I launched myself at the cave-in. The entire tunnel was blocked, but I had to get through. I kicked rocks aside and flung at the dirt. “Please, please, please, no!” Oliver’s arms slung around me. “Stop! You’ll bring down more of the ceiling.” “But they’re on the other side!” I shrieked. “Daniel’s...
We must have drifted over a thousand palm trees, our shadow covering their latticework of shade before we finally reached a barren realm of yellow rocks and sand. And it was a world of pyramids. One after another they rose up, with edges so old as to be curved now. The dunes around them were litt...
“Oh, thank heavens!” I cried, reaching for the battered envelope in the postman’s grasp. “I’ve been waiting for this for over a . . .” I trailed off. My eyes locked on the postman’s horrified face—and his eyes locked on my wrist. Yet it was not the poor quality of my gray gown’s lace sleeve that ...