Chapter 61
A tangled wall of undergrowth lined each side of the unnatural path, forming a gloomy corridor that reminded Tessa of how the Israelites must have felt as they escaped through the parted Red Sea. She had almost figured out the best way to brace herself using the door, the glove box, and both her legs when Noah hit the brakes again.
‘What’s happened now?’ she asked. He was propelling himself towards danger, that was all she could feel.
‘Nothing. I just don’t want to get there too soon,’ he whispered, sweat pouring down his angelic features.
‘What? What are you talking about? The sooner we get there the more chance we have of stopping them before they get anywhere near the cave. I thought that was the whole point of the short-cut.’
‘Exactly. If I get there too soon I’ll have
