Everything could come crashing down if what we thought wasn't what was happening. I closed my eyes and reminded myself why I was doing this. Litha.
I breathed in slowly and then out sharply. "If we crawl through this tunnel pipe, we should find ourselves somewhere in the Black Axe compound."
I pointed upward where a large pipe was dripping with things better left unsaid and unthought. "I'll go first."
The pipe was big enough to allow us to crawl through, but it was hard with little space to turn and move. We used our bellies to crawl upward like worms, but that wasn't the worst part.
The smell and heat! The feel of my body cleaning up the sludge. I shuddered and almost threw up more than three times. The heat was also getting to me as we used up the little oxygen left.
I thought I was going to pass out when finally my head touched something hard. I froze, then turned Hermit on, heightening my senses.
