Labyrinth
“Kessel volunteered to take point, which was fine with Annja. She’d been on high alert ever since they’d been split up, and the strain of being so careful was tiresome.
“After I got out of the pool, I found my way into another corridor. That one had a whole bunch of spears that rained down on me as I ran through it.”
“You’re lucky you weren’t impaled,” Annja said.
Kessel laughed. “I don’t know if luck has anything to do with it. I was just so scared, I ran faster than humanly possibl...e.”
Annja smiled. She liked that he was self-effacing. It was hard to imagine someone as large as Kessel being afraid of much, but here he was freely admitting to it. It was refreshing to hear. Most of the time, Annja found herself surrounded by guys who liked to talk the talk, but could never walk the walk.
The corridor opened up and started to climb at a shallow angle.MoreLess
“After I got out of the pool, I found my way into another corridor. That one had a whole bunch of spears that rained down on me as I ran through it.”
“You’re lucky you weren’t impaled,” Annja said.
Kessel laughed. “I don’t know if luck has anything to do with it. I was just so scared, I ran faster than humanly possibl...e.”
Annja smiled. She liked that he was self-effacing. It was hard to imagine someone as large as Kessel being afraid of much, but here he was freely admitting to it. It was refreshing to hear. Most of the time, Annja found herself surrounded by guys who liked to talk the talk, but could never walk the walk.
The corridor opened up and started to climb at a shallow angle.MoreLess
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