Chapter 76

The path up the second mountain was a jagged wall of grey stone. Kyle stood at the base, staring up at the steep cliffside that blocked his route to the peak. He reached out, fingers searching for a grip, but the rock was unnervingly smooth, polished by wind and rain until it offered no purchase. He tried to scale it the old-fashioned way, digging the toes of his boots into narrow cracks, but he lacked the formal skills for a vertical ascent. When he tried to use his weapons as makeshift climbing...