Chapter Forty

    Brilliant reds faded through pinks and oranges to an almost eerie golden yellow as the sun let its grasp of the day weaken and die.  The glorious cover of night spread and the last of the water receded.  Waves again raged war with the cliffs and on a night like thousands before, the cliffs stood firm.  Before he conked out for good Dakari had broken off a stalactite and charmed it into a magic flashlight.  It’s light was enough for Lainey to see and placing it between her teeth she began to climb.  

   

    Higher and higher she climbed until she reached the location she thought she had seen the large crevice.  The darkness was too dense even with the light to see the size of the breaks between the rocks of the cliff and she found herself feeling her way.  The roar of an incoming wave sounded like a stampede of horses and she held on tightly as t