Chapter Twenty-TwoI didn't know how long I stood, barely breathing, waiting, before I heard it again.
The cry of a child, quickly cut off as if someone covered its mouth with a hand.
Goosebumps erupted all over my body.
A child. There was a child in there!
Forgetting Diggy's warnings, aware he'd be behind me soon, I moved back down, my steps as quiet as I could make them. When I reached the entrances of the three tunnels, I paused, listening. What if the sound didn't come again? Did I dare wait for Diggy? He was the better tracker, the Hunter.
The sound came again, fainter, farther in. From the center tunnel. I hesitated, glancing back at the wall of darkness. If I waited for a while longer, Diggy would come. He'd track me via the bracelet; follow me to wherever I was. But if I waited
