Page Keeper 3: A Slice of Life Fantasy by Dante King

Author:Dante King [King, Dante]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Alison must have been able to see the worry on my face. “Don’t worry,” she said, putting a hand on my knee. “I’m going to get you out of here.”

She must have thought that my worries were about being stuck down here and not that I was suddenly powerless.

But if anyone could successfully navigate that underwater stream, it was Alison. Without some workaround, I couldn’t picture myself going down there—into the pitch black, murky water. And I damn sure couldn’t picture myself navigating a half-mile of fast-moving water, with god only knew how many jagged rocks and sharp turns along the way.

“Don’t look at me like that,” Alison said. That strange smile was back on her face. “The way here was even longer than that. We’re actually three quarters of the way through the stream over here. You can do this.”

I cleared my throat.

“Seriously?” I asked, my eyes widening.

Alison nodded. “I thought you’d drowned. You took a really bad hit while I was fighting off those hounds, and I had to break away from the rest and come rescue you. These tunnels—they’re terrifying. I carried you and carried you, and I knew the whole while that I was running out of time. That I had to find you some air…”

I hadn’t realized it had been that nerve wracking. Alison, who was normally so calm and collected, looked like she was on the verge of tears.

“But I’m strong,” Alison said, looking up at me. “And fast. I saved you, TC—and I’ll save you again. That’s the least I can do for you.”

I wasn’t used to this much emotion being in Alison’s voice. I wasn’t really sure how to respond to it.

“Thanks,” I said.

Alison nodded. “Don’t thank me yet. Once you’re in the sun again, I’ll consider it a job well done.”

The two sandwiches and the string cheese were gone, and my stomach was no longer crying out for sustenance. Still, I was nowhere close to full. I needed to think.

“My girls.” It had been a day and a half since I’d been in the land of the living, which meant Alison must have been busy. After all, she’d found time to make a couple of sandwiches and buy some Advil—she’d been out and about. “You’ve told them I’m okay?”

“It was the first thing I did,” Alison assured me. “Well, after I circled back to the wreck to make sure the rest of the hounds had fled. I couldn’t risk one of them accidentally finding its way to this cave.”

I tried to picture one of the hounds popping out of the water instead of Alison. It sounded like something from a horror movie, and I shuddered at the thought.

“They know you’re alive,” Alison explained. “Of course, they have no idea you’re conscious, because I didn’t know until I got back. But I’ve given them updates. Brenna, Valeria, Naomi, and Gwen… they all know you’re down here.”

That cheered me. “You’d think they could… I don’t know. Blow a hole through the ceiling and toss down a rope ladder.

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