Earth & Sky (The Earth & Sky Trilogy) by Megan Crewe

Author:Megan Crewe [Crewe, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2014-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

18.

We set off again, Win in the lead. Soon, the pale gray face of a cliff looms above the treetops. Shoulders of rock poke through the underbrush.

The cliff face is spotted with openings, many far above our heads. Between them, vines and bushes and even trees creep across the wider outcroppings, as if the stone is dappled with pockets of jungle. We follow it, examining the shadowy gaps. How are we supposed to know which one Jeanant used?

Then I spot it. Scratched beside a large curved opening, a symbol like a burst of flame.

Prometheus.

“Hey,” Win says, staring at it. He’s only taken two steps when he jerks to a halt and stumbles backward. His breath hitches.

“What?” I say, bracing myself for some unseen enemy. But Win’s shaking his head with a sudden smile.

“I caught it that time,” he says. “If I’d kept going, I’d have been doxed. Someone’s nearby.”

“Jeanant?” He must have placed that thread not long ago. I could get my second chance.

“I hope so,” Win says. “There’s no way for me to know for sure. Are you . . . okay to try talking to him again?”

“Yeah,” I say, though my nerves have gone jittery. I will not screw things up this time. “I’ll mention Thlo right away.”

“Good. And be careful, in case it’s not him. If it is, once he realizes you’re with our group, you shouldn’t have to explain very much. We need to get all the parts of the weapon. Maybe he has them on him and he can just give them to you; maybe he can tell you directly where we need to go. He should know the best way to proceed.”

“All right.” Just present myself and let Jeanant figure out the rest. Shouldn’t be that hard.

“I’ll wait right here,” Win says, ducking into the shelter of a tree.

The cave entrance is several feet wide and high, with a tangle of ferns and saplings stretching along a ledge just above it. A series of boulders rambles away from its right side in a jagged line. Just a few feet within the opening, the shadows blend into total darkness. I square my shoulders and head inside.

The daylight behind me fades quickly, the air between the rocky walls cooling with a faintly chalky smell. My damp clothes chill my skin.

The passage narrows, until I can touch both sides with my arms outstretched. My sense of the space ahead has faded into hazy gray impressions. I hesitate, then remember the phone in my purse.

I pull it out and turn it on. The glow of the screen glints off the ripples in the cave floor and the dribbles of moisture sliding down the rough walls. My wallpaper photo beams at me—the one Evan snapped of Angela, Bree, and Lisa, and me, our faces sunlit and fingers raised in victory signs in front of the biggest roller coaster at the amusement park we trekked out to this August. The roller coaster I made myself go on with the rest of them, even though the jolts and scares of the rides echo the panic of the wrong feelings.

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