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The whooshing sound the portal made when it opened was unmistakable. Brandon had been walking alongside Heather when it opened, and she took off running in the direction where it came from so quickly, he could hardly keep up even though something told him if they’d been on level ground, out in the open, where he could see more than five inches in front of his face, he’d be a lot faster than her. She seemed to know what to look out for, though, whereas he was just thankful by the time he reached her, he hadn’t collided with any of the cave walls.
“Damn it all to hell!” she shouted as a hole in the wall closed up. “Stupid ocean!”
He lurched forward and tried to get a glimpse of what she was seeing. Just before the anomaly was gone, he spied a bit of water, but it looked like they were still far away from the actual exit itself. It was hard to describe. It appeared to be a tunnel through the wall and then a small opening at the ot
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