CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
My scream lagged behind us as we fell into the swirling wind and darkness. There was a moment of weightlessness followed by a hard drop through the other side. Fortunately, I fell on something soft. Unfortunately for Luca, it was him.
He let out a soft ‘oomph’ as I toppled onto him. I could see why. The floor was jagged stone smoothed only by some half-hearted chiseling and countless feet. The smell of salty air invaded my nostrils with all the tenderness of a rampaging grizzly bear.
I clambered off Luca and he climbed to his feet, where he gave me a teasing smile. “You’re lighter than you look.”
I snorted. “And you’re a terrible liar, now where are we?”
He looked ahead of us. The tunnel stretched for a hundred feet and stopped at a curtain of seaweed. A
