Chapter 17“I don't know what's going on, but whatever it is, we can work this out. Percy, Natasha, step away from the edge. One wrong move and you could accidentally fall to your deaths.” I inched closer as quietly as possible. “No one wants that to happen.”
“I told you not to move. I can hear everything, Kellan. It's so peaceful here at night. Noiseless. Perfect in every possible way. I always wondered what it'd be like to die a slow, painful death.” The moon began to rise, eliminating the shadow that darkened Percy's and Natasha's faces. His jaw was locked, and his nose twitched from the intensity of the pressure consuming him. Natasha looked like she hadn't slept in days, frightened by her proximity to a fatal plunge over the mountain.
Below freezing temperatures chaffed their skin. N
