"Agh…"
The ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed and split open, and Evelyn Ford and Ronan Kendrick plunged through the rapidly widening fissure. Evelyn reflexively shot out a hand, trying to grab the wall of the crevice, but they were falling too fast. Her fingertips were quickly torn raw. The fissure continued to expand, ultimately becoming a chasm a meter wide.
Ronan Kendrick braced himself by pressing his legs against the walls. He glanced up. They had fallen about thirty meters.
"Evelyn?"
"I'm here."
"Don't sleep."
"Okay."
Evelyn squinted, peering down. She couldn't see how deep the fissure went. The boundless darkness below gaped like an abyssal maw, threatening to pull them in and devour them. Blood dripped from all five fingers on her right hand. An idea struck her, and she quickly retrieved the Eagle Claw Hook she had prepared for emergencies from her space.
