A return to Elfrid’s Hole had to be done, whatever amount of courage, stupidity, or cussedness it took. Jake convinced himself that it was a personal crusade to be undertaken. Somehow, he would make the place safe forever. The problem lay in that one word: somehow. His only plan was to go there and poke his nose into the cavern to discover what resided there. This required no special equipment; he didn’t even consider anything to keep him safe, and he therefore more than fulfilled the stupidity criterion.
somehowThe need for protection of some sort only occurred to him when he approached the cave entrance, the boulder still missing, and peered into the darkness. Conscious of his heart beating like an express train with its wheels pounding over the gaps in steel rail lines, he edged closer
