“Too terrified to answer, afraid she’d lose her grip, Edie clung to a stone nubbin that protruded from the side of the dark shaft. She frantically moved her dangling feet, hoping, pleading . . . Yes! One booted foot found purchase on a miniscule pucker of rock. “I’m down here,” she hoarsely called out. “I fell into a shaft.” She didn’t dare look up, fearful she’d lose her balance. She also didn’t look down, sensing that an inky abyss yawned beneath her. A beam of light suddenly illuminated the s...haft. “My God, are you all right?” Caedmon’s voice echoed off the stone walls, the sound strangely distorted. “No, I’m hanging on for dear life,” she whimpered. With her hands painfully crimped, her right foot awkwardly splayed, and her left foot limply suspended in midair, she wondered how long she could maintain her precarious perch. “Don’t panic.” “You’re kidding, right?” She felt a trickle of blood meander down the side of her face, having scraped her cheek when she took the unexpected plunge.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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