One arm locks around my waist so hard I can barely breathe.
“Hold onto me!”
I grab his vest with both hands as another surge smashes through the tunnel.
The pipe angles sharply downward.
Oh no.
No no no—
“We’re dropping!” Gabriel shouts from behind us.
The water accelerates instantly.
Everybody starts sliding.
The tunnel becomes a waterslide from hell.
The current rips us forward through darkness so fast my stomach lurches.
Concrete tears against my knees.
The flashlight beam spins wildly around us.
At least Eli still has hold of his flashlight.
Someone screams.
Nora.
Eli catches her hand just before another wave separates them.
“DON’T LET GO!” he shouts.
I slam shoulder-first into the side of the pipe.
Pain explodes through me.
Clay twists his body around mine instantly, shielding me from the concrete walls while the current drags us downward.
The force of it steals my breath.
Water crashes over our heads.
Ice cold.
Black.
I can’t see.
Can’t breathe.
For one horrifying second I lose Clay’s grip.
Panic detonates through my chest.
“CLAY!”
