Chapter 43

None of them slept through the night. Shortly after hearing the buzzing sound, total blackness shrouded them. What little light emanated from the holes high above the evergreen was gone, yanked away into abyss. It was close to shutting one's eyes, if not turning blind.

Xander did not want to jump inside the pit. It was Brielle who scuttled in the dark, found his legs, and pulled. She went after him, her stomach flipping upside down for split-seconds, before landing on a soft plow...