CHAPTER TWENTY
I reached the tunnel on the other side of the chamber with no difficulty and entered just as easily. It was identical to the tunnel from which Triplet and I had emerged earlier, only I noticed it slightly inclined upward. This filled me with hope because maybe it meant I had already hit the bottom of the maze and had nowhere to go but up from here. I might even find Longworth’s lab, wherever that was.
But I still kept my guard up. Though this tunnel seemed empty and devoid of life, I knew from experience that this maze was far more dangerous than it looked. I needed to be more cautious than ever, given how I was all by myself now. I couldn’t even rely on Valerie for help, because she was being blocked by the jammer Longworth was using to prevent signals from getting in and
