Matched (Mortal, Book Three)
"Excellent. If we whisper at them then maybe the strong vibrations will create a landslide."
With nothing else coming to mind, I start to whisper the ABCs. They come out as a loud boom, and it works. The others join in, and we whisper as loudly as we can, and the rocks beneath us start to shake. The beetles swarm towards us, their wings buzzing like a thousand chainsaws.
The beetles seem to sense the change and start to swarm towards us even more vigorously.
We whisper harder, and the ground starts to shake. Small stones roll down the wall, and the beetles pause for a moment, unsure of what's happening. And then it starts.
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