Chapter Twenty-Seven
The water from the river lapped at the rocks inside the cave. I stood staring at the door. The Mohegan and Balam were nearly out of sight as they trailed after their dads on their way to the surface. I remained behind, unable to move, so close to my goal. So close to…home.
Because I knew that’s what was behind that door. I knew it with every bone in my body, with every fiber in my bones. I belonged on the other side of that door with light shining through it.
Everything I’d ever wanted to know was just on the other side of that doorway. The answer to any question I’d ever had. But I wouldn’t be able to cross the threshold unless me and Tres, or me and Diaz, or Tres and Diaz died.
No. Not Diaz. He’d followed Skully out. Only Tres and I were left.
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