Chapter 153

IZZY POV

All I could hear was crying.  It was muffled, as though I had a ton of dirt and rocks on top of my body.  I probably did.  But I could hear the three babies fussing and I took comfort in that.  All three of them were alive.

REESE POV

I turned to Ethan.  “I’m going down there,” I said.  I took a coil of rope off from my back and looked around for something to anchor it on.  Ethan put out his hand. 

“Tie it to me,” he said, quietly.

I made a loop and Ethan sat down, bracing himself against a boulder.  Two warriors came to sit with him, locking arms with him.  It wasn’t perfect but it was the best we could do in the circumstances.  I made myself a harness and then looked over the edge before stepping off.  I fell three feet before my carabiner caught it and then I began repelling down.

It took less than a minute to get to the e