Chapter 101
“Hugh…” John gasped.
“Calm down, John, listen to me. Keep breathing or you’ll only make it worse. Now, in a second I’m going to push. You have to let out your breath at the same time.”
“I don’t have any to let out.”
John’s lungs kept wanting to heave against the rock to bring in oxygen, then circling around to force him to breathe faster and making his fear worse.
His body was certain the walls were moving closer together.
Cold sweat covered him and his guts knotted up.
The air around his head was hot and stale. He couldn’t feel Branwen or Hugh, and the need to keep going faded to a dull roar.
No wonder he’d never explored wild caves as a kid.
If he ever got out of this one, he had no plans to ever try again.
He was drowning in the need to breathe and the need to move
