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 a clue from my mentor. That's

the pool—a thin, almost invisible measuring line. It was there

two-meter mark. The pool itself was three meters

Suddenly, it hit her.

sitting up straight. "It's two point three. When the water level hits exactly two point three meters, the pressure should

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

mentor had once been obsessed with all kinds 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

there was another problem: the water level was only at two meters. Unless Grant filled the pool again, it would

be perfect for a second or two. They'd have to be right at the

What he saw made his blood boil: Chloe and Connor, talking quietly, sometimes smiling at each other, sometimes leaning in close, completely O oblivious to the danger they were in. Even now, trapped together, they acted like nothing else

all her memories, did Chloe still look at

and sharp. "Chloe, if you come with me, maybe I'll let Connor die

screen flickered to life

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