Chapter 30

"Almost there..." His breath came in gasps as he adjusted her slipping body higher on his back. Blood and sweat mixed, dripping into the stagnant water pooling in the tunnel. She stared at the back of his neck, where jagged rocks had torn open fresh wounds. Then, in a voice barely above a whisper, she asked, "Gideon... do you regret it?" He froze for a moment before a low chuckle rumbled through his chest, trembling with exhaustion. "Regret not taking you away sooner..." He turned his head...