re snoring.”
“Oh, and you don’t? You snored the whole way here, don’t you remember?”
“That isn’t the point. I’m not talking about me annoying you with my snoring.”
“Then what are you talking about?”
“You annoying me.”
Ned rolled his eyes, repositioned himself against the shuttle, then promptly went back to sleep—snoring once again.
Daniel sighed.
Jasmine returned, tossing her sample vials on the ground and sitting betwee
