Even as she moved, confusion gnawed at the edges of her mind. She still didn't understand why something like this was happening, why the cave had begun to fall apart the moment after she killed Dena.
A particularly large rock tore free from the ceiling and hurtled toward her.Circe noticed it just in time. She sprang sideways with a burst of speed, narrowly avoiding the crushing impact as the boulder slammed into the ground where she had been standing only a second earlier.
As she ran, she cast a quick glance upward and spotted a jagged crack stretching across the ceiling.
The twinkling lights embedded within the cavern walls cast a dim glow across her path as she veered sharply to the left, sprinting into another passageway. Her shoes skidded slightly against the uneven ground as she pushed forward. But only seconds later she slid to an abrupt halt.
