The tunnel seemed to stretch on forever and Jake began to wonder if they’d been buried alive by his Serbian pals. He was struggling under Victoria’s weight and exhaustion was slowing him down.
“Let me hold the lantern,” Megumi offered. ‘you’re carrying too many things already.”
He passed the lantern to her without arguing. He was too tired to even talk.
“We forgot to ask them how long this tunnel trip would take,” Meg said as she led the way with the lantern held in front of her.
At some point in the journey, she’d taken one of her dresses from the carryon bag to make a sling which she tied around her shoulder and put James in it.
“Imagine if there’s no end to this tunnel,” Jake rasped.
“Please, don’t imagine such. There has to be an end to this nightmare,” Meg snapped.
Jake chuckled and licked the sweat from his upper lip. He was so thirst
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