City of Gold by Arnold Carolyn

Author:Arnold, Carolyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Indiana Jones;action adventure;men's adventure;adventure books;mystery books;adventure series;mystery series;Paititi;City of Gold;Carolyn Arnold;Matthew Connor;Matthew Connor Action Adventure series
Publisher: Hibbert & Stiles Publishing Inc.
Published: 2016-11-03T17:51:19+00:00

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Chapter 41

NIGHT WOULD BE FALLING SOON, not that it mattered once they’d entered the cave. Darkness there wasn’t dependent on the time of day. And it wasn’t as if resting was an option now anyhow. The City of Paititi could be just steps away. How could any of them sleep?

Robyn ducked inside to get a clear picture for herself. Anything to serve as a reprieve from the level of testosterone suffocating her in the jungle. She wished Cal would drop the matter with Ian and focus on their mission. She understood why he hated the man. She did, too—for what he did to Sophie, for what he was putting them through, and for robbing the pure zeal and adventure from this expedition.

She let her eyes skim over the caterpillars. They were slithering away from the light and receding farther into the cave. If she didn’t know better, she’d have described them as beautiful. The tunnel itself appeared to be manmade and ancient, with hewn stones lining the walls. The space where Ian had fallen was about ten feet by five feet.

She moved her flashlight to the right, and the beam of light revealed an opening. “There’s another tunnel feeding out from here.” It made complete sense that this would lead somewhere.

Matthew shuffled in beside her. “She’s right.”

She straightened up, her hands going to her hips. “You had to see it with your own eyes to believe it?”

“It’s not that I didn’t believe you.”

“Uh-huh. Why is it that a man can never take a woman’s word for it?”

“No way in hell am I going back in there,” Ian said from the cave opening. He was rubbing his neck, and the welts from where the caterpillars had burned his skin appeared to be tender. Shivers of pain ran through Robyn simply from looking at them.

Cal stood beside him. “The choice is yours. You come with us, or you spend the night out here alone.”

“Yes, and if you stay out here, all by yourself, you’ll be jaguar poop.” Juan laughed.

Ian scowled. “This sucks.”

Kevin brushed past him. “Well, whine all you want, Ian, but it’s time to find the City of Gold.”

As all the men advanced on her position, Robyn had two choices—go first or move to the side. After seeing what had happened to Ian, she wasn’t eager to take the lead.

She gestured for Matthew to go ahead of her. “By all means, after you.”

He gave her a knowing smile, and she instantly regretted her decision. Just because she was a tad apprehensive didn’t mean he needed to acknowledge it.

Matthew put his hand to the wall as he moved forward. “This is definitely Incan in origin. Just the way the stones are fit together so tightly.”

Robyn followed him. She touched the stone, too. To be here, where people hadn’t walked for centuries, was more intense than words could describe. Her heart raced with both excitement and fear. Her stomach swirled with the possibilities. Had humankind really searched all this time in the wrong

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