Chapter 1058

No matter how hard they pushed, the stone wouldn't budge. Not even a little.

Eventually, they had to give up trying to break through the surface at least for

now.

Connor let out a frustrated sigh. “This isn't working. There has to be a way out. Maybe there's some kind of mechanism we're missing."

So they tried everything else they could think of. They pressed every stone at the bottom of the pool, hoping to trigger a hidden switch or lever-anything. But nothing happened.

Two exhausting hours slipped by. They'd been diving up and down so many times their arms and legs felt like lead.

But what worried them more was the thought of Grant catching on to what they were doing. Chloe knew Grant well enough to guess they had, at most, until morning before he noticed something was off.

flopped onto the platform, gasping for breath. "Twenty-three has to be

at the very edge of the pool—a thin, almost

now, the water was at the two-meter mark. The pool itself was

Suddenly, it hit her.

point three. When the water level hits exactly two point three meters, the pressure should trigger the mechanism above. That's the only time

stared at her, clearly impressed. "How do you even know this

of hidden traps and ancient escape routes. Chloe had picked up a thing or two just by being around him. Of course, it was only a theory-she couldn't be

level was only at two meters. Unless Grant

two point three meters, the pressure would only be perfect for a second or two. They'd have to be right

surveillance cameras. What he saw made his blood boil: Chloe and Connor, talking quietly, sometimes smiling at each other,

memories, did

through the speakers, cold and sharp. "Chloe, if you come with

flickered to life above them,

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