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Chapters (81)
  1. Cover
  2. Back Cover Text
  3. Praise
  4. Booklist
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Author
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. Chapter Ten
  17. Chapter Eleven
  18. Chapter Twelve
  19. Chapter Thirteen
  20. Chapter Fourteen
  21. Chapter Fifteen
  22. Chapter Sixteen
  23. Chapter Seventeen
  24. Chapter Eighteen
  25. Chapter Nineteen
  26. Chapter Twenty
  27. Chapter Twenty-One
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. Chapter Forty
  47. Chapter Forty-One
  48. Chapter Forty-Two
  49. Chapter Forty-Three
  50. Chapter Forty-Four
  51. Chapter Forty-Five
  52. Chapter Forty-Six
  53. Chapter Forty-Seven
  54. Chapter Forty-Eight
  55. Chapter Forty-Nine
  56. Chapter Fifty
  57. Chapter Fifty-One
  58. Chapter Fifty-Two
  59. Chapter Fifty-Three
  60. Chapter Fifty-Four
  61. Chapter Fifty-Five
  62. Chapter Fifty-Six
  63. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  64. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  65. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  66. Chapter Sixty
  67. Chapter Sixty-One
  68. Chapter Sixty-Two
  69. Chapter Sixty-Three
  70. Chapter Sixty-Four
  71. Chapter Sixty-Five
  72. Chapter Sixty-Six
  73. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  74. Chapter Sixty-Eight
  75. Chapter Sixty-Nine
  76. Chapter Seventy
  77. Chapter Seventy-One
  78. Chapter Seventy-Two
  79. Chapter Seventy-Three
  80. Chapter Seventy-Four
  81. Acknowledgments

A small crack in the rock that had loosened everything under it, creating a small hole. Just big enough to squeeze through.

Chapter Thirty-Two

Robin went first—he cleared more of the undergrowth so he could lie on his stomach and shuffle himself forward. Sally trained her flashlight on the hole as Robin pulled himself forward. He slid his own phone into the hole so the flashlight illuminated ahead of him. He took one look at Sally, who smiled her good luck, and he stuck his head inside.

The hole was slightly bigger than it first appeared but not by much. He looked above him and his head grazed against a jagged rock. He resolved to keep his head down, shuffling his arms forward and pulling himself farther into the hole.

“Are you okay?” Sally said, as Robin felt his feet graze the sides of the tunnel.

He didn’t respond—he felt like even the slightest noise could cause a shift in the rock and send the whole thing tumbling down around him. He inched forward again, wondering how far it would be until he hit the tunnel.

As he moved, he wondered if this was really it. Was this really what they had been looking for? Was this how the Standedge Five had been taken out of the tunnel? The hole was only big enough for one person—it would have been difficult, almost impossible, to push a body through the hole. It would just get stuck.

What did any of this mean? This was the first tangible step in the right direction—the first thing that made sense in the quest for finding out what truly happened, but it only brought up a dozen more questions.

Robin caught up with his phone—the flashlight beam shining directly up and not helping him see ahead at all. He instinctually started to reach for it, shifting his right arm—dragging it against the side of the hole. He snagged it against a loose rock and something fell onto his back.

He stopped stock-still. There was a shift above him—fine rubble fell on his face as he held his breath. There was a sound of tumbling rock, and for a second he thought that this was it. He was about to be crushed.

But then the sound stopped. And he stayed still a minute more, breathing out slowly. He was okay.

He retracted his arm and started shuffling forward again, nudging the phone ahead with his nose. It was inherently ridiculous, and he wondered what he looked like crawling through this hole like some kind of animal.