Escape From Riddler's Pass by Amy Green

Author:Amy Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Christianity, fantasy, kings, medieval, heroes, wars, action-adventure, kids, disabilities, battles, suspense, youth, good vs. evil
Publisher: Warner Press
Published: 2013-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Jesse remembered when the only time he was surrounded by darkness was at night, right before he went to sleep. Was that only a month ago? It seemed like it had been years. Now, entering a dark tunnel lit by eerie glowing stones actually seemed normal.

“When we find Parvel and get out of here,” Jesse muttered, “I never want to go underground again.”

“Don’t be so afraid,” Silas scoffed. “We haven’t seen a guard or any sign of danger.”

“That’s what makes me nervous,” Jesse said. “If this is the stronghold of the cunning, powerful Rebellion you always talk about, why isn’t it guarded?”

“Maybe the traps Noa spoke of are enough to guard it,” Rae offered. She began to walk a bit slower, glancing down at the ground. “We should be careful.”

Yes, the traps. That was another problem. “I have a feeling these tunnels were designed so only those of the Rebellion, who know of the traps, will be able to survive.”

Usually, it would have been Silas who thought of that, who would have insisted on going no further until they were sure of what they would find. But not now, not when he is so driven by revenge he ignores common sense.

Sure enough, Silas only reacted to his comment with a shrug. “The Patrol member Noa told us about survived, didn’t he?”

Silas must have missed the point of the story. As Jesse remembered it, the guard had been driven mad, raving about all kinds of terrors.

Jesse stepped forward, next to Rae. “Can’t you say something to him?” he whispered to her. “Maybe he’ll listen to you.” She just looked at him blankly, her face even paler than normal in the light of the glowing stones. “Don’t you agree that this is foolish?”

Rae paused, tucking a strand of black hair behind her ear. “Maybe,” she said at last. “But we have to find Parvel. This seems like it’s the only way to do that.” She looked up at Silas, who had not stopped with them. “And I doubt anything either of us say will be able to convince Silas. He’s beyond that now.”

As he walked deeper into the tunnel, Jesse decided he now knew what it must feel like to be a donkey, bucking against the pull of a rope that would take him where he did not want to go. But it’s my choice, he reminded himself. I could turn back.

And go back alone, leaving my friends behind. Jesse sighed and kept walking. Maybe I don’t have a choice after all.

They had only walked into the tunnel a few paces when the path in front of them split in two.

Jesse asked the question they were all thinking. “Which way?”

Rae walked between the two archways. She bit her lip and turned around. “The one on the left looks deeper. I can’t see very far, but it looks like the right leads to a dead end.”

“Let me see.” Silas squinted down both tunnels. “We’ll take the left then.”

Without waiting for agreement, he plunged through the left archway.

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