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The Truth Beneath

Author: Kave Derry
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-09 14:48:13

CHAPTER 40

Camryn's POV

I woke to absolute darkness and the taste of blood in my mouth.

My head throbbed where I’d hit it. Something warm and wet trickled down my temple. I tried to move and immediately regretted it. Pain shot through my shoulder, my ribs, every part of me that had taken the fall.

“Fabian?” My voice came out as a whisper.

Silence. Then, from somewhere close, “Here. Don’t move.”

“Where’s here?”

“Buried under several tons of cathedral.” His voice was tight with pain. “The collapse trapped us in a pocket. Maybe six feet across. The anomaly’s either dead or waiting on the other side of all this rubble.”

I felt around carefully in the darkness. Stone everywhere. My fingers touched something that crumbled, then more solid rock. We were sealed in completely.

“How long was I out?”

“A couple of minutes. Maybe four.” A soft glow bloomed as Fabian found a light crystal. It was cracked, barely functional, but better than nothing.

In the weak light, I could see our prison. The poc
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