Before they’d gone more than a few paces Tom spotted a dried-up watercourse, leading down toward Vipero. “Let’s go this way,” he whispered to Elenna. “It’ll help us hide from the Beast.” They could move more quickly in the gully because the steep sides hid them from the snake man’s view. But they still crouched and trod cautiously, in case the rattle of loose stones alerted the Beast. Halfway down, Tom peered above the level of the rocks to check how far they had to go. What he saw made him freeze. In the bottom of the valley stretched a shimmering lake of blue water. “How did we miss seeing that?” he whispered to Elenna. But his friend was already scrambling out of the gully and running down the slope toward the lake. Tom followed her. His whole body burned with fever as he imagined plunging into the cool water. He tripped over a rock and fell, then stumbled to his feet and staggered the last few paces. A hissing filled his ears as he flung himself to the ground, where he could see waves lapping against the sand.
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