CHAPTER NINETEEN
Jade nodded her understanding and peered into the gloom ahead. “There,” she pointed.
About twenty steps away was a smaller, black opening leading into a drainage pipe about half the size of the tunnel. Splashing over, the pair leaned down and looked hopefully into the opening. Not surprisingly, it was pitch black.
She c****d her head, frowning. “I hear something.”
Phoenix strained his ears but all he heard was his own breathing and the gurgle of turbid water.
“It sounds like chanting – the same sort we heard in Memphis,” she said. Her eyes were huge in the darkness. “I hope it doesn’t mean they’re about to start the sacrifices.”
“At least we know it’s the right drain,” he reminded her. “Let’s not waste any more time.”
They both looked down at the floor of the
