CHAPTER NINETEEN
I didn’t even say anything. I just rushed down toward the river, all thoughts pushed out of my head except for one: Save Triplet.
But when I was about halfway there, a tentacle came out of nowhere and slapped me out of the air. The sudden attack sent me veering off course. I crashed into the floor and rolled several times before coming to a stop, gasping for breath and feeling pain in my whole body. It felt like every bone in my body was smashed to bits, but I still managed to push myself up enough to see Triplet’s hat disappear down the middle branch out of my sight.
“Triplet!” I screamed. “Triplet, no!”
But there was no response. Even if Triplet was still alive, he wouldn’t have been able to hear me over the roar of the waterfall. Heck, I could barely hear myself abo
